Posts made by Too Old For This

@macha So, I've found Adderall to have decreasing returns over time, after having both of my kids on it at one point or another. With my oldest, the resistance built up very quickly and we had to get him on a new drug within 6 months because the dosage level to maintain the desired results would have been dangerous to him to keep going. My younger son took longer to build up resistance to it, but he was still on a new medication within the year.

That said, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with starting on Adderall. I know people that are still on it today because it works for them. I think there are people that are predisposed towards being resistant to drugs (any drugs) and quickly build up tolerances to them. It's the same reason I can't use melatonin to sleep even though others rave about it. You need to find what works for you and you have to start somewhere. Adderall is common and has been around for forever, so it's side effects are pretty well documented and known. It's a great one to start on. Maybe you'll stay on it, maybe you'll switch. But the point is that nobody can dictate what will work for you except you. Keep your chin up and be ready to tell people to fuck off if they start offering too much 'well meaning advice'. You know you better than anyone else.

@silverfox The squeeing noises I'm making can only be heard by dogs, apparently. The husky downstairs went briefly nuts. XD

@silverfox Well just lookit that sweet FACE! And all that LEGG!

@arkandel Doordash has gotten so much of my money. >.> Groceries delivery alooooooooooone has made them rich!

Every interview I have attended recently (except two!) has been through Zoom. And thank God for it. For once I'm not being judged on my makeup (I don't wear any), or how well-tailored my clothes are (my weight fluctuates enough to make all my clothes look vaguely ill-fitting), or how awesome my hair looks (I haven't had the time nor money to get a haircut in the last three months). We talk and alot of the times the cameras aren't even on! We're just... talking. Which is... so nice.

As an overweight female with anxiety, I cannot tell you how much I hated in person interviews. They made me want to cry. I have nailed every interview in the past year thanks to Zoom.

@aria 20 bucks says that person won't be working at the company after the new year. Fuck that person, you guys did an AMAZING thing and I could only hope that more companies would take that sort of care and effort for their employees!

@littlelizard said in Dead Celebrities 2021 Edition:

Anne Rice

...holy shit. That's... that's pretty rough. I grew up with the Vampire Chronicles, and I still remember the boxed set of the Sleeping Beauty trilogy as an 18th birthday present.

@coin If by 'very strongly' you mean I gave it approximately 5 minutes' consideration to put my thoughts about a movie I watched once some months ago... sure.

@coin Meh. What should have been a fun romping adventure about a group of mercenaries safecracking a Vegas vault during the zombie apocalypse turned into a whingey whinefest of childish characters that should have died within five minutes of setting foot on zombie turf. There wasn't enough humor to make a satire, it was more like a particularly boring episode of Days of Their Lives, if there also happened to be zombies everywhere.

@alamias Army of the Dead was disappointing, imho.

@silverfox AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! SO CUTE!

@arkandel Its because there's air in the tube when you first buy it. The back 1/4 of the tube is all air. As you push forward, the air compresses, making it SEEM like there's not much in there... but the paste is hiding in the edge and up near the nozzle.

@ganymede One woman's glorious conquest is another woman's horrifying terrorist. Can't please everyone!

@ganymede I could dig that.

@crawfish

^^^ JAYUS!

^^^ GLORIA?! (Joan of Arc inspired!)

@silverfox Floofs are in high demand! Gingery floofs doubly so!

I still want Charley with his gingery floof!

@silverfox I would upvote more if I could! All the luck to him!

@mietze said in The Work Thread:

I dont think its a bad or good thing (certainly we could not have afforded to have all three teens on the insurance because of the premium increase). But i am pretty sure it is a trend that a lot of folks my age or a little younger just don't get.

Also my driver's ed cost $50 and was done via my school. Drivers ed now in my area for teens costs more like $500 at the bare minimum.

This ^^^^^

Neither of my kids got their license before 18 specifically because the cost of driver's ed is freaking ridiculous. My youngest still shows no interest in getting his license or leaning how to drive. I can't really blame him, given how badly people seem to have forgotten how to drive in the past couple years. Instead, he's found himself a job he can walk to easily from our apartment, he takes the bus to and from school. Now, as he's gotten older, he's also determined that likes being able to hang out with friends, so he may change his mind and decide he wants to learn (which is fine) and he can help share the cost of the car, since I work from home.

My youngest son, on his own, went out and got himself an after school job so that he can stop asking me for money for the things he wants. This is one of those moments as a parent where I am just... so proud. You teach them, and you hope, and then they do something like this.