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@conandlibrarian Don’t try edibles first. You cannot control your reaction as much and it tends to be much stronger. Just take a single hit off a vape pen to start. You can buy them cheap in Seattle.
@conandlibrarian My wife and I just got back from Seattle. The nonchalant prevalence and availability of pot was surreal. Our niece brought us to the shop next door to where her boyfriend works. It was bright, friendly, and spotless. (I guess some part of me was expecting a dark smoky room.) The selection was a bit overwhelming. There were things there that I had no idea what they were. We ended up getting some candies. We both had half of a 10 mg candy and it was delightful. It comes on much slower than smoking but it was smooth and you don’t have to cough.
Unlike others here, I’d encourage you to eat instead of smoke. I think you have more control that way. But there are two things to be careful of:
They have sodas that have 10 or 20 doses per bottle. (A dose is 10 mg.) My brother in Colorado said a lot of tourists there would buy one of these sodas then drink the whole thing and have a very bad time (calling 911 and ending up in the hospital). In Colorado they’ve stopped selling multiple doses in something that looks like a single serving but they still sell them in Washington.
For your first time you should under no circumstances eat more than 10 mg. I’d suggest 5 mg. The common mistake is to eat some, not feel anything, then eat more. Don’t do this!
I hope pot gets legalized in California. I think the taxes and decriminalization will help the state. Plus I want to be able to go to a nice, clean shop and buy a candy now and then and know precisely how strong it is (which is why I don’t eat home-made edibles).
@conandlibrarian
Agree, be very cautious and slow with dosing on edibles. Esp. solid food edibles, they take a while to hit.
Friends of mine with long and heavy drug histories have gone to Amsterdam, taken one toke or just a bite or two, and then were so wasted sometime afterwards that they had to be carried out of places.
@f00l@conandlibrarian I think the big advantage with legalized pot (in the U.S. at least) is that this “one bite and completely wasted” scenario isn’t going to happen. You know exactly how much is in that one bite. And that’s why I think it’s more controlled than smoking. It’s harder to know how much is in that one hit. (Vape pens might be different. I have no knowledge of them.)
Regarding edibles vs. smoking / vaping - with edibles, start very small and be patient. Because of the way edibles are metabolized, it can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours to kick in, and the effects can last several hours. These effects vary between edibles, but generally, you’re gonna get stronger body effects coupled with an almost psychedelic head high in larger doses. Smaller amounts yield milder and more comfortable effects, which is why I reiterate, if you try edibles first, start small and be patient, or you’re gonna have a fucking really bad time.
Edibles may be strong, but compared to inhaled cannabis, they actually deliver a smaller concentration of cannabinoids to the bloodstream. Ingesting edibles introduces only 10 to 20 percent of THC and other cannabinoids to the blood plasma, whereas inhaled cannabis falls closer to 50 or 60 percent. The effects of smoked cannabis tend to peak within the first 10 minutes and rapidly dissipate over the next 30 to 60 minutes. Which is why I recommend smoking / vaping slowly (lightly) at first.
I was going to say I’m most present when I’m playing music. But now that I’ve got a job as a programmer again, I have to say it’s while I’m working. When I’m in the coding groove, the world fades away. Sometimes when I’m playing music I’m thinking about playing music instead of just playing music.
I relish just lying well-settled in bed and letting my mind expand into the silence and emptiness around me, where I get to think and feel and become whatever my mind can come up with. I stare at my wall of art, out the window at the twisted trees or painterly skies, up at the cracked and shadowed ceiling, into nighted darkness or the fractured prisms thrown by the chandelier or my cats eyes or whatever piles of mess in textures and colours and values and I get to noodle my way into some kinds of glory and epiphany and fantasy and filth and utter banality and shallowness. I fucking love just lying around and doing nothing but being. So I do it pretty often, yeah. Lazy bitch excuses, what-whaaaat!
@f00l Heh, yes. I own a riding school, and have 17 horses (so quite a collection). I also prefer collected gaits, as they don’t jar as badly when the feet are organized. Yes, I know I should have had a helmet, but was on less than 5 mins, and just sincerely ticked that the horse was NOT listening to the student.
When I find myself seriously stressed, my body craves being on the horse, and/or when I can’t get to one, in my mind I work through jump courses, reining patterns or dressage tests. Last funeral I attended I got through 2 Grand Prix tests, and a couple of reining patterns in my head before they finished.
@zahita459
Ok where do you live? I will moving next door in just a min.
Thought that horse looked collected.
I like collected and relaxed and cowpoke and extended and whatever.
Helmets are a must now, but we never used them. Picked up a few concussions thereby.
History: mostly Arabians, thoroughbreds, quarters, a Morgan, a saddlebred, perhaps a Tennessee Walker? random cow horses, a Welsh pony. In spite of being a city kid and the only person in the family who rode.
Ok - could do anything up to a passage, half the time bareback; lots of reining and jumping - but never masterful or excellent - that would have taken far more $ than my parents had and perhaps more discipline than I had. And perhaps better training than could be had around N Texas at that time.
Damn I owe my parents. Wow sometimes I forget.
…
And then life went on. But I miss it.
The cost of keeping a horse now if you live in the city is insane. Let alone doing something more than fooling around as a rider. Also the time involved.
@sanspoint I don’t want to rain on your parade and I know that a huge % of high school and college students take Adderall to get their work done. The problem is you may get the quantity accomplished but the quality is lacking. I read papers that my students turn is (I have been an adjunct Professor for the past 26 years) and I can tell who is juiced and who isn’t. Also, who just handed in a recycled paper (when you ask for 10 pages and get 40, not smart). The other bad thing is that you are over clocking your system and just like with computer processors, it doesn’t work well. If you have worked on a cycle on cycle off system that works for you, that great and I wish you all the best. If you feel off, your body is trying to tell you something.
Again, not judging or anything close. Most people want to get their work done and it seems to help them. Unfortunately, some people overdue it like everything else.
Best Wishes
@bsci87 I’m legit diagnosed with ADHD (minus the H part), and only on a small amount I take once per day. Oh, lord, does it help. I used to be constantly on edge, anxious, and go off at the slightest stress. Not anymore!
@sanspoint Hey, if it works, that’s what medicine is for. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people that are self medicating and rationalizing it because they feel better for a time. That’s the spiral of addiction. I’m glad you found something that helps you. It’s hard when you see some people having it so easy and you’re stressed out. I suffer from migraine and cluster headaches. I can count on both hands how many days I haven’t had one since I was 17 and that’s a very long time ago. I’ve seen over 30 neurologists that always want to try something new. I know what works and what allows me to get my job done. Unfortunately, some Doctor’s have an ego that they need to be right. I stick my doctorate in their faces at that point and move on.
I am happy you have found your way to make things work and allows you not to fight with your body.
God Bless.
@hollboll I agree with a shower. When I’m stuck on a project or when writing, I go take a shower and it refocuses me. Sometimes it gets to be a four or five shower day.
We have the smallest shower I have ever seen, in my house, but the bathroom it is in was an addition, before we lived here. Prior to that, they only had a bathtub and the way the room is designed, it would be pretty difficult to put in a usable shower.
@TheCO2 Wow, that would take the skin off. I guess I would quickly look like a prune. :-0 Yikes, now with that in mind, I’m going to stay away from mirrors for a while.
@DrunkCat I dunno. If it helps someone relax and recenter, what does it hurt? I mean, yeah, if it’s being done as a substitute for some needed action, that’s a problem, but that’s not what’s being discussed here.
@f00l I once had a coworker who would say pretty much anything to make himself look intelligent, but it usually had the opposite effect. One time we were discussing whiskies, and Dewar’s came up. His response: “blech, single malts.”
@f00l I didn’t mean you should stop talking. I meant the coworker. You can ramble on in an amusing, borderline-comprehensible stream-of-consciousness monologue to your heart’s content, and I’ll be over here enjoying the show.
@dannybeans
Cool.
I’m not worried about trying to appear intelligent. Clearly, current choice of conduct counterproductive to that.
For some reason, today, have way too much energy and madness. C’est la vie.
(French copied and pasted, fwiw).
Nor am I worried about the intelligence of people on meh. Nor my own, though perhaps I should be. For better or worse, one lives with what one cannot rise above.
Oh, re whisky: have nothing against other whiskies, including blended ones, have enjoyed many types. Am the absolute opposite of knowledgeable regarding whisky. Just know I’ve had a variety of stuff I liked, many times. I remember best the single-malts. That could have been their quality, or other, social or personal factors. I revere whisky more in memory than in current practice now.
@f00l I agree completely with you on whiskies. And that’s why I wanted my coworker to shut up - one, he didn’t like single malts (which is his right, of course, but differs from my opinion and is therefore WRONG WRONG WRONG), and two, he thought Dewar’s was a single malt, which it most definitely is NOT.
I’m so addicted to my phone now that the only things that can make me forget about the internet for a while is to put on some music and work on a puzzle or some crafts, or a really good book.
When watching movies at home, I’ll end up pausing them to surf the internet because they can’t keep my attention long enough.
If my partner is over, I don’t touch my phone unless I get a message because I’m too busy paying attention to him.
@RiotDemon
i have this infection. i can no longer watch most tv/movies without playing on the net at the same time. made an exception for Sin City earlier tonite tho.
i refuse to get much into video games because Time Suck. but i’m sure the endless surfing is not a Time Suck at all.
This might not be a popular answer but I find going to the range and shooting 300+ yards relaxing. You find the zone and all else just doesn’t matter.
Especially when you’re shooting rounds you designed the recipe for and loaded yourself.
@RiotDemon Sympathies. Nearest one here is 90 minutes away since the crooks running this county forced the nearer ones out of business. 2 hours for the more general purpose range. And the fees. And the cost of ammo these days.
@duodec Gone are the days the county had an open range for sighting in your rifle before deer season, shooting skeet/trap, and just general plinking. I’m lucky though; I have a range 10 miles away and I only pay $130 a year for the entire family. No other usage fees. Only drawback is they’re closed Mondays and don’t allow .50 BMGs.
@Mehrocco_Mole I’m glad you posted this. I went to look at the local club to see their pricing which is $1800 a year for individuals and no way could I afford it… But it turns out there is another range that is going to be building skeet/trap ranges that’s only $250 a year, and I can bring a guest, which is more reasonable.
So I’ll have to keep my eyes open for that.
Edit: the more expensive club, I can spend almost $7000 a year if I want free golf cart rental and clays.
Read!
@rhcurry02 That’s it!
sewing for me
Throw cutlery
The sound of the ocean.
Post on meh’s forums.
Why no walking in nature?
@SamuelOak
/giphy scary nature
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@mfladd You mean you do that, or you just watch that GIF on repeat?
@mfladd Pictures or it didn’t happen
Eat chocolate.
Slow down? What is this term you mentioned? I know not of this slow down thing.
@bsci87 Precisely. Statistically speaking, I’ve only got another 30-40 years left on this planet. I’ll slow down then.
@smyle That’s my idea, I’ll slow down once I’m finished on this earth.
Smoke a bowl . . . and listen to Edith Piaf or Montserrat Caballé . . . Or Floyd or the Dead depending on my mood.
@Pavlov I have never actually smoked a bowl. Living in Southern California, it seems as if everyone does. I have actually always wanted to though.
I am going to Seattle in November, and hope to try some edibles.
@conandlibrarian Don’t try edibles first. You cannot control your reaction as much and it tends to be much stronger. Just take a single hit off a vape pen to start. You can buy them cheap in Seattle.
@conandlibrarian - Agreed, smoke / vape, slowly at first - edibles much later.
@conandlibrarian My wife and I just got back from Seattle. The nonchalant prevalence and availability of pot was surreal. Our niece brought us to the shop next door to where her boyfriend works. It was bright, friendly, and spotless. (I guess some part of me was expecting a dark smoky room.) The selection was a bit overwhelming. There were things there that I had no idea what they were. We ended up getting some candies. We both had half of a 10 mg candy and it was delightful. It comes on much slower than smoking but it was smooth and you don’t have to cough.
Unlike others here, I’d encourage you to eat instead of smoke. I think you have more control that way. But there are two things to be careful of:
They have sodas that have 10 or 20 doses per bottle. (A dose is 10 mg.) My brother in Colorado said a lot of tourists there would buy one of these sodas then drink the whole thing and have a very bad time (calling 911 and ending up in the hospital). In Colorado they’ve stopped selling multiple doses in something that looks like a single serving but they still sell them in Washington.
For your first time you should under no circumstances eat more than 10 mg. I’d suggest 5 mg. The common mistake is to eat some, not feel anything, then eat more. Don’t do this!
I hope pot gets legalized in California. I think the taxes and decriminalization will help the state. Plus I want to be able to go to a nice, clean shop and buy a candy now and then and know precisely how strong it is (which is why I don’t eat home-made edibles).
@SSteve Every bad drug experience starts with the words “I didn’t feel anything, so I took some more”
@conandlibrarian
Agree, be very cautious and slow with dosing on edibles. Esp. solid food edibles, they take a while to hit.
Friends of mine with long and heavy drug histories have gone to Amsterdam, taken one toke or just a bite or two, and then were so wasted sometime afterwards that they had to be carried out of places.
@f00l @conandlibrarian I think the big advantage with legalized pot (in the U.S. at least) is that this “one bite and completely wasted” scenario isn’t going to happen. You know exactly how much is in that one bite. And that’s why I think it’s more controlled than smoking. It’s harder to know how much is in that one hit. (Vape pens might be different. I have no knowledge of them.)
@SSteve
Part of the problem might be “well I’m not that old, haven’t done this in a while, but …”
@SSteve @f00l @Fuzzalini @conandlibrarian
Regarding edibles vs. smoking / vaping - with edibles, start very small and be patient. Because of the way edibles are metabolized, it can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours to kick in, and the effects can last several hours. These effects vary between edibles, but generally, you’re gonna get stronger body effects coupled with an almost psychedelic head high in larger doses. Smaller amounts yield milder and more comfortable effects, which is why I reiterate, if you try edibles first, start small and be patient, or you’re gonna have a fucking really bad time.
Edibles may be strong, but compared to inhaled cannabis, they actually deliver a smaller concentration of cannabinoids to the bloodstream. Ingesting edibles introduces only 10 to 20 percent of THC and other cannabinoids to the blood plasma, whereas inhaled cannabis falls closer to 50 or 60 percent. The effects of smoked cannabis tend to peak within the first 10 minutes and rapidly dissipate over the next 30 to 60 minutes. Which is why I recommend smoking / vaping slowly (lightly) at first.
@Pavlov thanks for the tips!
@SSteve thanks for all of the info. There is a lot to look out for.
Mostly I just freak out and remain absent.
Juggle
This is my relaxation technique. I would also like to watch movies but I don’t have a REGION FREE BLU-RAY PLAYER
/giphy polish knob
@medz
/giphy rub one out
/giphy flog the dolphin
/giphy wax the cactus
@medz
/giphy spank the monkey
/giphy Stroke the goat
/giphy massage the walrus
@medz
/giphy handy dandy
/giphy strangle the serpent
/giphy pocket pool
@mehybe My eyes!!! The goggles do nothing!
@Pavlov
@PocketBrain
@mehybe
@medz
Is a monkey ever truly, finally spanked?
/giphy final spanking
@medz In the military:
/giphy Muster up a one-hand working party
I thought the fourth answer said “fisting”.
I momentarily had to rethink my vote…
@jsimsace Maybe they had to rethink their answers, too.
@TheCO2
Rethink? Why?
/giphy innocent fist
@f00l But of course.
slither.io – killing others and eating their remains is just the thing to take the edge off.
/giphy bob ross
I’m always present.
I know it’s uber nerdy, but I like to build scale models to relax and get away from reality.
@Cheddy
@ELUNO Thank you for this. Perfect.
I was going to say I’m most present when I’m playing music. But now that I’ve got a job as a programmer again, I have to say it’s while I’m working. When I’m in the coding groove, the world fades away. Sometimes when I’m playing music I’m thinking about playing music instead of just playing music.
@SSteve
I know exactly how you feel.
I play guitar. Not well, but that’s not the point, right?
I relish just lying well-settled in bed and letting my mind expand into the silence and emptiness around me, where I get to think and feel and become whatever my mind can come up with. I stare at my wall of art, out the window at the twisted trees or painterly skies, up at the cracked and shadowed ceiling, into nighted darkness or the fractured prisms thrown by the chandelier or my cats eyes or whatever piles of mess in textures and colours and values and I get to noodle my way into some kinds of glory and epiphany and fantasy and filth and utter banality and shallowness. I fucking love just lying around and doing nothing but being. So I do it pretty often, yeah. Lazy bitch excuses, what-whaaaat!
@goldenthorn
This sounds pretty good actually. Esp with cat-random-factor involved.
Go to the shooting range and rent an MP5 and buy 500 rounds of ammo.
@ThatsHeadly A good day at the range always improves my mood. For a more zen experience I prefer .22 bench rifle.
@WINTERMUTE a .338 lapua on the 500 yard range is pretty zen…
Lose consciousness.
Sometimes it even works.
Nothing. Guess I don’t ever feel the need.
Sail
@CaptAmehrican So you are that kind of captain then…
Go for a drive.
Why the hell do I want to slow down and live in the present? I’m aiming for the future!
@dptalia
It’s bright. Hope you got good shades.
/giphy good shades
@f00l Fifty thou a year doesn’t buy as much beer as it once did…
@gcanyon
Home-brew then. One must go forwards amidst pain and tragedy.
@f00l I’m not slowing down until I get my flying car!
The sound of breaking glass.
Long distance cycling. The zen comes on after about twenty miles.
Ride my horse(s).
@zahita459
Collect both horses and gaits?
@f00l Heh, yes. I own a riding school, and have 17 horses (so quite a collection). I also prefer collected gaits, as they don’t jar as badly when the feet are organized. Yes, I know I should have had a helmet, but was on less than 5 mins, and just sincerely ticked that the horse was NOT listening to the student.
When I find myself seriously stressed, my body craves being on the horse, and/or when I can’t get to one, in my mind I work through jump courses, reining patterns or dressage tests. Last funeral I attended I got through 2 Grand Prix tests, and a couple of reining patterns in my head before they finished.
@zahita459
Ok where do you live? I will moving next door in just a min.
Thought that horse looked collected.
I like collected and relaxed and cowpoke and extended and whatever.
Helmets are a must now, but we never used them. Picked up a few concussions thereby.
History: mostly Arabians, thoroughbreds, quarters, a Morgan, a saddlebred, perhaps a Tennessee Walker? random cow horses, a Welsh pony. In spite of being a city kid and the only person in the family who rode.
Ok - could do anything up to a passage, half the time bareback; lots of reining and jumping - but never masterful or excellent - that would have taken far more $ than my parents had and perhaps more discipline than I had. And perhaps better training than could be had around N Texas at that time.
Damn I owe my parents. Wow sometimes I forget.
…
And then life went on. But I miss it.
The cost of keeping a horse now if you live in the city is insane. Let alone doing something more than fooling around as a rider. Also the time involved.
“And knowing how way leads in to way…”
/image dressage
I was going to select other (Ambien) until I saw the ‘present’ requirement.
Walking is what I voted for, but what’s working for me these days is Adderall. Damn this ADD shit, but boy does pharmaceutical-grade speed help!
@sanspoint I don’t want to rain on your parade and I know that a huge % of high school and college students take Adderall to get their work done. The problem is you may get the quantity accomplished but the quality is lacking. I read papers that my students turn is (I have been an adjunct Professor for the past 26 years) and I can tell who is juiced and who isn’t. Also, who just handed in a recycled paper (when you ask for 10 pages and get 40, not smart). The other bad thing is that you are over clocking your system and just like with computer processors, it doesn’t work well. If you have worked on a cycle on cycle off system that works for you, that great and I wish you all the best. If you feel off, your body is trying to tell you something.
Again, not judging or anything close. Most people want to get their work done and it seems to help them. Unfortunately, some people overdue it like everything else.
Best Wishes
@bsci87 I’m legit diagnosed with ADHD (minus the H part), and only on a small amount I take once per day. Oh, lord, does it help. I used to be constantly on edge, anxious, and go off at the slightest stress. Not anymore!
Thanks for the concern, though.
@sanspoint Hey, if it works, that’s what medicine is for. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people that are self medicating and rationalizing it because they feel better for a time. That’s the spiral of addiction. I’m glad you found something that helps you. It’s hard when you see some people having it so easy and you’re stressed out. I suffer from migraine and cluster headaches. I can count on both hands how many days I haven’t had one since I was 17 and that’s a very long time ago. I’ve seen over 30 neurologists that always want to try something new. I know what works and what allows me to get my job done. Unfortunately, some Doctor’s have an ego that they need to be right. I stick my doctorate in their faces at that point and move on.
I am happy you have found your way to make things work and allows you not to fight with your body.
God Bless.
All this talk of speed makes me want to pop a Percocet.
/giphy slow down
Drink coffee
Normally I just unplug a bit (no phone or computer) but if I’m really stressed the only thing that helps is a super super hot shower.
@hollboll
@TheCO2
The Praying Mantis shower?
Very relaxing.
@hollboll I agree with a shower. When I’m stuck on a project or when writing, I go take a shower and it refocuses me. Sometimes it gets to be a four or five shower day.
@bsci87 I had to read that twice. I thought you said it was a 4 or 5 day shower.
@TheCO2 That’s why, when we designed the master bedroom in our addition, we got a shower with two shower heads.
@SSteve I have always wanted a shower like that.
We have the smallest shower I have ever seen, in my house, but the bathroom it is in was an addition, before we lived here. Prior to that, they only had a bathtub and the way the room is designed, it would be pretty difficult to put in a usable shower.
@TheCO2 Wow, that would take the skin off. I guess I would quickly look like a prune. :-0 Yikes, now with that in mind, I’m going to stay away from mirrors for a while.
The size of the praying bar depresses me.
@DrunkCat
"Oh Fuck", spoken, or understood, in a certain way, can be a prayer. A real one.
(No offense intended here, people. Speaking somewhat metaphorically.)
@DrunkCat Knowing people pray and them thinking they are helping depresses me.
@TheCO2
Prayer, however understood, can be a form of meditation. Or of philosophical practice.
As can despising anything resembling a religious practice.
As can ignoring all that.
@TheCO2
"You’re in my prayers."
Translation:
“I acknowledge your unfortunate situation. Good luck with that.”
@medz
It can mean that. However, I’m told that translation is an art.
@medz You forgot part. “…and don’t expect any help, from me, because I did my part.”
@TheCO2 Yup. “If I see a falling star, I’ll wish on it for you, but that’s about it.”
@medz I think I have a meme that will get you some prayers. Let me share that, on Facebook, for you.
@TheCO2 oh please do and make sure it’s worded to guilt trip people into sharing or liking it otherwise the devil wins
@DrunkCat I dunno. If it helps someone relax and recenter, what does it hurt? I mean, yeah, if it’s being done as a substitute for some needed action, that’s a problem, but that’s not what’s being discussed here.
@dannybeans I didn’t say it hurt anything, I said it depressed me.
@TheCO2 http://www.thoughtsandprayersthegame.com
@SSteve That’s amazing! I’m posting that on Facebook.
I clicked “Walking” but that was a total lie. I just play match-3 games on my iPad.
Fill up a pipe with Captain Black, pour a finger of bourbon or Scotch (Islay for preference), grab a book, and find a quiet place outside.
Or go out to the workshop and make something.
Or play guitar for a while.
Or put on a movie and weave some chain maille ('cause I’m a NERRRRRRD).
@dannybeans
Single malt. Yeah.
Possibly with (as mentioned in another thread) Scottish ice balls.
@f00l I once had a coworker who would say pretty much anything to make himself look intelligent, but it usually had the opposite effect. One time we were discussing whiskies, and Dewar’s came up. His response: “blech, single malts.”
Dude. Just . . . dude. Stop talking.
@dannybeans
Sanity is not present. Thought that was pretty clear.
Certain people think I ought to be goat.
I warned them.
@f00l I didn’t mean you should stop talking. I meant the coworker. You can ramble on in an amusing, borderline-comprehensible stream-of-consciousness monologue to your heart’s content, and I’ll be over here enjoying the show.
@dannybeans
Cool.
I’m not worried about trying to appear intelligent. Clearly, current choice of conduct counterproductive to that.
For some reason, today, have way too much energy and madness. C’est la vie.
(French copied and pasted, fwiw).
Nor am I worried about the intelligence of people on meh. Nor my own, though perhaps I should be. For better or worse, one lives with what one cannot rise above.
Oh, re whisky: have nothing against other whiskies, including blended ones, have enjoyed many types. Am the absolute opposite of knowledgeable regarding whisky. Just know I’ve had a variety of stuff I liked, many times. I remember best the single-malts. That could have been their quality, or other, social or personal factors. I revere whisky more in memory than in current practice now.
All good.
@f00l I agree completely with you on whiskies. And that’s why I wanted my coworker to shut up - one, he didn’t like single malts (which is his right, of course, but differs from my opinion and is therefore WRONG WRONG WRONG), and two, he thought Dewar’s was a single malt, which it most definitely is NOT.
what is this calming you speak of. the devils work. /twitch
@meh
/giphy the devil’s work
@Pavlov so good. one of the most perfect comedies. #knope2016
I’m so addicted to my phone now that the only things that can make me forget about the internet for a while is to put on some music and work on a puzzle or some crafts, or a really good book.
When watching movies at home, I’ll end up pausing them to surf the internet because they can’t keep my attention long enough.
If my partner is over, I don’t touch my phone unless I get a message because I’m too busy paying attention to him.
I should go back to playing video games.
I need to keep my hands and mind busy.
@RiotDemon
i have this infection. i can no longer watch most tv/movies without playing on the net at the same time. made an exception for Sin City earlier tonite tho.
i refuse to get much into video games because Time Suck. but i’m sure the endless surfing is not a Time Suck at all.
@f00l lol, it’s just trading one time suck for another.
Video games seem to engage my brain more because I have to use my hands. I suppose that’s why I’m not wanting to look at my phone constantly.
@RiotDemon Self-inflicted Attention Deficit Disorder
/giphy ADD
This might not be a popular answer but I find going to the range and shooting 300+ yards relaxing. You find the zone and all else just doesn’t matter.
Especially when you’re shooting rounds you designed the recipe for and loaded yourself.
@Mehrocco_Mole
since i own firearms, i should really take the time to learn to use and enjoy them.
(various more competent family members keep suggesting this; then they re-think, and simply offer to borrow my toys for a while…)
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@Mehrocco_Mole yes. Shooting is great. I wish it wasn’t so expensive to go. I also wish I didn’t have to drive almost an hour for an outdoor range.
@RiotDemon Sympathies. Nearest one here is 90 minutes away since the crooks running this county forced the nearer ones out of business. 2 hours for the more general purpose range. And the fees. And the cost of ammo these days.
Nonetheless its really a catharsis.
@f00l aww, that poor adorable panda.
@duodec Gone are the days the county had an open range for sighting in your rifle before deer season, shooting skeet/trap, and just general plinking. I’m lucky though; I have a range 10 miles away and I only pay $130 a year for the entire family. No other usage fees. Only drawback is they’re closed Mondays and don’t allow .50 BMGs.
@Mehrocco_Mole I’m glad you posted this. I went to look at the local club to see their pricing which is $1800 a year for individuals and no way could I afford it… But it turns out there is another range that is going to be building skeet/trap ranges that’s only $250 a year, and I can bring a guest, which is more reasonable.
So I’ll have to keep my eyes open for that.
Edit: the more expensive club, I can spend almost $7000 a year if I want free golf cart rental and clays.
@RiotDemon
@Mehrocco_Mole
@duodec
@RiotDemon
Pet peeve #368: You have to pay extra to get something “free”. Hate to tell ya pal but that ain’t free.
I can afford to shoot in Texas. But I can’t afford to “shoot in style”.
Woe is me. Again
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