I'm probably just turning into an old man making fun of modern music, but this is amazingly accurate. 😅 Source: https://www.tiktok.com/@trevornoah/video/7610591821772737823 Mirror YouTube: https://youtu.be/HqhPRSprq-o Invidious […] [Original post on chaos.social]

[Health (~/+)] I've been feeling slightly better and a bit more capable for a few days. And as so very often, it's tough – if not impossible – to attribute it to anything. Does my body react positively to the first signs of spring? Has my sleep supplement kicked in after three weeks, even […]

Go home Lidl, you're drunk.

After pretty much a year of back-and-forth bureaucracy, with the whole process going on for almost two years, my paperwork for disability pension finally went through. Not really "happy", but relieved that this administrative procedure is done for now.

My wife wanted to make brownies, but we didn't have enough cocoa powder left, so I shared a recipe for chickpea blondies with her that she tried instead. Don't know what I was expecting, but they turned out to be a lot better than I anticipated. 😄 #food

I regularly see people online being surprised that different brains work differently. So for those unaware, here are two differences: 1. Some people (don't) have an internal monologue. Some brains think in sentences, others in images or associations. 2. Some people can('t) deliberately […]

When did we collectively decide to abandon "don't feed the troll"? Who thought it was a good idea to treat every incoherent cry of random drunkards echoing through a train station as if they were noteworthy contributions to a discussion or conversation?

RE: https://mstdn.games/@hk/116079736583400522 This could've also been a gift in this household. :)

Our grocery delivery came with a gifted (and themed) Pepsi vanilla. So me and my wife will be enjoying a romantic can of Pepsi tommorow. #valentinesday

»Yeah, has my time expired? Did my prime already pass or am I 'bout to find it? Did my peak already happen or am I still climbing? Is that passion that I had gone or am I ...? « NF - Washed Up #lyrics

Yesterday: "Well, if this beard trimmer is on sale at some point, I can think about whether I *really* want to get it. No need to spend brain power on it now. Decision postponed." Today: "Good news, your price limit has been reached!" 😅

Instead of watching TV and cheering on a sports team, my wife has moved to watching the thermometer and cheering on the weather.

Wife turns off the laptop just to continue writing e-mails on the phone. Looks like I'll need to set up a mandatory work-from-home training for her.

Meeting my new therapist today, next appointment with my family doctor next week. I guess my holidays are over.

New additions to the food portfolio this week: korma-inspired vegetable soup and date brownies. #food

Looking back at all meaningful relationships I built online in the last ~15 years, it's very apparent that the amount of people who check at least one box of homosexual, autistic or ADHD are *heavily* overrepresented. Often without me knowing, sometimes even without them knowing at first. 😄 My […]

It's weird to see that many platforms will slowly prefer "more professional" content over other forms of content due to demands by advertisers. Where do these demands come from? 😄 Why wouldn't you want to advertise something after a cat video or in the context of a guy talking into his phone […]

Somewhere along the way, the prediction of a snow storm turned into neither snow nor storm today. 😄 #weather #wetter #berlin

“It hardened surprisingly quick and easily this time.” From the beloved series: Penis or Nail Polish?

Crucially underrated questions: - What's your perspective on this? - What was your intention? - Am I correct to assume ... ? - What am I missing?

My wishlist: - more kindness - more compassion - more curiosity - more grace - more attention for solutions - more love - more dialogue - more support for the right people - more community - less tribalism - less draining outrage - less attention for the wrong people - less hate - less […]

Even though it's waaay past midnight* already, I'm drinking a coke now. Because I'm a big boy, ha! _ * 9:35 am, after waking up

Throwback to when I was living in 2025. #throwbackthursday #tbt

Happy 20:26 everyone! #newyearseve

The only person who made it on my Nice List this year was my postman. Didn't catch him for Christmas, but I assume that an end-of-year present is equally nice, so I caught him right in time for that. 😄

My personal headline for the 2020s is probably going to be "talk is cheap".

Oh, I got an MRI appointment at short notice on Monday. It's not ideal with New Year's Eve around the corner (and presumably a night of bad sleep because of fireworks), but I'm currently stable and who knows how I feel in a month. And what's done is done, after all. Sooo ... potato mode it is. 🥔

I'm still having trouble with my stomach, especially concerning fats, but my wife stumbled upon an interesting recipe for vegan "duck". It's mostly seitan and jackfruit, so primarily protein and fibre. Served with thin gravy and mild veggies. This has been the […] [Original post on chaos.social]

Good news: presumably proper cortisol levels. Bad news: at 3:30am. 😵‍💫

My wife baked (potato) gingerbread. Haven't tried them yet, but at least one of them is looking funny. #food

“Make sure to take an hour out of your day to listen to this podcast episode, which will completely reinforce the opinion about a person you are already holding!" feels like a proper representation of our current online zeitgeist. 🙃

RE: https://chaos.social/@esureL/115756211503517717 In case anyone else was curious but didn't feel like asking. 😄

When I was healthy, my wife and I would make a stroll to a local bakery for a surprise bag pretty much every week. “Bread Friday“ also became a temporary tradition with a friend who sadly decided to part ways. So getting these now is kind of a bittersweet […] [Original post on chaos.social]

Looks like it was a good idea to take the occasional sleeping pill to break the cycle of bad nights for now. Still resting to mitigate possible damage from Wednesday. I'll know by tomorrow.

Sales rep in the hallway, so I can't have lunch because the microwave would snitch on me.

Can't remember having trouble falling asleep this year. Waking up often, wakefulness at night, unrefreshing sleep, sure, but at least I managed to fall asleep at my usual bedtime quite well. Well, I guess we gonna make sure to check all the boxes before the end of the year. 🙃

“Follow our podcast on Instagram“ will probably never not feel wrong. 😄

My body seems reluctant to produce heat today. Good thing we have a heating blanket lying around. Like I sometimes feel like a have to take care of a 90-year-old, which, coincidentally, happens to be my body. 😄

It's not often that a post stays with me for some time, but years ago I came across one that I remember going something like: “whenever someone suddenly starts ghosting me, I imagine that they were a spy that fell in love with me, so they couldn't finish the kill order.“ Looking back at people […]

It took about a month after my short trip to the hospital for my brain to feel at (sick) baseline again. Just in time to see my dentist next week. Which is the only appointment of my original planning that stayed in the calendar. After that, the calendar is finally empty for the rest of the […]

My poem for the day: Rough day? Mug cake! #food

Given all the indifference and negligence in the world, “a stranger took the time to (try to) help me“ is definitely one of the more surprising things to be upset about.

The idyllic bickering of neighbors on the weekend. 🥰

Huh. Me finishing school will be half-my-life ago next year.

People on the internet be like: "Dogs are great, because they're all brown." "I disagree with the specific sentiment that all dogs are brown. To underline my argument, I'm hereby providing a picture of a black dog." "How dare you say that dogs aren't great?!" How have these people survived […]

It's not like this month has anything in store or that an arbitrary date change would have tangible implications, but November has been the toughest month this year, so I'm still glad it's gone now.

I've now taught the third creator on YouTube how to turn off auto-dubbing for their videos ... by quoting the corresponding YouTube Help article. I haven't encountered "RTFM" in a while. Do we need to bring it back? 😄

Always nice to listen to a well-structured podcast.

Looks like I'm not following enough people from the UK. Why else would it take me until now to find out about Colin the Caterpillar?! Also, is it accurate that people chant "eat the face!" at the birthday child when it's used as a birthday cake? 😅 #uk #colinthecaterpillar #cakes

Realised that one of the creators I follow might have transitioned. So I looked up public information where they stated: "I read 'gender dysphoria' in a book, didn't know what it meant, looked it up in the dictionary and ... well, don't look stuff up if you don't want your life turned upside […]