What do you swear by?

Brand, thing, behavior, method, advice, mantra, etc.

I swear by Blackwing pencils.

Also, the ‘two minute rule’, which has really improved my life: “if it takes two minutes or less to do, just do it now; if it takes longer, schedule it.” I’ve got untreated attention issues and it’s very easy for me to notice something needing done, and overlook or procrastinate it because it seems inconvenient in the moment. Having a totally painless rule that forces me to acknowledge that thing I should pick up, that trash bag I should change, etc, or, to at least put on my calendar anything I mustn’t forget in the long run has been great for me.

Crabhands,
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Swearing. It’s the fucking best!

jbrains,

Ditto on the Two-Minute Rule. Getting stuff out of my head in general.

Vent (and especially swear!) to reduce physical pain, but absolutely not to reduce psychic/emotional pain. Venting just makes you hold onto psychic pain longer.

Sodastream. And not the electronic ones.

flop_leash_973,

Putting new tasks down to get to them later at work when I see something I had not planned on doing. Just make a ticket and throw it in the backlog. It is amazing how those little 5 minute things can eat into the work you said you were going to be doing now.

Also, "the Scotty principle ". Basically always say something will take longer than it will.

tinyhydra.com/the-scotty-principle/

Silviecat44,

Underwater Hockey. Actually an amazing sport and I am so glad I found it.

databender,
@databender@lemmy.world avatar

Weber grills and smokers.

black_shirt,

If you booze often, B1 vitamin will make you feel like a relatively normal human. You will still piss out your ass, but strength and endurance gains are still achievable. The only thing holding back this functional alcoholic is sleep. Booze destroys my sleep so I should prob quit, it’s aging me.

staceybassoon,
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Good shoes and a good mattress. Those things can really have a profound impact on quality of life.

Lemminary,

I discovered the mythical and magical power of a great mattress. One day I’ll be able to afford one, once I grow a spare kidney.

Kaped,

Linux and FOSS

Artaca,

Slowly transitioning myself into more FOSS and self hosting. Linux is tough because I’m fairly dependent on software that, to the best of my knowledge, wouldn’t work on it. Dual booting doesn’t sound fun

SturgiesYrFase,
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I dual boot win10 and Garuda Arch(I use Arch BTW) and it’s pretty painless. Garuda is a gaming centric distro, it plays almost every game I throw at it with no fuss. The only reason I still use windows at all is because my music production programs refuse to run on Linux, regardless of what settings I use in wine or Proton.

CoffeeDev,
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I think music production software uses some system APIs that might not even be possible to replicate with Wine or Proton.

SturgiesYrFase,
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I use Fruityloops and Deckadance, FL Studio 18 (I think) has been successfully run in wine, but I’m on 21…annnnd not so much. Deckadance not even close.

CoffeeDev,
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It looks like at least FL Studio can work with Wine, but you have to use ASIO for audio.

SturgiesYrFase,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

I’ve tried that, doesn’t jive. At least I’m not skilled enough to follow the simple instructions well enough to get it to work.

Edit: I’ll have another go, last time I checked the wine db 18 was the most current working version

CoffeeDev,
@CoffeeDev@lemmy.studio avatar

Wine can be difficult to get working right (I have tried to use Wine for a few things before and I also had issues with it that I couldn’t solve), so it doesn’t surprise me that it doesn’t work right for you. It is a miracle that they can get any apps to run on a completely different operating system, and audio software tends to be very complicated and often depends on system APIs.

SturgiesYrFase,
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I usually don’t have much if any trouble with wine, but for whatever reason couldn’t ever get FL running

CoffeeDev,
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My main troubles with Wine were when I tried to get Roblox to run under it. It ran, but only barely, and I don’t quite know why, but I had to use Grapejuice to get it to run without feeling like it was running on a low-end computer from 2005.

SturgiesYrFase,
@SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml avatar

I mean, at least you got it running

CoffeeDev,
@CoffeeDev@lemmy.studio avatar

I am sure you probably could get FL Studio to run as well with some time and research.

Dubious_Fart,

People are assholes, who greedily eat up kindness and never, ever return it, no matter how much you need it in the moment.

They’ll trauma dump on you, and not even listen to a word of your problems.

They’ll beg you to help them push their dead car half a mile home, and guffah hard and say they arent your slave if you ask them to pick something up when they’ll already on their way to your place… something important for the favor you’re doing for them.

They demand respect, but the second you expect it in turn you are worthless trash.

Its not a matter of if they hurt you, its simply a matter of when.

Bronzie,

This made me surprisingly sad to read and I hope you will find people who are not like this in your future.

I don’t think I have anyone like that in my life. Not because they don’t exist, but because I choose who I wish to spend my time with.

I firmly believe we should all strive to be the change we wish to see in this world, and I also believe it rubs of on others. Don’t be a afraid to cut cancer out of your life my friend. It hurts while you cut, but it’s better for you in the long run.

Ascend910,

Linux

Laila,

Otterbox phone cases are legit.

If you cook, invest in good knives and keep them sharp.

Psythik,

Not of you have a foldable, they aren’t. Otterbox cases used to be good, but they can’t seem to figure out proper hinge protection like the other case manufacturers have. So they just leave the hinge exposed.

Already broke one foldable when my phone landed directly on the unprotected hinge and shattered the inner screen. Thankfully the phone was insured, but I’ll never buy another Otterbox again. The $20 generic case I purchased is built much better and actually protects the entire phone, hinge and all.

Laila,

Good to know, I don’t have any experience with the folding phones.

Dubious_Fart,

Folding phones are just status symbols for people who like to buy expensive trash.

Much like anything with an apple logo.

Psythik,

It’s actually very useful. I can bring a tablet everywhere I go without having to charge and carry two separate devices. And it fits in my pocket!

A foldable is worth it for restaurant menus alone. Videos are so much better too.

Hyperi0n,

Folding phones are trash and not a Metric to decide the status of Otterbein as a whole.

Bronzie,

Aye!

I bought some stupid expensive Japanese cooking knives and a grinding stone and I am never ever going back to the cheap stuff.

senatoru,

Etnies shoes. I will die with a pair of them on my feet. They’re the only ones that are comfortable, wear out in more than a few months, look generic enough to pair them with most of my clothes and are reasonably priced.

Pyrrhichios,

I too like fancy pencils. Mitsubishi’s range are my faves.

AstronautOnEverest,
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I just bought a dozen pencils from the Hi-Uni range and I’m super excited to try them out. I’ve heard so many good things about them from fellow pencil enthusiasts.

badnew,

As far a clothing goes, FIGS Supersoft underscrubs. Having worn plain black T-shirts my whole life and working in healthcare it’s nice being able to wear clothes that make me feel comfortable and kind of not at work, if that makes any sense. Really soft and don’t seem to lose colour! New Balance 574 have always served me well!

RGB3x3,

Kind of expensive (and apparently shilled by people on TikTok and Instagram), but I’ve been loving the Fabletics brand. Their payment format is super weird, but they gave like 70% off everything the first time I signed up, so I got a bunch of stuff for cheap and cancelled.

It’s all really comfortable and really well-made.

RBWells,

CeraVe unscented lotion punches way above it’s class. Cheap enough to use as body lotion, good enough to use as face lotion. Apparently even the unimaginably rich Bryan Johnson, who does nothing but take care of his body and spends thousands a month on it, still uses this drugstore lotion because there really isn’t much better at any price.

EssentialCoffee,

Would recommend. I stopped using it because it never played nicely with my sunscreen, but if you’re looking for an inexpensive face moisturizer, CeraVe’s moisturizing lotion is really good.

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