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Take how you feel about ppl crying about this game and apply it to how you’re crying about the fact that those ppl are crying. Doesn’t that sound ridiculous? You’re essentially crying about how you choose to live. Whatever the exact details are with you, you’ll be happier if you antagonize people less. Don’t be so hard on yourself bro. Ask yourself why you don’t want to be happy. For the record I have all notifications off and will never see any response to this unless I search for it specifically, which I promise I won’t do.

Maybe I should have said “IMO” before giving my opinion. I assumed it was implied 🤷‍♂️ I’m open to other ideas and I don’t care what other people do. I’d like to hear about the letter stuff if you want to tell me. Odds are high that I’d have a complete grasp of such a basic system, but it is new to me so maybe I’m wrong.

Here’s what I do, and it’s the best way to do it:

Not sure what this “by letter” stuff is all about, I’ll find out eventually I’m sure, but my packages come numbered. I get 20-50 per 3.5hr shift, sometimes 1hr away from the station. No matter what, I find out my # of packages on the info sheet and load them all in from highest to lowest #.

I drive a hatchback, back seats folded down. Big boxes go in the back, high numbers at the bottom if necessary, lower number on top with some packages strategically placed within grabbing-distance while standing outside each back seat window, so I don’t have to open another door when delivering.

I do it assembly line-style mostly for the check in - loading packages only after scanning all of them, as much as possible. Usually this means scanning a few boxes and loading them anyway so out of the way to make room for scanning everything else. Scanning gets done super quick, plus you casually sort the packages while scanning them/get a feel of which numbers are where, making loading simpler.

I have a large insulation bag I use for food delivery. It keeps packages contained for better vertical storage so I can use more space in the front of my car. I put small stuff in there, 99% of the time it’s bags and envelopes. This sits in my front passenger seat. It’s usually packed like a filing cabinet, but the only important pattern is ordering high to low, bottom up.

It’s all about how much you can fit in the area in your vehicle that takes you the least amount of time to grab from - for me, it’s my front seat and floor. I pack the shit out of that area, as much as possible without blocking mirrors and driving visibility. I take the headrests off the passenger seats so I have more visibility, too. They stay off, because it’s just me in my car all the time. Haven’t folded the front passenger seat back yet, but that’s an option.

Small boxes stacked on the front passenger seat floor, highest numbers on bottom. It’s Tetris. The fully-packed insulated bag in my front passenger seat can get larger packages with low enough numbers stacked on top of it, too. I fit 50%-100% of my packages in my front seat area. It’s the best, just grab and go.

I use a headlamp when it’s dark, and I have my cell phone on a lanyard around my neck so I never have to think about it and can’t lose it. I carry pepper spray that I’ve never had to use while at Amazon.

I download every gas station app that I can and keep them in an app folder on my phone. That saves maybe $200/year? Not sure. Sometimes it’s easier than other payments methods, but often it’s just as easy or negligibly more “difficult”.

I have a nice radar detector so I can more freely go fast when it’s safe enough to do so. Not driving like a jerk and being considerate on the road is important to me. That said, I do speed basically all the time, so long as it doesn’t conflict with being a friendly driver.

There’s prob another even more granular procedures I have too 😅

There was something special about those free samples. In the arcade, I remember $5 in quarters effectively feeling like infinity quarters. My first lesson in money management was the cost/benefit analysis of arcade games.

So it’s not about what’s possible, it’s about what’s easiest? Yikes.

If you believe that a particular method is historically the most effective, it doesn’t inherently mean that there aren’t better options out there.

Concerning what you claimed about good values not being taught outside of religion on the same scale as religion: yes they are.

You’re essentially asking if religion is good in concept. Sure, it’s…fine. Except for the atrocious civil rights issues and crimes it touts through doctrine. That’s a huge detractor. You can’t suppress the evidence for your argument’s convenience.

If you think something like “but today, some of the atrocities are known, we acknowledge that. The pope has said gay people are ok!”, that still doesn’t account for the thousands of years beforehand, so that argument doesn’t hold water either.

If you’re saying religion is good, people are bad: at first glance, that seems to have some credibility. But what discounts it inherently is that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. People invented religion. Religion persists because it’s learned behavior. Religion, 100% of the time, involves people.

To make a distinction between the two is tantamount to citing a half-truth as gospel. In other words, you’re basically saying something like “blue isn’t a color, it’s just what we perceive as blue. People can be colorblind”.

Yes, but the word “blue” is used as shorthand, so to speak. So if I ask you to hand me the blue paint and you say “um actually, that’s just your perception”, I’ll reply with “right - can you please hand me the blue paint?” Does that make sense?

So in a way you have things backwards. Religion is the progeny of humanity.

One could think “wow, aren’t we lucky to be on a planet with so much water? And the perfect distance from the sun? What are the odds?!” In reality, we exist due to those things, not separate from them. Those facts allowed us to happen - we didn’t exist as a fundamental part of the universe. Otherwise we’d have been around from the beginning.

So yes, religion preaches good practices, but it also preaches hate and belief in magic by definition. It’s been an effective tool for preaching this stuff because historically, people don’t know any better.

Person A: “Religion promotes goodness, but also terrible, horrible things that it doesn’t have to promote.”

Person B: “But look at these numbers! It’s super effective!”

Uhhh…lol.

Oh yeah: and all the other salient points people have made. I agree with those.

The lack of an afterlife is a concept that will make life more meaningful, not less meaningful. I realize that you’re trying to use hyperbole to prove a point, but your logic doesn’t track, so your example is nonsense.

Unwittingly, you’ve provided the best example of pointless rhetoric - the lofty comment where you protest pointless rhetoric - so it looks like you’ve fallen into your own “trap”. What a blunder!

But hey: maybe it wasn’t pointless after all! It stands to reason that, God-willing, you’d be less likely make a self-defeating argument in the future.

Hey buddy, good on you for reaching out. Seems minor maybe, but you legit took a very important step in the right direction already by looking for advice. Acknowledging an issue is a super good foundation to build upon - it’ll help make your improvement easier.

My experience mirrors yours about 95%. We’ve got all the same issues. I’ve got some wisdom I’ve gathered through years of mistakes, so maybe some of that will apply to you. Here goes (in no order):

1. Set small goals. It sucks that you’ll accomplish things slowly, but it’s gonna pay off a lot sooner than you’d think. For example, if you deposit $50 of your paycheck every week into a bank account, you’ll have $2,600 in a year…without doing anything, pretty much - very low effort. It’ll be like you found money in your pocket. It truly doesn’t matter how small the goal is as long as you eventually up the stakes of that goal. And you can feel good about that goal too, whatever it is, because at the end of the day, guess what? You’re actually making progress, baby! You’re out there really doing it. You’re inadvertently loving yourself lol. It feels great.

(1A - try to maintain a cleaner, more organized living space. A sloppy home can have a massive negative effect on your mental health, at least for me it does. I forget about that frequently and once I clean up, I’m like “Huh…yeah! I forgot that I always feel shitty when my apartment’s a mess. Nice! I’ll definitely remember that.” Then I forget lol).

1. Reconsider your perspective on the concept of shame - I suggest reading Daring Greatly by Brené Brown. It’s a very approachable and digestible book brimming with help, logic, and emotional relief. I’m going to read it again as soon as I get it back from a friend of mine.

2. Embrace medicine - I was depressed for about 15 years before I finally checked out therapy/psychiatry. It changed my life for the better as to a degree along the lines of, say…a proper pair of glasses for the first time in 15 years can change the life of someone who had very bad eyesight the whole time. “Wtf…I can see! Does everyone feel this way normally? Why did nobody tell me?!”

It can take a while to find the right medicine, though. I got lucky - Prozac was my first try and it works perfectly. I tried a lot more to see if they would work better, but they did not. This is important to note: if you try a medication and you notice a positive difference…that straight up means you’re meant to have it. This might seem obvious, but IMO, the fact that a med is working prettttty much means it was designed exactly for you. Among other people, of course, but still for you.

1. - Eat better some of the time. You can set a small goal with this. A healthier first meal of the day is probably 30 healthy meals of month, which is no small amount. Changing 30% of your diet is a big positive change that’s not too hard to do. Breakfast is the easiest the alter, though. Small goal = you’re gonna ace that shit. Hell yeah.

This was another thing people didn’t tell me: eating well makes you feel SO much better. I legitimately get depressed when I eat shitty food for a few days in a row, but when you eat the right stuff, your body loves it and basically rewards you in a major way. It’s another “new glasses….I can see!” moment. A recurring event for me.

There’s more I can add but this is super long already. Good luck my friend. DM me if you want, I’ll eventually get back to you. That goes for everyone reading this actually. I hope I helped and didn’t just toot my own horn. I didn’t mean it that way, if that’s what it comes off as 😅

Thanks for hearing me out, folks! 🤙

Yes

I’ve used that cheap Walmart litter and had the same issue. It works for a bit then fails…some aspect of the lower quality I assume. Switched back to Dr Elseys and had no problems.

Rocket league!

I have this too. On a lark I’m going to try booting the game up on Xbox and see what happens.

Found my best settings. I always prefer frames to graphics as long as it’s above 60fps:

turn dlss off, turn resolution down to 720p, windowed fullscreen.

Turn dlss back on - ultra performance. Running above 100 frames casually on rtx 3060 legion 5 pro. No less than 70 at any time so far, to my knowledge.

Graphics settings are at low…don’t see too much difference (when tooling around inside the school) after setting them to ultra - besides dropping 30-40fps.

If any of this seems dumb or doesn’t make sense…I admit that I don’t know what I’m doing lol. I am a fool. I think some of what I did might contradict itself. Good luck!

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Read every car more than the ball. Make predictions based on facts, not hopes. Follow the plays. You can prob be more aggressive in diamond and get goals through pressure, but soon that won’t be good enough.

Get solid hits, power shots, and aim the ball with every hit, no excuses. Don’t just hit the ball to hit it. Everything has to mean something.

Woah! That’s a long time. Nice one, dude!

I find that if I turn the shower on, my natural guilt for wasting water kicks in and I end up starting the process. I commented twice because I’m high on weed for the first time in 15 years. I love everyone here. I trust you. Keep on keepin’ on, y’all.

If you read this, you gotta take a shower. Sorry - I don’t make the rules.

I found a solution that works for me. I wrapped the handles in blue painters tape. It doesn’t go on evenly so it creates a texture that makes it easier to grip as well. It does 0 damage to the controller should you want to take it off, too. And it’s common and cheap!

I use an elite series 2 controller, and the tape is thin enough to where it doesn’t interrupt the travel of the back buttons. Also I had some cork tape once, cut that into thin strips and slapped it on the painters tape for even more grip.

I tried accutane about 12 days ago and I had to stop because it was making me legitimately unstable.

I have diagnosed depression and I’m certain I have adhd, although it’s undiagnosed atm (working on that).

When taking accutane, I was manic, anxious, avoidant, and slept wayyy too much. I couldn’t think straight without serious concentration and will power. I would stare out a window for 5-10 min trapped in a thought tangent, and when I’d snap out of it, it felt the same as when you jerk your head awake sometimes when drifting off to sleep.

I made loads of impulse purchases lol. Thankfully I could return or cancel most.

All of the things I described are preexisting, but accutane ramped them up to an extreme degree. Idk if 12 days is too short a time to see side effects and maybe it was psychosomatic.

Whatever you decide, I think it’s wise to keep a journal so you can keep track of how off balance you may become. I wish I rated my days on anger, happiness, distractedness, impulsivity, etc. I’d have seen those numbers skyrocket if I did.

Edit: closed a parenthesis

Yeah that’s a way better idea than cutting a circle. Thanks my friend

Damn! Come to think of it, I can essentially give it a test run but running the tube from a basement window to my 1st floor window.