OT: The OT Thread: Work sucks. Dogs don't. (Warning in post 368)

[Dubi Doo]

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When the K of your bank account is leaps and bounds above your IQ, you do stupid shit like this.

That's actually one of the more appealing ones I've seen. The all gray ones are

I do understand the irony, but maybe they just like rainbows?!

 

[Der Jaeger]

Can't believe the NHL would have an issue with posting "Eat Shit"

Are you purposely leaving the rest of the tweet out? Because the Eat Shit is the nicest aspect of the tweet.

I almost exclusively use Twitter for hockey related news - looking for highlights and coverage of a couple teams. Even that is tedious.

The rest, especially since it is now unmoderated, is such a sea of bots and angry people being angry at other angry people.

Unmoderated? .. It is the same as before Musk owned it. I was banned permanently for for showing the Bruins bear mascot bending over the Maple Leafs Bear mascot during last years playoffs

Bluesky's a much better place in pretty much all the ways anyway. I haven't had any trouble getting most of my hockey news there by following an NHL feed and a Sabres feed. It's probably not as comprehensive as Twitter stuff, but I haven't really missed much and it's a much better experience that doesn't leave me feeling like I lost my soul from logging in.

My “For Me” page on Twitter is 40% ads, 20% white supremacist accounts posting anti-black people videos, 20% right wing talking heads explaining why recession is good for me, and 20% sports news…which is the only thing I actually follow.

And that’s despite me blocking every one of the goddamned things I see every day.

I’m not interested in the both sides that Musk is interested in doling out.

If it’s for you…

Well…congrats on all your recent success

just going to the default page of bluesky before making an account is really funny. A lot of the people there don't even take the energy to put things into their own words, I swear i read the same crap word for word from 6 different accounts before i stopped scrolling and left

Twitter is whatever you make it in my experience. I built a multiple-six-figure portfolio from nothing just by finding a niche financial/crypto corner of twitter two summers ago. Then all of those people became insufferable because they sold their souls and only care about seeing green PnL, and now my feed is largely sports and humor and golf content. The for you page can be a mess, but like all algorithm-driven content, it gets messy when you click on stuff you probably shouldn't and you can clean it by being careful, or just ignore it entirely.

Aside from the financial thing, my personal life is better off when I'm away from either place or others like them

Your problem is going to the default Bluesky page. It's not algorithmically based so you're only seeing people you follow. If you read the same crap word for word, then you're probably following the wrong people. You could even just block those accounts and they'd just be gone, they won't see your stuff you wont' see theirs. The only algorithm is in the feeds and that just curates by keywords and whoever set it up.

So if you're having a bad Bluesky experience, it's pretty much only your own fault. Unlike Twitter which is...like you said... a mess because of the algorithm trying to sell you a bunch of stuff.

Your last part is the best part of what you said though, life is definitely better without either of them, but of the two Bluesky is a much better experience IMO

Anyway, glad that Cifo is banned, nice to see some actual consequences for being a dipshit online.

I pulled these posts over to this thread for a reply, since I wanted to comment but the Around the League thread didn't seem appropriate.

A few posters here are friends with me on Facebook, etc. They know I post on my wife's birthday, D-Day (my grandfather landed at Utah Beach), when my son's team wins a tournament, big family events, etc. I don't know if I've ever posted anything too serious.

I don't go to social media much because, while I gave 22 years defending freedom of speech, there are way too many dumb asses who comment on things they really don't know much about, but act like they do. An example:

I was on the planning team in Afghanistan when President Obama threatened Karzi with a US withdrawal if he didn't not work with the international community and US on a new security agreement. We went into a bunker for a week and came up with the plan to withdrawal from Afghanistan. Everything. People, equipment, local nationals who would be at risk. We never executed that plan but it remained a plan which was feasible to execute.

When we did leave Afghanistan, the number of "national strategists" and "international relations experts" on social media was mind boggling for me. I'm a trained national strategists and policy planner, with multiple post-grad degrees and years of actual experience, including with the National Security Council. There are people who we all know who were in or are still in public office, who I've briefed on plans while serving in planner positions in the Army. I know how the withdrawal happened, how it was planned to happen, and how it could have happened.

Reading social media during and after the event confirmed my decision to not use social media for much beyond getting sports news, national news from reputable sources, and staying in touch with friends. It's all a Constitutionally supported cesspool which I'd rather not enter.

 

[Chainshot]

About to be the end of an era - we have a buyer for the lad's old lax rebounder. Slowly winnowing out more stuff, trying to pare down to less.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Man, the difference between my sleep score with THC in my system and without is pretty jarring. I've cut THC out completely the past 2-3 weeks.

I wake up multiple times a night when I dont have THC in my system. The nights I have sound sleep are more inconsistent. But the nights I do sleep well I feel better than ever.

With THC in my system, I pretty much always stay asleep for longer durations. I almost always get a good sleep score on my watch, but there are still mornings my brain is more foggy, especially if I get too stoned the night before. Those mornings are the roughest.


All in all I believe THC is better for my sleep and overall energy the next day. I think I just hit a deeper level of sleep. It's an interesting drug because it has clear benefits but also clear detriments.

 

[Beerz]

I pulled these posts over to this thread for a reply, since I wanted to comment but the Around the League thread didn't seem appropriate.

A few posters here are friends with me on Facebook, etc. They know I post on my wife's birthday, D-Day (my grandfather landed at Utah Beach), when my son's team wins a tournament, big family events, etc. I don't know if I've ever posted anything too serious.

I don't go to social media much because, while I gave 22 years defending freedom of speech, there are way too many dumb asses who comment on things they really don't know much about, but act like they do. An example:

I was on the planning team in Afghanistan when President Obama threatened Karzi with a US withdrawal if he didn't not work with the international community and US on a new security agreement. We went into a bunker for a week and came up with the plan to withdrawal from Afghanistan. Everything. People, equipment, local nationals who would be at risk. We never executed that plan but it remained a plan which was feasible to execute.

When we did leave Afghanistan, the number of "national strategists" and "international relations experts" on social media was mind boggling for me. I'm a trained national strategists and policy planner, with multiple post-grad degrees and years of actual experience, including with the National Security Council. There are people who we all know who were in or are still in public office, who I've briefed on plans while serving in planner positions in the Army. I know how the withdrawal happened, how it was planned to happen, and how it could have happened.

Reading social media during and after the event confirmed my decision to not use social media for much beyond getting sports news, national news from reputable sources, and staying in touch with friends. It's all a Constitutionally supported cesspool which I'd rather not enter.

 

[Beerz]

Man, the difference between my sleep score with THC in my system and without is pretty jarring. I've cut THC out completely the past 2-3 weeks.

I wake up multiple times a night when I dont have THC in my system. The nights I have sound sleep are more inconsistent. But the nights I do sleep well I feel better than ever.

With THC in my system, I pretty much always stay asleep for longer durations. I almost always get a good sleep score on my watch, but there are still mornings my brain is more foggy, especially if I get too stoned the night before. Those mornings are the roughest.


All in all I believe THC is better for my sleep and overall energy the next day. I think I just hit a deeper level of sleep. It's an interesting drug because it has clear benefits but also clear detriments.

Been a long long time since I did any pot. But that was one of the things I hated about it... made me sleepy. Granted this was back in the 90's early 2000s so I can't speak to today's strains but yeah

 

[Strexvale]

I pulled these posts over to this thread for a reply, since I wanted to comment but the Around the League thread didn't seem appropriate.

A few posters here are friends with me on Facebook, etc. They know I post on my wife's birthday, D-Day (my grandfather landed at Utah Beach), when my son's team wins a tournament, big family events, etc. I don't know if I've ever posted anything too serious.

I don't go to social media much because, while I gave 22 years defending freedom of speech, there are way too many dumb asses who comment on things they really don't know much about, but act like they do. An example:

I was on the planning team in Afghanistan when President Obama threatened Karzi with a US withdrawal if he didn't not work with the international community and US on a new security agreement. We went into a bunker for a week and came up with the plan to withdrawal from Afghanistan. Everything. People, equipment, local nationals who would be at risk. We never executed that plan but it remained a plan which was feasible to execute.

When we did leave Afghanistan, the number of "national strategists" and "international relations experts" on social media was mind boggling for me. I'm a trained national strategists and policy planner, with multiple post-grad degrees and years of actual experience, including with the National Security Council. There are people who we all know who were in or are still in public office, who I've briefed on plans while serving in planner positions in the Army. I know how the withdrawal happened, how it was planned to happen, and how it could have happened.

Reading social media during and after the event confirmed my decision to not use social media for much beyond getting sports news, national news from reputable sources, and staying in touch with friends. It's all a Constitutionally supported cesspool which I'd rather not enter.

A very wise decision, I'd like to think we're at a tipping point with regards to social media in general. I can't help but feel that for a lot of people it's lost its luster, but so many are completely addicted to it that they can't escape the pull. Especially given how toxic and just pure user-unfriendly the main batch (FB, Twitter, Insta, etc.) have gotten.

There's a great line from the most recent Home star Runner video. (yes they're still making new episodes and they're still great.) that basically goes "there used to be an end to the page!" We need that again, pages that end and aren't just endless scrolls of nonsense.

The video if any millennials want to relive that homestar runner feeling.:

The other thing beyond everyone being an expert is everyone thinking they're a comedian, and my god are they not comedians. So much of it is just scrolling past people who think they're funny with the most tired hackneyed "jokes"

 

[slip]

Man, the difference between my sleep score with THC in my system and without is pretty jarring. I've cut THC out completely the past 2-3 weeks.

I wake up multiple times a night when I dont have THC in my system. The nights I have sound sleep are more inconsistent. But the nights I do sleep well I feel better than ever.

With THC in my system, I pretty much always stay asleep for longer durations. I almost always get a good sleep score on my watch, but there are still mornings my brain is more foggy, especially if I get too stoned the night before. Those mornings are the roughest.


All in all I believe THC is better for my sleep and overall energy the next day. I think I just hit a deeper level of sleep. It's an interesting drug because it has clear benefits but also clear detriments.

THC inhibits the ability to achieve REM sleep, the most important stage of sleep as that's where optimal muscle recovery and -- this is key -- emotional recovery via dreaming occurs. THC keeps you asleep for longer because it literally "knocks you out," like a sedative. That morning fog you experience? The effect of failing to reach REM stage sleep and thus failing to reap the daily emotional and mental rehabilitation that dreaming provides.

As a long term THC user who quit 5 years ago I can attest to the far superior sleep I've been experiencing since.

 

[Beerz]

A very wise decision, I'd like to think we're at a tipping point with regards to social media in general. I can't help but feel that for a lot of people it's lost its luster, but so many are completely addicted to it that they can't escape the pull. Especially given how toxic and just pure user-unfriendly the main batch (FB, Twitter, Insta, etc.) have gotten.

There's a great line from the most recent Home star Runner video. (yes they're still making new episodes and they're still great.) that basically goes "there used to be an end to the page!" We need that again, pages that end and aren't just endless scrolls of nonsense.

The video if any millennials want to relive that homestar runner feeling.:

The other thing beyond everyone being an expert is everyone thinking they're a comedian, and my god are they not comedians. So much of it is just scrolling past people who think they're funny with the most tired hackneyed "jokes"

I don't watch Cable news or any news in general. Twitter is where I got my news. When I lived in Hawaii I was always doing something so never really used my phone . I can't believe how disconnected I felt from everything when I lived there. It was absolute heaven. I didn't know shit but I loved it.

 

[Chainshot]

Best sleep of my life? Running daily.

 

[hizzoner]

I am not on any social media sites and have declined invitations to join them. The keyboard warriors with their agendas have caused a lot of pain and suffering--just pandemic level poison pen letters. I will not get into the bile and untruths posited as "facts" and the dehumanization and incivility that comes from not learning social cues and behaviour. My grandchildren-now adult-went through hell with that crap and I feel for all those kids that have to deal with it.

 

[joshjull]

I don't watch Cable news or any news in general. Twitter is where I got my news. When I lived in Hawaii I was always doing something so never really used my phone . I can't believe how disconnected I felt from everything when I lived there. It was absolute heaven. I didn't know shit but I loved it.

Well said

It’s amazing how good these social media platforms are at driving interactions, particularly with their algorithms.

We all know on some level it’s not healthy to be on these sites, especially for extended periods. Yet we frequently can’t help ourselves, even with knowing that.

 

[Beerz]

I am not on any social media sites and have declined invitations to join them. The keyboard warriors with their agendas have caused a lot of pain and suffering--just pandemic level poison pen letters. I will not get into the bile and untruths posited as "facts" and the dehumanization and incivility that comes from not learning social cues and behaviour. My grandchildren-now adult-went through hell with that crap and I feel for all those kids that have to deal with it.

All true. But that is if you only focus on the negative.

Being exposed to people you would never come across in real time is quite beneficial. I've met Russians and Saudi Arabians and Filpinos and Ethiopians.

 

[Dubi Doo]

THC inhibits the ability to achieve REM sleep, the most important stage of sleep as that's where optimal muscle recovery and -- this is key -- emotional recovery via dreaming occurs. THC keeps you asleep for longer because it literally "knocks you out," like a sedative. That morning fog you experience? The effect of failing to reach REM stage sleep and thus failing to reap the daily emotional and mental rehabilitation that dreaming provides.

As a long term THC user who quit 5 years ago I can attest to the far superior sleep I've been experiencing since.

It's strange because my watch says I do hit REM sleep, and I hit a decently high score. But when I sleep well without THC it does appear I hit the REM cycle for much longer.

I wonder if the lack of REM sleep while stoned is why I cant remember any dreams. Perhaps Im just not dreaming.

Also, due to THC staying in our system for weeks- I wonder if the impact on REM sleep extends for that long?

I havent had a chance to watch the video you linked due to being at work.

Another variable that impacts my sleep is my wife. I've read that sleeping with someone you love gives you a better quality of sleep, but my own personal experience has me questioning that, haha.

 

[Beerz]

Well said

It’s amazing how good these social media platforms are at driving interactions, particularly with their algorithms.

We all know on some level it’s not healthy to be on these sites, especially for extended periods. Yet we frequently can’t help ourselves, even with knowing that.

Ya.. Twitter was my only social media account .. once I was banned I figured I would just make a new account once I got a new phone. Not sure i will now.

 

[Der Jaeger]

A very wise decision, I'd like to think we're at a tipping point with regards to social media in general. I can't help but feel that for a lot of people it's lost its luster, but so many are completely addicted to it that they can't escape the pull. Especially given how toxic and just pure user-unfriendly the main batch (FB, Twitter, Insta, etc.) have gotten.

There's a great line from the most recent Home star Runner video. (yes they're still making new episodes and they're still great.) that basically goes "there used to be an end to the page!" We need that again, pages that end and aren't just endless scrolls of nonsense.

The video if any millennials want to relive that homestar runner feeling.:

The other thing beyond everyone being an expert is everyone thinking they're a comedian, and my god are they not comedians. So much of it is just scrolling past people who think they're funny with the most tired hackneyed "jokes"

I thought we got there with COVID.

When COVID hit, I was serving as the G3 (civilian terms, COO) of an Army division. It was an initial entry training division, which couldn't stop training, no matter what. The Army sent us one of their communicable disease teams from Walter Reed to help us through the process of creating conditions to keep training. We also conducted studies which enabled further research and even some decisions to be made, which was neat to be a part of.

I'm no expert at any of that, but I had the experts working with me every day for six months. Even after they went back, we still communicated digitally. When I didn't know something, we had experts we asked, and surprise.... it worked.

Then I'd read social media and get everyone's opinions on all sides, which just were not accurate. That's when I backed out.

 

[Beerz]

I thought we got there with COVID.

When COVID hit, I was serving as the G3 (civilian terms, COO) of an Army division. It was an initial entry training division, which couldn't stop training, no matter what. The Army sent us one of their communicable disease teams from Walter Reed to help us through the process of creating conditions to keep training. We also conducted studies which enabled further research and even some decisions to be made, which was neat to be a part of.

I'm no expert at any of that, but I had the experts working with me every day for six months. Even after they went back, we still communicated digitally. When I didn't know something, we had experts we asked, and surprise.... it worked.

Then I'd read social media and get everyone's opinions on all sides, which just were not accurate. That's when I backed out.

I wish we had those experts instead of the ones speaking at the pulpit

 

[slip]

It's strange because my watch says I do hit REM sleep, and I hit a decently high score. But when I sleep well without THC it does appear I hit the REM cycle for much longer.

I wonder if the lack of REM sleep while stoned is why I cant remember any dreams. Perhaps Im just not dreaming.

Also, due to THC staying in our system for weeks- I wonder if the impact on REM sleep extends for that long?

I havent had a chance to watch the video you linked due to being at work.

Another variable that impacts my sleep is my wife. I've read that sleeping with someone you love gives you a better quality of sleep, but my own personal experience has me questioning that, haha.

There are multiple phases of REM stage sleep during the night. THC does not completely block REM sleep, but the duration and quality of REM sleep is severely impaired by THC. I think my post was unclear and poorly worded.

I had horrific insomnia when I quit THC, and I only smoked about 2-3 grams a week. I didn’t sleep for nearly two weeks, and it took several months to be able to sleep through the night. It was hell but it only affirmed my decision to get off THC.

Now I sleep great, except those nights my wife decides to tell me how much I suck as a husband just as I’m about to shut my eyes. Lol.

 

[slip]

Best sleep of my life? Running daily.

Agreed. Oddly some of my worst nights of sleep occur during heavy lifting sessions too close to bedtime. It stirs up a hormonal cocktail in an older guy that is not conducive to good sleep. That, and the 300mg of caffeine in the preworkout might have something to do with it.

 

[brian_griffin]

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When the K of your bank account is leaps and bounds above your IQ, you do stupid shit like this.

Reminded me of these:

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I don't watch Cable news or any news in general. Twitter is where I got my news. When I lived in Hawaii I was always doing something so never really used my phone . I can't believe how disconnected I felt from everything when I lived there. It was absolute heaven. I didn't know shit but I loved it.

One might argue the majority of people connected (like an IV morphine drip in the hospital) to social media or cable news don't know shit either.
The ability to think critically and openly question "if X is claimed, then Y must also be true / happening, and Z must not be true and can't be happening" and then having the insight and taking the effort to check those things, for yourself, the consumer of such information, is solely lacking.
My wife and her parents and family are all bright people, who believe their sources of news without any logical questioning of inherent bias in the sources, logical inference of the X,Y,Z above, and related "obvious" (to me at least) challenges to veracity. For them, certain sources are always / must be true, they have no bias, and the counter-sources are all wrong and lying. What an incomplete way to navigate life, IMO. As Mulder and Scully taught us, "Trust No One", "The Truth Is Out There".

Well said

It’s amazing how good these social media platforms are at driving interactions, particularly with their algorithms.

We all know on some level it’s not healthy to be on these sites, especially for extended periods. Yet we frequently can’t help ourselves, even with knowing that.

Except for hockey. Hockey is inherently safe for consumption in all levels of dose and frequency of use.

There are multiple phases of REM stage sleep during the night. THC does not completely block REM sleep, but the duration and quality of REM sleep is severely impaired by THC. I think my post was unclear and poorly worded.

I had horrific insomnia when I quit THC, and I only smoked about 2-3 grams a week. I didn’t sleep for nearly two weeks, and it took several months to be able to sleep through the night. It was hell but it only affirmed my decision to get off THC.

Now I sleep great, except those nights my wife decides to tell me how much I suck as a husband just as I’m about to shut my eyes. Lol.

You couldn't have married my ex-wife because she's been dead for 10 years, but she did the same thing. Would I keep her awake when she was exhausted? Hell no. You have my sympathies. It's a shitty tactic for handling / resolving conflict. Unfortunately, I didn't have the tools / knowledge at the time to deal with it better. 2nd marriage has been 1000-fold better. I'm a better partner now, and I actually have a partner.

 

[brian_griffin]

In other news, sunny this AM, but I saw no covenant rainbow. Another 1.84" rain today. So far. Another band expected...

 

[Dubi Doo]

I thought we got there with COVID.

When COVID hit, I was serving as the G3 (civilian terms, COO) of an Army division. It was an initial entry training division, which couldn't stop training, no matter what. The Army sent us one of their communicable disease teams from Walter Reed to help us through the process of creating conditions to keep training. We also conducted studies which enabled further research and even some decisions to be made, which was neat to be a part of.

I'm no expert at any of that, but I had the experts working with me every day for six months. Even after they went back, we still communicated digitally. When I didn't know something, we had experts we asked, and surprise.... it worked.

Then I'd read social media and get everyone's opinions on all sides, which just were not accurate. That's when I backed out.

As someone who worked on the frontlines during COVID and flipped our CICU to a COVID ICU while witnessing all of our other ICUs flip to COVID ICUs...it was very difficult reading all the misinformation out there.

Also, it was difficult with the vaccine rollout as well. There was a lot of misinformation out there. The interesting thing was- my hospital was actually keeping track of the vaccine's efficacy and would consistently update us. The vaccines did a great job the first few months (4-5 months) protecting against infections, but over time- that efficacy waned. They continued to stand strong against severe disease and hospitalization.

I haven't read much into them in a while, but I believe they're similar to the flu vaccine now. I'd assume they hold off infection until the antibodies wane, then it's our memory cells that kick the virus's ass once we're infected.

I never knew how interesting Virology was. Well, at least the very general parts of Virology. Once I try to read a research paper in Virology- I lose all interest again, haha. I'd lean on my wife for that, who was a scientist, but even she admits that Virology is one tough field of research. You need to be a SMART cookie to be an expert in that field.

I will say one thing about trying to convince someone of something they're against- don't shame them. My brother was against the vaccine. Not because he thought anything bad of it, but he was just worried of taking a vaccine that came out so quickly. We had many talks, and not once did I shame him, though I was frustrated. Over time, I actually convinced him to take it.

One of my regrets is getting into internet arguments during the pandemic and vaccine rollout. Those discussions derailed into both sides shaming each other. It was petty and led to no resolution for either side, only stress. My mental health was pretty shit during that time, so if I'm ever in that spot again- I think I'm going to go to therapy rather than hover around social media.

There are multiple phases of REM stage sleep during the night. THC does not completely block REM sleep, but the duration and quality of REM sleep is severely impaired by THC. I think my post was unclear and poorly worded.

I had horrific insomnia when I quit THC, and I only smoked about 2-3 grams a week. I didn’t sleep for nearly two weeks, and it took several months to be able to sleep through the night. It was hell but it only affirmed my decision to get off THC.

Now I sleep great, except those nights my wife decides to tell me how much I suck as a husband just as I’m about to shut my eyes. Lol.

The bolded seems to track for me as well. The best night of sleep I got was a week or so ago. My watch said I got a crazy amount of REM sleep, which I never come close to hitting while stoned.

Man, I love the feeling of being stoned, and actually still perform well the next day, but I don't doubt the sober life leads to better performance day in and day out. I think it'd be wise to cut it down to a few times a week, but even then- since THC stays in the system so long- I wonder if it would still impact my sleep every day.

My wife and I are trying to have a baby. As I said above, she was a scientist and is now a nurse, so she's very smart when it comes to studies and general health. She sent me research on the impact THC has on sperm and it's...not great.

Dammit! why are all the fun things bad for us!

 

[Jim Bob]

Now I need to get my kids to watch this.

 

[Dubi Doo]

Well said

It’s amazing how good these social media platforms are at driving interactions, particularly with their algorithms.

We all know on some level it’s not healthy to be on these sites, especially for extended periods. Yet we frequently can’t help ourselves, even with knowing that.

It has to be the dopamine rushes, right? I believe it's linked to scrolling though videos. I find myself doing it for 20 mins, and have to pull myself out of it. And we're grown adults. I can't imagine the impact this is having on kids. I've heard teachers speaking out that younger kids are NEEDING their phones for that dopamine rush, and those kids are struggling with just being bored.

It can't be good. It'd be nice if we could just make a law that smart phones are banned, and we all have to walk around with flip phones again, haha. People wouldn't be online as chronically. Come to think of it, make dial-up the standard again!

Unfortunately, we live in a country that gives us freedoms. Damn those freedoms! :p

 

[Ehran]

In other news, sunny this AM, but I saw no covenant rainbow. Another 1.84" rain today. So far. Another band expected...

We're under an Extreme Heat Warning here in Texas. High around 100 but a bit breezy so it only feels like 102 when you're out on the sun.