The “break” from sitting in my case means working

No need to overthink reversible decisions. You’re not signing up for a platform for life. If it seems bad then you switch, or if it simply doesn’t work out then you go do something else. You’re not dooming the rest of your life here.

You won’t regret trying and failing but you will regret not even giving it a chance.

Bonus if its pure HTML.

That’s what mine essentially is. I did that myself as well with no past experience and it shows. I’m put off by small businesses with those ultra fancy websites that technically look good but are difficult to navigate and frankly don’t inspire a huge amount of trust. I’m a guy and a van - not a multimillion corporation and I want the website to reflect that as well.

It has a picture of me and some background about what I’m up to and why. There’s pictures of my previous work for reference, a list of examples of work that I do and also what I don’t do, and there’s my pricing and contact information as well as a contact form. That’s it. No fancy animations or graphics. Just labeled buttons and pages with clearly laid out information and pictures.

I even designed my own logo.

If youre a nice person who actually calls me back I’ll probably hire you for work.

Exactly. The bar is incredibly low. Standing out to your advantage has never been easier.

I went from an employee to self-employed and I didn’t exactly have prior work experience in that particular field (renovation work) but my previous job was kind of related (plumbing).

I shared like 2000 flyers to the houses near me over the first year but had to stop since I’m already over-booked and can’t do more without hiring employees, which I’m not going to do.

It’s not exactly easy but it’s not exceedingly hard either. If it’s something you literally can’t stop thinking about then that’s a good sign. Someone who does it just for money has to work so much harder than someone who has a passion for it - and people notice.

And Plato argued that writing things down is bad because then we don’t need to remember anything.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

Doesn’t matter if you get hit in the face by a fallen brick.

Often not getting into a situation in the first place is far better than being in the right.

First of all, your over-simplification of why the economy is so terrible is almost certainly inaccurate but I’m not even going to get into that as neither of us has the faintest clue of how the economy even works.

Secondly, I don’t think that’s what people mean by “being stupid” with their money. It’s more about buying things because you want rather than need them which is something we all do to some degree. Only buying what you need would basically mean living in a tent by a campfire eating canned beans. When people tell that to you it’s not to win an argument but to end it. They don’t want to hear it. It’s not like they don’t know what they’re doing.

It’s decentralized platform. Nobody has the capability to impose such ban beyond their own instance.

That is fucking hilarious. This place is such a parody of itself. Poe’s law at action.

In case anyone else was also confused by this: this is about code, not content.

Extreme? I’d say that who ever isn’t curating their feed by blocking users/content on a weekly basis is just mindlessly consuming what ever is fed to them.

It’s a single user who likes the attention they get for it. Block and move on.

Assume what?

whenever I cut somebody off majority of the time I explain why in a respectful way without arguing with them.

But you’ve done it more than twice where as most people never have to do that. It’s a major red flag.

If every person you run in to seems to treat you terribly, then one should consider what the common denominator between all of these people are. Usually the only one is yourself.

Agreed. Even without internet connection, there still remains a ton of other stuff I don’t like about modern cars. I find them quite frustrating to drive honestly.

I’m perfectly happy with my -07 Nissan pickup and willing to drive it the next 20 years too if I have to. Just gotta try and stay ahead of all the rust.

It’s not selective breeding itself that causes those health issues - it’s selective breeding while only focusing on appearance. It’s not exactly the most surprising thing in the world that breeding a dog to not have a snout leads to breathing problems.

That’s why I only eat them twice a week.

I know it’s not the healthiest of the foods but being Finnish chicken it’s at least not seasoned with literal poison and considering that I airfry them it’s at least better than deepfryed. Let me have my wings and comforting lies. Cooking and eating is such a struggle for me.