TheIllustrativeMan

u/TheIllustrativeMan@lemmy.world
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There are zero (0) transit stops between where I live and where I work.

I considered taking the train to my last job, but like the other poster said, it was both slower and more expensive. Not to mention step 1 was drive to the nearest location, because walking for half an hour on a 4-lane divided highway where people do 70mph is not a great idea.

They could totally make mass transit work here, but you know, racism.

This is the real reason they disappeared - awnings cost money and don't increase square footage. That's also why every modern building is a boring box.

We didn't forget about them, it's still covered in architecture school. You can even make them look really cool. But they cost money, and that's a hard barrier to cross.

It takes less money to move than you might think to move. If you have a specialty (especially in STEM) it’s really easy, and most jobs will even provide language classes for free.

Unfortunately I picked the wrong specialty (architecture). Still trying to get licensed by the end of the year, that's the only chance I have at another country maybe recognizing my degree. Regardless, it's not very in-demand.

My recovery was honestly pretty bad. I was bed-ridden for about 2 weeks, then 8-ish months of aching pain all day every day. Not actually sure when it finally cleared up, I just realized I hadn't felt the pain in a while. My first nut was about a month after the procedure, and that was also a very unpleasant experience.

My case is abnormal, but even more rare is the guys that continue to be in pain for the rest of their lives. Didn't find out about that until I started digging deeper because of my persistent pain.

That said, I still 100% recommend getting it done.

Gotta get creative to get any decent addresses these days. I've been trying to establish a company name (with an available, short-ish, simple URL) and it's surprisingly difficult, even getting into weird TLDs. Really annoying, especially since a lot of them aren't actually being used.

Finally found a 9 character made-up word that I could get the .us TLD for, and I think that's about as good as it's going to get.

I literally said in my comment that Soylent is a splurge that could be replaced with oatmeal. I don't get it to be cheap, I get it because I like it and it's pretty good nutritionally. Make that change and you're under $30, like I usually am outside of that.

Here was this week's cost, including splurging on a 1lb bag of nuts for snacking: https://i.postimg.cc/GmSJWVxp/Screenshot-20240509-111904.png

More importantly I was replying to your "only ramen or rice and beans" comment, because I don't eat either of those. I could reduce my costs further if I did, but I like what I eat and don't need to save money on my food budget.