Math and by extension programming. It makes sense. Then I fill in the numbers, it enters my brain and then just goes to a garbled mess. I get lost in a for loop. WTF…
Yeah, a lot of math education teaches memorization. This isnt math. If you can understand how a formula was derived, rather than just memorizing the formula, I find it a lot easier to remember. I’m not really memorizing a formula exactly, rather I understand better of how I get from what I have to what I need.
I agree, my highschool often just stated mathematical equations without explaining what they were. They told us you find the sidelength using sin and gave js a formula and thats it. They didn’t say what sin actually was/represented, how to calculate by hand or even show us the classic unit circle like on this website www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/unit-circle.html
I didn’t say I’m not a math person. It literally becomes confusing. I imagine it’s like how dislexia works. They know words. They know what words say, just putting them together doesn’t happen the same way as everyone else. I fundamentally understand the individual elements but I just can’t assemble them properly in my brain like I can with everything else. Even if I know the formula and put the numbers in the right places it’s like the processing step in my brain just…doesn’t, or won’t. Hard to explain.
When I was losing weight, tracking my progress on things like running and weight helped me stay consistent with it. Every time you exert yourself, it’s towards a goal, and if you can track your progress it feels less pointless.
Banter. Lots of friends/acquaintances do it, but I always fail to see the fun in it since 85% of the time people will go overboard and say insults in disguise of a joke.
I can count on the fingers of one hand the people I felt confortable with doing this
It’s not worth liking, especially in fast foods. A big part of the problem is sheer quantity. It’s all too common that I need to wipe off huge globs of greasy rancid mayo sauce - one of many reasons to avoid fast food
Whiskey. I can be pretentious about good beer, bread, chocolate or coffee, but I’ve just never tasted a difference between whiskeys. Granted I haven’t made too serious an attempt but it Hardly seems worth it. How can I finish becoming a snob if I don’t like good whiskey?
Star Wars. I’m literally the only Gen Xer I know who didn’t grow up a huge fan of the first three movies and didn’t care for all the toys associated with them. That continued into adulthood–I never got the hype for the newer movies or the modern series.
Sauces on foods. No, hear me out! Since I was young any kind of sauce on my food really bothers me. I just can’t enjoy it and usually don’t eat at all or pick around it if I can’t get it removed.
Nearly every menu item and nearly every cuisine includes a sauce, and it’s often prepared with the sauce in an unremovable state.
Fortunately it’s easier these days than when I was young to order it on the side, so I can just not eat it. But it’s a mild inconvenience that I’d never wish on anyone (except my enemies).
Money. When it comes to motivation when job searching, it’s probably one of the last things in my priority list. Not really motivated by it, it’s just that I value ease of travel, environment, hours, stress amount (or lack there of) way more, and I probably could achieve more and grow more as a person if I was after positions that offered more money. As things are right now, however, I’m completely fine just taking it easy.
Career growth. Works keeps telling me for years about how they want to promote me into a new role, but I keep turning them down. Like bruh yeah it’s more pay but it’s more hours ya know.
I’d rather finish work 5pm everyday then stay back till 8pm for a few grand more which is even worse after tax.
I see people I’ve known that are in higher roles and they’re overworked and put in like 50% more hours than I do. They probably make 20% more but I make enough to be very happy. So what’s the point?
That’s completely normal, and a large portion of people here in Europe would do the same as you do. There is this saying where “people in North America life to work, people in Europe work to life”. Because who cares if you make more money if you barely have the time to actually enjoy it?
Not trying to say one continent is better than the other, but it is a very clear difference in work-life balance mentality.
Maybe find a way to define “career growth” for you, instead of the company’s version? I’ve been pretty happy with increased freedom, increased decision-making, without the extra hours and without having to deal with people.
I’m curious, why beer? I love beer and its many varieties, but not liking it seems like an overall win. It’s awful for your body, we (Americans at least) tend to consume way too much of it at a time, and if your aim is to get drunk there are far more effective ways to accomplish it.
It’s ubiquitous, cheap, many places only carry it and wine, and all your friends love it, plus craft beer is huge now. Being the weirdo that won’t drink it isn’t really fun.
As a huge craft beer fan, not to push anyone toward alcohol, but I feel like I need to point out there are many styles and strengths of beer to match a variety of tastes. Of course, then it’s no longer cheap.
If you do want to give it a try, most craft brew pubs will sell a “flight” for tasting several possibilities, that may be a good introduction, and the bartender can try to match your tastes with appropriate styles.
Although I do second the guy saying not liking beer is a good problem to have, for both your health and wallet
A lot of different types of meat. I just don’t like how most meat tastes. I’m not vegetarian or something, so I feel like I’m missing out something, but no matter how often I try it, I just hate the taste (especially the taste of pork).
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