RivenRise

joined 1 year ago
[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn't blame them for selling out for less as much as it would suck for the people who use the product. If I had a family to take care of I would definitely sell out for a big check. Gotta take care of my own first.

[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That's what happened to me with my previous job. Family and friends kept telling me that I look good and thinner but the scale was more or less the same. I do feel better and went down a size so it's a win for me overall.

[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's my reasoning behind trusting banks with my money. If shit goes down to the point I can't get my money out of a bank then it won't have much value for long anyways and I have bigger issues.

[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That's what they do with a lot more paintings that you would think. Not because they don't want the plebs to look at them but because being exposed to the environment would cause irreparable damage to it. So they have experts make recreations and display those.

[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Could be a website that won't let you hit back or refresh. Of course you cna always just close the browser but some people aren't that tech savvy.

[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Sounds like their tricks work.

[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Besides a bunch of gaming and weeb ones I usually browsed trending and would gravitate toward the classics. Ask reddit, wtf, piracy, personal finance, lifeprotips, malefashionadvise, cool guides, the various explain like I'm 5 type subs, out of the loop. Etc. The trick is in the comments. Even in gaming subs people would have conversations and go on tangents in the comments with interesting facts or statements. I always make an effort to take a step forward whenever I read something I feel is interesting. For example, if someone mentions the Reynolds pamphlets in their comment about Alexander Hamilton. I'll go ahead and Google what they are and give it a read. There's always something you could learn even if it's tangentially related. Even if it's just the sentence structure or formating of a long comment, the way the camera or sound is done in a movie or show, someone's mannerisms as they're talking to you. It's about wanting that knowledge.

I'm not a particularly smart person but my family and friends think I am just because I know a bit of everything. Im just a naturally curious person that likes to learn.

[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Same here. My family and girlfriend always ask how I know so much stuff. I just tell them I read a lot. Which is true, little do they know I just read a lot of reddit and the sources people post. I also left when Boost went dark. Bittersweet.