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Got rid of caffein, still have insomnia : / It appears that, if anything, I was addicted to caffein because of the insomnia, not the other way around.

I live in Germany, so I don’t have that particular issue ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Several chronic health issues (probably non-psychological) that doctors have been unable to even properly diagnose, let alone treat. Most likely also have chronic depression, but that’s a result of those other issues. To make it worse, all those issues make it hard to even make it to doctor’s appointments.

English works pretty much the same way (except for that quirk with “drug store”), when people talk about “drugs” they almost never mean alcohol etc… Even though alcohol is worse than many illegal drugs, main point in favor of alcohol being that it’s legal and thus you know pretty well what you get - no poisonous diluents/extenders, no guessing at how much of the stuff you buy is actually the drug you want instead of diluent/extender, no contamination with other drugs.

Haven’t checked prices in a hot minute, but I think it’s about 3000€ right now, maybe more depending on the driving school and how many tries you need to pass the test.

Words have meaning.

Alcohol, nicotine, caffeine are drugs, too.

AFAIK, most religions only talk about a few specific drugs (if any), but not drugs as a whole. As far as most religions are concerned, cannabis, cocaine, opiates are just fine.

Never. I’ve always been poor and it’s just not that necessary living in German cities. It would help a lot to be able to rent a car once in a while e.g. for moving apartments, but it seems like a bad idea to get a license and then only drive every couple of months, you’ll never build the skills to drive safely. It’s moot, though, I couldn’t afford the license itself anyway (pretty expensive in Germany).

there is a point of diminishing returns

Definitely, just thought it needed clarification.

Sequencing on something like LSDJ is great because you are locked into this tiny little ecosystem and you have to get creative.

This exactly. When I use a standard DAW, I spend SO much time searching for (or making) samples, synth patches, tweaking effects to usually little effect, while the constraints of LSDj force me to have a relatively consistent sound from the get-go and into actually making music. Unfortunately, it’s hard to translate that into something that isn’t chiptune or some other genre that I don’t particularly care for right now like rock.

I’m into playing guitar, bass and electronic music production, and IMO while there is definitely a “collecting instead of practicing/writing” issue to look out for, the right gear makes a pretty big difference. e.g. you do need a guitar with a good neck (not warped, good frets), you do need a guitar that’s not too heavy for you, you do need software (or hardware, if that’s your thing) with a workflow that works for you.

Currently struggling with the software part. Could well be that I’m just in a hole in general, but I was definitely more productive when I was making Game Boy chiptune with a simple tracker than I am with standard DAWs. At the same time, I’m very reluctant to enter into the rabbit hole of groove boxes, hardware sequencers etc.

See also [email protected].

TBF Duckduckgo still depends on Bing’s results, which aren’t really better than Google’s.

“ZUHAUSYS” should clearly be “TOHOMEYS”! C’mon dude, get with the program.

No. The rum, tequila and whisky I drink tend to be in roughly similar price brackets. Usually Topanito blanco or reposado, Tyrconnell Single Malt, and the last rum I had was Pusser’s Gunpowder Proof (I’m a rum fan, I have like 5 different rums in my regular rotation). Whisky is probably the most likely to give me a hangover, but I have the impression that the rum I drink (I really like super-intense Jamaican rum) doesn’t play nice with my IBS symptoms; could be coincidence or even nocebo though.

Germans 🤝 Turks

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mmh, berry-flavored wodka

Tequila does seem to agree with me more than rum or whisky. I don’t drink cheap tequila, though.

I’d assume that would be part of it, yeah. But that may indeed be a faulty assumption. Anyway, achievements don’t work without a client even if they’re native Linux titles.