the_itsb

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fka u/the_itsb, aka [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 41f artsy ADHD married to 42m machine whisperer, teen son trans & also ADHD. We do outdoor equipment & small engine repair at our home just outside Athens, OH.

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the_itsb,

I have noticed this bottleneck too, and wondered if there might be some way to build a website or app to help facilitate people trading labor, but I have no clue about the feasibility or where to even start. I wear thinking something that enabled people to match skills with needs, to act as a portfolio for samples of their work, to list local endorsements or mutual connections for some level of trust, but that sounds pretty daunting.

the_itsb,

I didn’t realize how similar they were to pawpaws! That’s so interesting, thank you for this picture.

the_itsb,

1 - I can’t deal with the idea that the is NOT real, so I firmly refuse to look it up

2 - I cannot adequately express how much I fucking love this

the_itsb,

Thank you so much, I’m going to see if I can find a copy!

Love you username btw - many hamburgers to you.

the_itsb,

genuinely going to print this out in the morning to hang on my mirror, I cannot think of a better morning affirmation

the_itsb,

Thanks for this post! Not only am I gladdened to read this story of success, but I’m super excited to learn about GLSEN. I have a trans teen in high school in rural America; this organization is exactly the kind of thing we need to be part of, and I had never heard of it before. Thank you so much!!

the_itsb,

How is it romanticizing the situation to acknowledge that sometimes we get so locked up in something that we don’t feed or relieve ourselves? Is it the use of color? Is it the tone? How would you present this information more appropriately?

the_itsb,

Seriously considering printing this out to keep in my bathroom as a reference for the morning. “What are we today and how do we best cope with that?”

I feel like such an old man, but I'm 46. (lemmy.world)

I have wrinkles, I have grey hair, I have back problems, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, I can’t remember anything, the world seems confusing and complicated to me now and I wish things were simpler (which is why I like Lemmy). I definitely don’t get kids today or their music....

the_itsb,

Why does the computer make you conclude OP is in their 50s? OP says in the title that they’re 46. I’m 41, and we had this computer at my rural elementary school.

the_itsb,

Acknowledgement and acceptance are the first step towards change. I believe in you.

the_itsb,

I like my memes like I like myself:

✨vintage✨

the_itsb,

trying so hard to politely save this to show my husband in the morning, but I’m about to wake him up giggling over how much he’s going to love it, this is so silly

idk if you made this or are just reposting to share, but either way: thank you, I love it!

the_itsb,

I’m 41f (going on 13 at times), and this is why my husband hates(loves) having me around the shop - all the mechanical everything is full of euphemisms and innuendo. “mating surfaces” 😂

the_itsb,

This is so much more true than I think most people believe.

My husband and I have a small engine business, and I took a free “community entrepreneur bootcamp” class through the local university this spring in the hope that we might learn something helpful. Instead, I learned fun things like leaning on your customers’ fears as a marketing tactic (?? 😔🤦) and that the most prominent local accountant - brought in as an expert speaker by the university! - advises his clients to pay as little as possible as late as possible, and most appallingly, I’m not exaggerating, these are the actual words I heard this man say in front of a room full of people: “if one of your employees gets hurt at your business, it’s better for you to stand on their neck until they stop breathing than to call for help, because it’s so much easier and cheaper to settle a death claim then an injury.” And he actually said that it sounds like he’s joking but he’s not, this is his understanding of the situation.

I genuinely want to see the best in everyone, and I have never before had the experience of fantasizing about a person’s death while they were talking in front of me, and it was abhorrent and awful but also… Wtf? How do we even help someone who sees other people as expendable tools the way this person does?

What can we even do about people who not only don’t want to live up to their agreements and commitments, but are just straight up out to fuck everyone else over? How do we help/fix that?

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