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    I learned how many times I can jerk off in a day. The pandemic was hard for us single folk.

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      Hey me too! I had friends and family asking me how I got through the days and now we all read a lot and have many plants.

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    I can cut my own hair now, it’s great. Not only the money, but the convenience of getting a touch up whenever I want is great.

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    Learned how to become a “home barista”. Instead of popping a pod in my Nespresso machine I grind my own beans and brew my own coffee fresh, every morning.

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    I learned to stop caring so much about work. I slam my laptop shut with a vengeance at 5PM, earlier if I feel like I can get away with it.

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    I learned to repair a carburator for a vintage motorcycle with my dad. I bought the bike with the carburator in a box for $300. I probably put around $500 more into it of which new tires cost around $200.

    That was more than 3 years ago and still ride it today. I’ve done done some maintenance work myself, like changing the oil, brake pads and fluid, and other minor things.

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    I learned how to move the ship backwards by alternating harpoon pulls.

    This was before I realized that you could turn the ship using only the wheel even when you had no forward momentum.

    But still, I felt like a genius the first time I backed the brigantine out of a dead end.

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      You sound like an old timey whaler and it’s very pleasing. Not the implications for the whales. Just the old timey sea-ness.

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    Made some progress towards Spanish fluency. Still not fully fluent, but went up a CEFR level.

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        Mostly from Reddit unfortunately. I actually miss those communities. Uncle Ben’s tech is the method I started with. You might find some YouTube videos with that search, but I’m almost positive there is still the uncle Ben’s subreddit. You also need to find a spore supplier, of course I found mine through Reddit.

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          Thanks. That’s what I’ve been finding as well. Unfortunate, such a wealth of community-built knowledge and they had to go and ruin reddit.

          I had a nightmare last night that Wikipedia started to enshittify. I woke up and donated $. I desperately don’t want them to follow down the drain chasing reddit and YT.

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      Wanna start a business? Vodka that comes in what looks like a 24 pack of Poland springs?

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    I learned to let go, I used to have a hard time removing people from my life, now I don’t care

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    I got significantly better at brewing beer.

    I make my own Greek yogurt now. I like it much better than store-bought.

    I improved in two languages. I’m not great at either but they’ve helped me build rapport with work colleagues and have come in handy while traveling.

    I finished a master’s degree and all the skills that entails.

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      Can you give me some guide/steps.

      I always wanted to try greek yogurt because its high in protien and nutrients, but it’s very hard to find it in stores where i live…

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        Getting an instapot was the difference maker. It made it a setup-and-walkaway operation. It’s also very easy to sanitize first, running a quick boil cycle with just water

        And then I figured out less starter results in a thicker yogurt on the “Greek” end. It was counterintuitive, at first; I thought “more starter” = stronger end result = “Greek”, but that was not the case.

        6-8 hours gives me a milder yogurt, while 8-10 hours gives me a tarter yogurt that I like for smoothies.