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I'm not afraid of asking for help when I'm not capable of doing it myself. But usually I would rather pay some professional to do it. That way I can complain if it's not done correctly. That's a bit harder if you had a friend do it for free.

If I think I just lack a bit of knowledge to do it myself, I do a bit of research and jump right into it. That way I learn new skills and become even more independent.

It wasn't that bad actually. The new one was delivered safely secured in a cardbord box, so I could just corner walk it across the courtyard. Then tilt it towards the stairs and push it up. And for the old one, I flattened the box from the new one, and used it as a slider to get it down the stairs and then corner walked it as well across the courtyard where is was picked up for disposal.

You often save time by doing it your self. Mayby not on the one specific task, but in the long run. Because if you ask for, or accept an offer for help, it's expected to return the favor at some point. So the time saved on one task, now has to be used at some other time on some unkown task (that might take even more time than you saved in the first place).

Also take into account, that it often involves socializing around the event, which is now doubled.

And as an introvert, I value my alone time like others value money. I constantly evaluate how to use less on things I don't want or need.

It states:

In informal language wrong can be used as an adverb instead of wrongly, when it means ‘incorrectly’ and comes after a verb or its object:

  • My name was spelt wrong.
  • I’m afraid you guessed wrong.

Dialects and slang doesn't translate to correct spelling and grammar. Sure, sometimes slang gets adopted in the dictionary, and that is when it is added to the standard we all agree on.

Because we have to agree on a standard. Or else we end up with nobody understanding each other.

Yes, language changes over time, but we all agree on those changes.

If we can just use what we each think is close enough we could end up with: water -> wader -> vader -> voder -> vodar -> voda.

An ad sum pojnt no wun kan ondestant vod ani 1 ses.

Getting corrected is how you learn. I often spell words wrong, because English isn't my first language, but I don't mind being corrected.

But when to use "your" and "you're" is actually fairly easy to remember. "You're" is short for "you are" and is used when YOU are doing something. "Your" is used when someone else is doing something.

You're sleeping vs. your cat is sleeping.

on Me at 2am 😂 · c/memes · 3 pts · 16d

Start with the tattoos and the hair. The rest can come later.

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on Mistaken identity · c/microblogmemes · 6 pts · 21d

I never understood people who can't tell look-a-likes apart. Sure, some people look very much alike, but it doesn't take long to pick up on the small details. Only time I was a bit confused was when I started in college and a girl in my class had a twin who was in the class next door, but I didn't know for the first few days so I had one deja vu experience after the other. Haha. But it didn't take long before I could tell them apart from a mile away.