stupid first world problems you're dealing with

  On 9/13/2016 at 11:51 PM, hello spiral said:

TIL watmm are big bunch of squeamish girls (learned=confirmed)

p much

just remember: in a man vs bug battle to the death, you have the upper hand. The only hand, really.

  met this bastards in the woods today, well not bastard it was a whole flock of them and they were setting up webs of death between the trees. my gf got one on her face and we fled, covered in sticky silk the strength of cheese strings

after a cursory google turns out it's as neurotoxic as a black widow, less strength, but will put you in terrifying pain for 24hrs

tldr fuck japan

^ what species is that?

edit: eww I think I found them. Joro spiders. =/

I think I saw some heinous fucker like that in Hong Kong. I ran screaming  into the night, so idk if I am remembering correctly. 

  On 9/14/2016 at 9:07 PM, StephenG said:

^ what species is that?

 

edit: eww I think I found them. Joro spiders. =/

Golden orb weavers are the only species I've seen that look like that.

I feel like the Australians of watmm are laughing at us. They are comfortable with spiders bigger than your hand, but still not comfortable with black peoples. What a world

;)

it's a nephila clavata, Stephan was right, and a species of golden orb weaver

Not that we get anything other than show spiders in the UK, but they do all get rid of moths and flys which are fucking annoying, so they're friends in my book.

I like most spiders over here that live outside, not the kind that live in my house, giant house spiders completely gross me out and I have to kill them on sight. I find wee jumping spiders pretty cute, and like garden spiders too - they've got cool patterns on them.

I remember bees, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, etc scared me more than spiders when I was a kid. Spiders are slow and mainly like to hang out in one spot, while anything that flies and stings can attack you whenever they want. But I think all of these critters are more territorial than they are predatory towards humans.

(probably should've started a separate insects/arachnids thread, but that'd be redundant at this point)

idgaf about any bugs tbh. We get wasps flying in my flat all time from the roof (attic flat). I smack them back out the window with my hand.

  On 9/14/2016 at 3:15 PM, Danny O Flannagin said:

Spiders got nothing on roaches. Had a roommate who made me kill every single one of them she found. 

Hehe my work is crawling with roaches, they all go running and zigzagging in your wake when you walk to the toilet. The ones in the office, I stick post-it notes to their backs for lols.

Stupid spider world problems.

  On 9/12/2016 at 12:39 AM, cwmbrancity said:

a dog would never do that ;)

 

it might puke on your bed, lick most of it up, so you dont clock the ming for a few mins until you're nice & comfortable....

Totally not true. Had a dog once shit all over the bed while we were out for a couple of hours. Stupid fucking creature had eaten something out of the trash and gotten diarrhea.

 /shudders ... "i'm just taking mittens out to the wood shed babe."

  On 9/14/2016 at 8:56 PM, fenton said:

  met this bastards in the woods today, well not bastard it was a whole flock of them and they were setting up webs of death between the trees. my gf got one on her face and we fled, covered in sticky silk the strength of cheese strings

 

 

after a cursory google turns out it's as neurotoxic as a black widow, less strength, but will put you in terrifying pain for 24hrs

 

 

tldr fuck japan

omf I saw one of those last time I was in Japan too. I wasn't even in the woods, I was walking down the sidewalk on a fairly busy day. Somehow nobody saw this fucking monster floating up there. (shudder)  

  On 9/14/2016 at 10:19 PM, Audioblysk said:

I feel like the Australians of watmm are laughing at us. They are comfortable with spiders bigger than your hand, but still not comfortable with black peoples. What a world

;)

lol

I'm struggling with street epistemology and philosophy in general. 

I don't know what is up and what is down anymore. 

  On 9/14/2016 at 2:05 AM, Braintree said:

Lately I've been sleeping like 5 hours a night. Been trying to ride my bike more often, but it doesn't do much to tire me out enough to get a good night's rest 

for me sleep quality is a function of a few controllable variables:

1) energy expenditure - working out to some extent throughout the day including a session of stretching

2) light exposure - turning off lights around the house at least an hour before bed. Limiting or blocking exposure to pc's or phones by turning them off or wearing tinted glasses while I wind down.

3) how recently I've eaten - can't sleep if I'm hungry but apparently you dont want to eat after 10pm and cutting off food by 7-8 is best.

4) supplementation - I take melatonin and magnesium and it helps a lot. other things like nighty night tea help too. Epsom salt baths close to bed time help a lot.

5) mental state - I use headspace to do a 10 minute meditation session and it calms me down a great deal.

6) not drinking alcohol

Anyway, if I pay attention to those things sleeping is pretty easy for me.

So apparently I suffer from psoriasis...?

Got stuck for ~40min in the cold room at work.

How cold is the cold room?

Something like 3°C, so not freezing fortunately. Probably would have died otherwise lol.

  On 9/15/2016 at 5:46 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 9/14/2016 at 2:05 AM, Braintree said:

Lately I've been sleeping like 5 hours a night. Been trying to ride my bike more often, but it doesn't do much to tire me out enough to get a good night's rest 

 

for me sleep quality is a function of a few controllable variables:

 

1) energy expenditure - working out to some extent throughout the day including a session of stretching

2) light exposure - turning off lights around the house at least an hour before bed. Limiting or blocking exposure to pc's or phones by turning them off or wearing tinted glasses while I wind down.

3) how recently I've eaten - can't sleep if I'm hungry but apparently you dont want to eat after 10pm and cutting off food by 7-8 is best.

4) supplementation - I take melatonin and magnesium and it helps a lot. other things like nighty night tea help too. Epsom salt baths close to bed time help a lot.

5) mental state - I use headspace to do a 10 minute meditation session and it calms me down a great deal.

6) not drinking alcohol

 

Anyway, if I pay attention to those things sleeping is pretty easy for me.

 

Thanks for the tips. I already do most of those, though. It's mostly stress that's keeping me up. I get the feeling things will subside in the next month and a half, hopefully.

The I'd highly suggest doing the 10 min of headspace. It really winds me down. Throwing on some good ambient during is nice as well.

I forgot to mention that making sure your sleeping environment is as dark as possible is also a good move for uninterrupted sleep

Yeah, I throw a towel over my receiver and play tibetan singing bowls. I often restart it after waking up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0BYnSsVnNs

Deciding which space ship moving through space sound is better - Nostromo, Enterprise or Babylon 5. Decisions decisions.