The "I don't want to talk about AI" thread, and the new topic is: helpful advice!

[ElectricBlue]

I liquidised my nuts years ago.

Nut milk is, from an etymological point of view, milk, though not great for areas already short of water.

ETA I did some fact-checking and I was surprised how well veggie milks compare to moo-milk from an environmental pov

Generally speaking, the vegan stuff tastes fairly yech, either of the source coconut milk or watered down something else. And to give it some taste (any taste) it's likely to have horrible amounts of sugar or fat.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Generally speaking, the vegan stuff tastes fairly yech, either of the source coconut milk or watered down something else. And to give it some taste (any taste) it's like to have horrible amounts of sugar or fat.

Stuff we get for the middle child has only a little extra sugar as compared to cows milk. Of course most of it's added sugar but it's a small price to pay for reducing his likely hood of being constipated.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Have you tried being less Neurodivergent? That should help.

For several decades, and no, it did not.

 

[Erozetta]

Possible new topic: what's a piece of 'good advice' that hasn't worked out for you?

(In the middle of a panic attack) "Just calm down and breathe."

"Don't make waves." (Resulted in difficulty standing up to authority for myself.)

"Eat everything put on your plate." (Resulted in an eating disorder that made it difficult to put anything on a plate without fear of gagging at a bad texture/taste and thinking I had to choke it down. Also made it difficult to trust anyone to make me a plate with only foods I could eat.)

"Family is the most important thing, always be there for family." (Why? Not once have they ever been there for me, so why am I expected to go out of my way for them?)

 

[PennyThompson]

"write it down in a daily planner, and you won't forget!"

oh yeah, and what about when you misplace the planner? what about when you keep buying cute planners because they're so pretty, and then you write down different projects in different planners, and forget which planner you wrote which thing in, and one planner is in the bottom of your messenger bag and another planner is on your desk at home and another planner is on your desk at work? did you think about that scenario??

 

[YmaOHyd]

"write it down in a daily planner, and you won't forget!"

oh yeah, and what about when you misplace the planner? what about when you keep buying cute planners because they're so pretty, and then you write down different projects in different planners, and forget which planner you wrote which thing in, and one planner is in the bottom of your messenger bag and another planner is on your desk at home and another planner is on your desk at work? did you think about that scenario??

Yes. You should buy a planner and write in the planner which project is in which planner. Du-uh.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Yes. You should buy a planner and write in the planner which project is in which planner. Du-uh.

No, that's what the note app on your phone is for.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Mail your letter to Santa early enough for it the get through the approval process.....

 

[Off_base]

The white cardboard carton that Chinese takeout food comes in is designed to unfold into a plate.

 

[YmaOHyd]

No, that's what the note app on your phone is for.

No, that's the little grove where the plot bunnies multiply.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Don't worry, it'll all work out.

That always makes me worry more! It'll all work out? Is this all part of someone's ineffable plan? Because I'd like to know how it's going to work out!

Conversely, people actually panicking has me calming down and thinking my way through the problem.

That drives my roommate nuts when we're lost though. The more freaked out she gets the calmer I get as I logic through where we've been and where we must've gone wrong. XD

 

[Off_base]

 

[YmaOHyd]

Don't worry, it'll all work out.

That always makes me worry more! It'll all work out? Is this all part of someone's ineffable plan? Because I'd like to know how it's going to work out!

"Excuse me," said the angel.

The trio looked at him.

"This Great Plan," he said, "this would be the ineffable Plan, would it?"

There was a moment's silence.

"It's the Great Plan," said the Metatron flatly. "You are well aware. There shall be a world lasting six thousand years and it will conclude with --"

"Yes, yes, that's the Great Plan all right," said Aziraphale. He spoke politely and respectfully, but with the air of one who has just asked an unwelcome question at a political meeting and won't go away until he gets an answer. "I was just asking if it's ineffable as well. I just want to be clear on this point."

"It doesn't matter!" snapped the Metatron. "It's the same thing, surely!"

Surely? thought Crowley. They don't actually know. He started to grin like an idiot.

"So you're not one hundred percent clear on this?" said Aziraphale.

"It is not given to us to understand the ineffable Plan," said the Metatron, "but of course the Great Plan --"

"But the Great Plan can only be a tiny part of the overall ineffability," said Crowley. "You can't be certain that what's happening right now isn't exactly right, from an ineffable point of view."

"It izz written!" bellowed Beelzebub.

"But it might be written differently somewhere else," said Crowley. "Where you can't read it."

"In bigger letters," said Aziraphale.

"Underlined," Crowley added.

"Twice," suggested Aziraphale.

 

[ColtonWrites]

Possible new topic: what's a piece of 'good advice' that hasn't worked out for you?

For me, I can definitely say that all the people who told me, "Just be yourself!" were way off base... or maybe saboteurs.

Everyone who told me how to dress/act/talk "as a man" to help me transition has been wrong. I "pass" way better as a flamboyant gay* man with fancy fingernails and bright clothes than I ever did when I wore a crew cut and polo shirts all the time.

*pansexual non-binary but close enough for government work

The piece of advice that I got that DID turn out to be annoyingly correct is that going to bed early and getting up early is better for your health and your mood. I worked 2nd/3rd shift for years and swore I liked it better that way. If I went to bed before 2 AM it was an "early night" and I never got out of bed before 10 AM.

Now I go to bed at 10 PM and get up at 5:30 AM. "Sleeping in" is 7 AM.
WHO AM I? WHAT HAPPENED TO ME?

 

[KittyOfSteele]

"Just write/draw/play!"

*Perfectionist self and ADHD start glitching out*

Everyone who told me how to dress/act/talk "as a man" to help me transition has been wrong. I "pass" way better as a flamboyant gay* man with fancy fingernails and bright clothes than I ever did when I wore a crew cut and polo shirts all the time.

*pansexual non-binary but close enough for government work

I've had people telling me "hAvE yOu eVEr tRiEd bEinG mORe giRLy?" and "hAvE yOu eVEr TRieD bEiNg mORe mAnLy?" on the same day, half an hour apart.

Suffice to say that gave my gender dysphoria an existencial crisis.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

 

[ColtonWrites]

I've had people telling me "hAvE yOu eVEr tRiEd bEinG mORe giRLy?" and "hAvE yOu eVEr TRieD bEiNg mORe mAnLy?" on the same day, half an hour apart.

Suffice to say that gave my gender dysphoria an existencial crisis.

That is honestly goals for me, but I know its rough if you're going for a specific presentation.

 

[stickygirl]

I think I'm write in saying that most bad advice is unsolicited - empty platitudes offered by someone mildly irritated. It's easier to be dismissive with a 'Just calm down' 'Try, try, try again' 'push through the pain' and the classic 'just be yourself' than to take time to help find the cause of the underlying problem.
You're more likely to find good advice if you ask for it.

 

[onehitwanda]

"Family is the most important thing, always be there for family."

Blood is thicker than water, which is why it makes a better paint.

 

[StillStunned]

Blood is thicker than water, which is why it makes a better paint.

"Blood is thicker than water" has always felt slightly creepy. You can almost imagine that one unusual uncle adding, "I know, I haff tested it extensiffly."

 

[Z_TheWriter]

"Blood is thicker than water" has always felt slightly creepy. You can almost imagine that one unusual uncle adding, "I know, I haff tested it extensiffly."

Ah good old uncle Vlad.

Also where the hell do you get off calling my friends water, proverb?

 

[HordHolm]

My father used to (repetitively) give the single worst piece of advice in the history of civilisation - have an accident, it could be anything, i.e. drop a hammer on your foot, burn your wrist taking a cake out of the oven, stick a needle in your finger when you're sewing on a button, and he would treat you to the following nugget of wisdom... "I don't believe you wanted to do that." Delivered in a dull monotone. How he died of natural causes has always been a mystery to me.

 

[StillStunned]

My parents, whenever they made me go out and socialise: "It will be fun! You'll make friends!"

No I won't. I don't make friends. I never have. I'm in my fifties and I have five friends, and half of them live in abroad.

It was never fun.

 

[onehitwanda]

Fun is a word.

 

[StillStunned]

Fun is a word.

I remember when "fun" was just a noun, not an adjective. It still makes my skin crawl when someone says "lots of fun activities!"