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Cake day: April 27th, 2024

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  • In terms of public bathrooms, I think I avoided them altogether for a long while (probably longer than necessary tbh), until I got my legal paperwork done. Thought was, OK, now I’m definitely allowed in here, so if someone takes issue, I’m on the safe side.

    (Noone has ever taken issue.)

    That was 2018, I think (?). Couple of weeks ago I was on an extended trip to Japan, and my GF convinced me it’d be no problem to go to the hotel Onsen. And indeed, it wasn’t 🤷🏼‍♀️ Still took overcoming a fair bit of panic, but just like back then, there were zero issues.




  • I recently got a Deuter travel wallet (Deuter is a German Backpack/Hiking equipment manufacturer, and their stuff is usually very well made. I’ve had the same trekking backpack for 10 years now, and the way it’s looking, I’ll have it for another 30 at least).

    Tbh the wallet is not very stylish… But it’s very well made, lots of slots for card, cash, and even passport, and if it does get grungy, you can throw it in the washing machine.

    There’s also a smaller option if this one is too big.














  • I heard about star citizen when I was a teen, and it looked soooo cool. Unfortunately my PC was not strong enough. So I saved up for months to buy a PC specifically to play Star Citizen. Finally, I had all the upgrades I needed for the PC. Started excitedly pouring over Roberts Space Industries to pick my ship. Noticed the pricing model was… Off. In fact, this felt like a scam. Hold on, there’s no real game I could actually play? Decided to hold off until something released I could play, ideally with friends, and ideally via a less obfuscated pricing model.

    Anyways, I’ve checked in with SC about once a year since. I’m about to begin the process to finance a house with my girlfriend of 9 years. Exciting times ahead.

    I’m pretty sire SC won’t have released anything close to what was promised in 2012 by the time I retire, MUCH less anything promised since.

    (Btw I was not a smart teen. I fell for lots of things and lost money to scams and stupid games. I got lucky with SC, because in an alternate universe, I might also be stuck in sunk cost fallacy.)



  • Outside of a massive sorting facility in every supermarket generating no value for the store owner

    We already do exactly that for plastic bottles in Germany. You pay 5-30ct premium on each bottle and get that back when disposing of the bottles in the sorting machine. Participation is close to 100%.

    For glass, it at least gets sorted into white/green/brown glass to make recycling easier (not in the supermarket though, just containers positioned in residential streets / recycling centers).