this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2023
137 points (89.6% liked)

Asklemmy

43826 readers
840 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy ๐Ÿ”

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I'll start. I have to be careful drinking around other people, because I can get intensely motivational.

My neighbour used to be depressed and stayed at a cruddy job, despite poor pay. I was 17, and he was in his 40s. Well, one night we happened to drink together. It turned out he only stayed at that job in hopes that he would eventually get his parents approval, and that they would finally be proud of him. The job made him miserable.

I spent hours convincing him that he was worth more than his parent's approval, and that he deserved to be happy. That he was the one living his day-to-day life, and that he should live it how he wants to. Many tears were shed that night. Dude quit before getting any new job prospects, and ended up working in a completely different field. He said thank you more than a few times, after everything was said and done.

That might not sound bad, but it was far from a one-off scenario. I eventually started to wonder what would happen if I accidentally helped lead someone to make a bad decision. It's not like drunk people are known for making good decisions. So, I only drink around certain people now haha.

On a side note, a crazy number of people have problems with/from their parents.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 27 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I become an engineering genius . I mean i'm no slouch normally but i will start fixing things for people - and properly

[โ€“] flubba86@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You wake up the next day .. "why is there so much duct tape on the fish tank? ... Oh no."

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

No, i'd somehow find the one hardware store open at 3am, and would be relocating the fish and actually using marine expoxy to repair that.

[โ€“] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

It also applies to playing pool

Ah yes - the good olโ€™ Ballmer Peak.

[โ€“] JPSound@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll go to the hardware and grocery stores to gather supplies if I plan on day drinking. 10 out of 10 times my workshop and kitchen will be full of activities for the rest of the day.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Get a 3d printer, you'll never buy another christmas present

[โ€“] JPSound@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would LOVE to get one of those. I make a lot of custom rack mount panels for audio and video carts for film/television production and there have been too many times where I thought of some special part that could open up a whole world of entirely new build options for me but that thing/part just doesn't exist. One day I'll have one to play with... it's high up there on the list.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Network engineer: yes. Yes, and fuck yes they do.