/lounge/ - sushi social

>>11747
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT LINUX IS

THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THIS, YOUR JABRONIE-BEATING, ALALALALALALA-LAW! PIE EATING, TRAIL-BLAZING, EROGE SPEED-READING BRAHMA BULL, THE ROCK'S GONNA INSTALL THIS ONE DISTRO RIGHT HERE, KILIMANJARO, THAT'S RIGHT KILIMANJARO AND THE ROCK'S GONNA TRANSFER OVER ALL OF HIS BOOKMARKS AND EXTENSIONS TO UNGOOGLED CHROMIUM RIGHT AFTER THE ROCK FIGURES OUT HOW IN THE BLUE HELL TO INSTALL UNGOOGLED CHROMIUM ON THIS PARTICULAR DISTRO, BUT NOT BEFORE FIRST FIGURING OUT HOW IN THE BRIGHT HELL THE ROCK CAN TURN DOWN THE BRIGHTNESS SETTING BECAUSE THE ROCK SHOULDN'T HAVE TO USE SUNGLASSES TO OPERATE A COMPUTER – WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS, THE ROCK JUST TRIED TO INSTALL UNGOOGLED CHROMIUM VIA COMMAND PROMPT BUT NOW PACMAN CAN'T DOWNLOAD ONE SINGLE THING SO THE ROCK HAS TO GOOGLE HOW TO FIX THAT BEFORE THE ROCK DOES ANYTHING ELSE AND THE ROCK'S GONNA LEAVE DEALING WITH DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS TO THE END EVEN THOUGH THE ROCK WAS SURE THERE'D BE AN OPTION FOR SOMETHING SO SIMPLE.

ALRIGHT HERE WE GO, THE ROCK'S FINALLY GOT IT ALL SET UP AND READY TO GO, NOW ALL THE ROCK'S GOTTA DO IS INSTALL THE EXTENSIONS BUT NOW THE ROCK'S GOTTA READ ALL THIS DOCUMENTATION ON HOW TO INSTALL CHROME EXTENSIONS WITHOUT LOGGING INTO THE CHROME SHOP (THE ROCK DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE CHROME SHOP WAS A THING BECAUSE LAST TIME THE ROCK USED CHROME THE ROCK COULD DOWNLOAD ALL THE EXTENSIONS AT THE CLICK OF ONE MOUSE BUTTON), HERE WE GO THE ROCK IS LAYING THE SMACKDOWN ON THE CORPORATION BY GOING THROUGH ALL THIS WORK – WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA IS IT ALREADY 2 AM?! THE ROCK'S BEEN FIDDLING WITH THIS PIECE OF TRASH DISTRO FOR TWELVE FULL HOURS AND THE ROCK HASN'T EVEN TRANSFERED OVER ALL OF THE ROCK'S FILES INTO THE PEOPLE'S LAPTOP?!

>>11748
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT YOU STUPID SUMfriendly lady
>WHAT
YOU EXPERIENCED IT FIRST-HAND
>WHAT
LINUX IS ONLY FREE IF YOUR TIME IS WORTHLESS AND OLD STONE COLD'S GOT MORE TO DO THAN WORRY ABOUT SOME NSA STOOGE GOING THROUGH ME PORN FOLDER JUST TO RAT ME OUT TO MR. MCMAHON FOR FRONT ROW SEATS AT BACKLASH.
IF YOU WERE A REAL SMART PRIVACY-ORIENTED GUY YOU'D WORK MORE ON YOUR OPSEC INSTEAD OF LETTING THE MACHINE DO ALL THE WORK FOR YA, I'M ALL ABOUT THAT DTA, DON'T TRUST ANYBODY MUCH LESS SOME VIDEOGAME MACHINE AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE BECAUSE STONE-COLD SAID SO.
CORTANA PLAY MY MUSIC.

>>11750
KNOCK YOURSELF OUT YOU PIECE OF TEXAS TRASH, YOU CAN'T EVEN PLAY MINESWEEPER ON WINDOWS ANYMORE AND THEY'LL BE SUCKING THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH OFF YOUR SALARY JUST TO KEEP THAT SPAGHETTI-CODED MESS RUNNING ON YOUR COMPUTER – THE ROCK COULD BUY A SHIRT WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY AND IN FACT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE ROCK'S GONNA DO RIGHT NOW, THE ROCK'S GONNA TAKE THE THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS HE JUST SAVED AND HE'S GOING TO BUY AN ARMANI SHIRT SO THE ROCK LOOKS HIS BEST WHEN HE KICKS YOUR ASS COME ROYAL RUMBLE

IF YOU SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL-LALALALALA-LAAAW! WHAT THE ROCK! IS! COOKING!

out of the blue I ate a peach and danced to funky music after work while the rain soaked the soil outside

Some incredible posts up there!

>>10069
Wow, throwback. I still randomly quote the "Those have not been in asses" all the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4

>>11676
same, my friends and I still refer to people as having a "huge cock of a voice"

>>11657
Woah you sound exactly like me

>>11659

really? i usually have an accent so i probably only sound like you when forcing a more US like entonation.

>>11538
>>11495
>>11486
Thank you all for responding, it means a lot. I don't know anybody in person who has withdrawn from a degree so it really felt like I was being left behind by all my peers (especially my sister, who is incredibly successful).

In all honesty I should have quit after the first year, but I was so stubborn that I carried on even when it was clear that it brought me nothing but stress. Having had some weeks now to reflect, it does feel like a weight off of my shoulders.

How did you take your next steps? I suppose this is no different from having graduated, but all the ideas I had for what to do next in my life revolved around me passing the degree. Suddenly the future is so uncertain and I find it scary

>>11485
not my story but my brother went to university for 2 years because my parents forced him After not being able to decide on a major and dropping out he turned his attention full-time to his hobbies: photography and photo retouching.
He took a two-year associates degree from a local community college in this field and worked a bunch of odd jobs and gigs for several years, scraping by. Eventually he landed a full-time position at a large agency and now makes more than many of the people I went to grad school with, without any of the debt.
So if there's something you'd rather be/do, work hard at it and maybe you will find your path.

>>11485
>Has anyone here dropped out of collage or university?
Yes actually.
>Was it a good decision?
For the time yes. I was very inexperienced and had little means to pay for it. Me back then wasn't going to be able to pull it off. My second go around we're getting that degree though. However long it takes.
>>11486
>I've dropped out of law
Ooh how was it? I've considered pursuing a degree in that field. Its been a long time dream of mine to get behind the civil rights movement like my grandfather and his father before him. They were in the offices of the NAACP and LULAC back in the day as an accountant and a treasurer. The lawyers were the real warriors though, and that's where I want to be.

I was heavily encouraged to go to university after school but had no real ambition or direction. I decided to study biology because it was one of the few subjects I enjoyed in school but quickly fell behind, failed all my courses, and dropped out after a semester.

>>11486 has the right advice, working menial jobs for 5 years was really useful. I think a sense of pointlessness and depression is just endemic to who I am because I've never been able to shake it but at least now I have the maturity to sustain full time study in something useful.

Don't feel like a failure, it's just part of growing up. Spend the next couple of years figuring out what it is you want to do if you need to, just try not to waste it. My main regret is simply not going back sooner or using my time to have more interesting experiences. Still, it's good to know that it's never too late; I know a chick who quit her job as a pharmacist to study CS because she was bored of her career. There's no shame in being in education when you're older, not everyone follows the same trajectory in life.

I studied pre-med for 3 years but had to drop out because I was just doing what I was told and wasn't really coping and ended up in a psych hospital. I spent about 5 years in and out of different life stages and only last year I finally went back to University to study what I really want to.

It obviously really, really affected my life and its progression but I would never say dropping out was a mistake. It's just part of the tapestry of my life it took to get where I am now.

>>11390
Am that sushi and can confirm that replysushi is right on both counts

I feel like this might not go over well. Oh well.

>>11436
Great choice of movie and book, both are very nostalgic to me
Please forgive me but your choice of porn paired with your choice of Pokemon really made me laugh

>>11381
pretty good list, i love litwick and the melodica, but emma goldman wasn't a politician as much as i wish she was

I'm in a similar situation. Anxiety is affecting my success in college and work. I know it doesn't make your situation any better, but just know that you're not alone with this kind of stuff.

All I know is the less I go out, the more anxious I get. When I used to have more of a social life, socialization was easier for me. The less you do it, the less familiar it is, and the harder it gets. It's like working out: you get bigger muscles when you lift more often. But if you take a long break where you don't go to the gym at all, you get in worse shape again. It's like that, but for mental health too.

I am currently looking into some sliding scale and medicaid places. There are free or sliding scale clinics that can help people who don't have a lot of money. Of course, your mileage may vary.

But don't give up. Try different methods of help, try to find supportive groups, try to reach out to resources that might be able to help you. Google local places related to counseling, mental health, sliding scale, medicaid, job help, etc. There are resources out there.

>>4503
>All I know is the less I go out, the more anxious I get. When I used to have more of a social life, socialization was easier for me. The less you do it, the less familiar it is, and the harder it gets. It's like working out: you get bigger muscles when you lift more often. But if you take a long break where you don't go to the gym at all, you get in worse shape again. It's like that, but for mental health too.
This resonates with me. If I feel someone's presence is augmenting my social anxiety I just start a conversation with any excuse. If I'm in a class I take my time and talk with everyone. I don't even care, I do it so my anxiety level is lower.
>I am currently looking into some sliding scale and medicaid places.
I'll see If I have something like that in my country.
Don't support groups just turn into an echo chamber of misery ?

>>4502
Do you like the Mission: Impossible theme?

>>10599
Sweetness is my weakness

>>10599
>>11451
Based coffee poster

>>10599
I love cheesecakes

>>11540
Danke

>>11594
very cute

I used to go to bed consistently at 1:00 am, after a full day of work, a small workout, and some video games. After the coronavirus crisis, my stress levels and workload went up a lot, now even if I try to stay awake I usually fall asleep on the couch at 10 or 11. Which is really frustrating because it feels like I have to choose between sleep or personal free time.

I has a constant sleep pattern due to 9 to 5 work.

>>10401
You need to take time off work before you burn yourself out.
You can concentrate your workload and have no personal time, that's fine, but it must be balanced out with time completely off work. e.g. 4 days on, 3 days off; or 2 weeks on, 1 week off; that sort of thing. You have to negotiate this with your boss.

Shall we play a game?

Sleep is for the weak!

>>11483
Are you really in limbo?

My relationship with my bf of 7 years is up in the air. I don't know what will come of it. I don't know a relationship outside of this one.

Your situation seems more certain though. I think you can take solace in that certainty. Do you wanna be friends?

(is CRASH A PLANE a wordfilter btw??)

I'm 30 with a decent(ish) job these days. When I started running imageboards ~10 years ago I was a NEET, and it took me 6 years of NEETdom before I went back to school out of sheer boredom. It's not until about 2 years ago that I was somewhat financially stable, and I am finally able to rent a room to myself in an apartment, without having to share it, as of about a week ago. It's my first time having a room entirely to myself in about a decade. I have been a little distant from my imageboards for the past several years while I focus on other stuff, but I still check the front pages every day and read or respond to threads sometimes, usually sushi rollymously. I do still spend a pretty decent amount of time online, I'm just running several other communities now and spending a lot less time online overall than I used to.

>>11488
I feel I am because though things are finalized I can't move on to see others because of this lockdown and to make matters worse my city is slowly going bankrupt - 60% of business here has now closed permanently. My cities population is small and now it will get smaller, its harder still to get into a relationship the older you get…it's like watching myself dig my own grave.
>I think you can take solace in that certainty.
I'm not strong enough to do that.
>Do you wanna be friends?
Yes that would be nice but I'm unsure how to go about it.
>(is CRASH A PLANE a wordfilter btw??)
Oh that was just me making a lame joke referencing Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's The Message song but I messed up the quote, it was "I swear I might hijack a plane."

I'm 29 and I just like the imageboard format, no addictive stuff like retweets, likes, endless scrolling,… (I do think some kind of image board but without the sushi roll aspect could be nice) I'm not married but I've lived together with my companion for more then 8 years now, we fled to the countryside that is completely empty, I like it although the local people can be a bit much sometimes.

I guess you win some and you lose some

>>11497
>no addictive stuff
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Faster imageboards like 4chan can be insanely addictive.

Pomodoro Technique
Time Blocking
Day Journaling
Habit Tracking
Feynman Technique
Subject Interleaving
Regular Exercise
Mind-enhancing Drugs
Rubber Ducking
Pre-mortems
Taking a break

>>4571
>Pomodoro Technique
>Regular Exercise
>Rubber Ducking
These have all made me a lot more productive with relatively little effort. Getting a proper 8 hours of sleep every night also helps a lot.

For creative work, I've found that going to art exhibitions, reading magical realist fiction, and keeping a dream journal all help me think more laterally and less linearly.

Caffeine is a big trade-off in my experience: it makes me more productive when doing menial work, but makes me a lot less creative.

>>4594

I've found that you typically have creative work that creates menial work. First, you create the plan. Then, you do the work to finish the plan. Figuring out when you are good at each helps you remove stress by avoiding feeling guilty that you aren't doing creativity well when you should be focusing on menial work and vice versa.

I have also seen that creative work motivates menial work. Too much menial work makes you feel sad and like you have lost track of why you are doing it in the first place. Doing too much creative work upfront might cause you to get stuck at 90% until you can find a way to be creative again.

Of course, when you get stuck in a negative thought spiral, all work suffers. Creative work helps you feel your way out of it in my experience.

>>4569
Just DO IT -Nike, goddess of victory

Think and it will be DONE.