Man, my parents were cool as shit about this. And I think it had really good consequences for me later on, like in college.

Sex was positively viewed, but strict about protection (rightly so), and drugs were described as a spectrum with weed being very low, and the scary drugs (heroine) being very scary. They were honest about wanting me to wait for drugs and booze till I was more adult, but let me have a few parties with friends where everyone crashed at their house. It was super fun, and very badass feeling. I got to college and was like … Meh? On partying.

Definitely not the only way to go about it, but the honesty helped me weigh consequences of it all a bit better, I think.

Wow, really well said. Extremely important that everyone reads this info above

Edit: thanks for the gold, kind stranger

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Seconding OpenCourseWare. I used that a lot before and during undergrad (engineer with math minor).

I do recommend checking out the “fun” math videos as well because you’ll learn a lot and it’s fun, like Numberphile, 3 blue 1 brown, etc

Actually, missing because of a high-side on a motorcycle years ago. I did break some bones, but also tore through the ligament. Well, I guess it died from lack of being attached or whatever and was gone by the time they got an MRI on it

It allowed the bicep to regularly pop out of the humeral groove, which I assure you was not pleasant

I had some chronic shoulder pain for years. Primary physician was like “yeah that sucks”. 2 specialists were like “yeah, old collarbone injury I guess? Take Advil”

Years later, third specialist opinion found a missing ligament and did surgery.

Moral of the story is that you should get a few opinions here, maybe the first isn’t right

From a philosophy standpoint, Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. It’s a brutally tough read, but a very interesting perspective of a Holocaust survivor and some of the more “mundane” parts (which were still horrific) in between the parts most people know about. The philosophy that follows is interesting.

It’s certainly not without it’s faults and criticisms, though.

Game is such an unbelievable slam dunk for me. Outer Wilds.

But if I could forget two, it’d be Outer Wilds twice because it’s an incredible story

Oooo Obra Dinn is a good answer

Man I’m in my mid 30s and really loving gaming more these days. Lots of independent shit that’s had me hooked.

In the past few years I fell away from cars/motorcycles (building, racing, etc) and am loving sitting on the couch at home. It’s a stark contrast and has been a lot of therapy time, but I did it for years while not enjoying it. I think my takeaway is leaning into what I want and away from what I don’t

There are tiers of candy corn?

Dude, same. The worst part of my recent should surgery was the lack of caffeine all day (bumped from noon to 4 pm surgery). That first sip of recovery room coffee was incredible

I lift in the mornings sometimes cuz my schedule works better that way, but I just can’t run in the morning. It’d be nicer to do and have done, but my body just won’t. I have a lot better of a run after work or in the evenings. Your mileage may vary, for sure.

The best exercise plan, the best budget, the best diet – whatever one you can stick to

Wow, $28k. That’s wild! Is it arcade cabinets? Rare stuff?

From selling a fair few MTG cards for the last few decades, I’d say it really depends if you want it to be fast/easy or maximize profits.

Selling individual things (think eBay) will net a lot more, usually what price estimators use like Pricecharting. If you just wanna get out of it all, then a bulk purchase will net a lot less (think game store)

Brewery process engineer here. The reasons beer doesn’t need as strict of regulation in terms of food safety and in terms of labeling is twofold.

Part of that is because it’s lobbied to keep it that way, because if you put numbers down they’re not great (no surprise)

Part of it is because beer’s pH and alcohol content makes it nearly impossible for human-harming-pathogens to grow. On the scale of danger for you from a food safety perspective, beer is low.

NA beer is full strength beer with the alcohol removed. It goes through the same kill steps and processes as normal beer. Alcohol removal can be done a few ways (RO, filtration, boiling) but is I think always or effectively always followed by pasteurization.

Not saying it should be beyond labelling, but that’s the reasoning why it’s not a high priority for labeling like food.