Very lovely to look at

Someone once told me “if you want to be good at art, try drawing things upside down”.

Here is an upside down apple that I flipped 180…

This is amazing. I love the idea that a bon fire big enough could change the earth’s orbit.

I use “You Need A Budget”, but I agree that envelope budgeting is the ticket to saving for your goals and not spending frivolously

Check the trunk 😏

Some social scientists say there’s yet another self even beyond these masks: your true self. They say you can never really know your true self.

The Johari window describes the 4 “views” of who we are. Oftentimes, the masks we choose to display do not come across to others how we’d expect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari_window

Fucking. Terrible. Here’s to the next one being a redemption arc.

Bean-posting is the inside joke around Lemmy. Every once in awhile, the whole place goes ape over beans.

Had a similar situation happen at one of my old workplaces. Super culty. You’ll survive.

In addition to what others said (namely, that companies tend not to give “references” anymore, but instead give “verification”, which is where they confirm the dates of employment), if you need references, I recommend getting coworkers who liked you to write a letter of recommendation and send it directly to you for you to include with your job applications.

You can whip up a “letter of recommendation” template to send to your work friends, then just ask them not to include a date on their letter. I’ve been reusing some old letters of recommendation for years and future employers seem to appreciate that I include them in my app.

Yep, this approach exactly.

Great question! Music is important to me, but the sound quality isn’t something I fuss over.

I think the right music can entrance any situation, so I like exploring a lot of different genres to see if there’s something I like.

I’m currently trying to build the best Christmas music list (trying to get some of the mainstream stuff mixed in with a bunch of really deep cuts so it’ll keep the list from getting stale through all of December).

Music is art, and some songs can allow the composer to speak directly to your emotions.

Deftones rock! Hell yeah

I hope you like beans

Children of Men

Been awhile since I cruised Newgrounds. I’m so glad they’re up and running.

That’s not normal behavior for family members

VideoGameJams

Was a website of midi versions of video game songs and also had guitar tabs for the songs. I would legitimately just listen to those versions of the songs themselves.

Loops

Is it bad that I agree? Eff TikTok

I don’t get that feeling at all. Maybe your instance isn’t federated with many other instances?

Also, what’s the comparison for what “alive” looks like? Lemmy’s like the message board I always wanted.