No, not really. They are apparently 99% predatory scumbags or incompetent junkies who will fuck you over as soon as possible. They fill me with such rage that I have given up on using those lying assholes for almost everything except for roofing, some electrical, and some plumbing.

If you have to subject yourself to their bullshit: Always get at least 3 quotes from licensed bonded professionals. If they aren’t licensed and bonded, tell them to go jump into a wood chipper because it is 100% not worth the risk.

As long as it doesn’t interfere with Ublock Origin I guess that’s fine.

That seems kinda normal-ish: You just have to figure shit out for yourself if you haven’t already been taught. Ideally, your parents should teach you, but the flip side is you can’t teach someone everything and you can’t even know everything yourself. It’s more or less part of growing up and having anxiety over it is pretty normal IMO.

Try not to catastrophize everything: People before you have run into these issues before you, so there’s information out there, you just have to locate it.

For the passport issue: There are instructions on the website of your country that explain what you need to renew or sign up for a passport. You might not be able to get it all right away, so try to get things moving sooner than later when you have something you need to do in the future: No time like the present! Fix it now and it won’t be a problem later, your problems won’t start to pile up as fast.

Good luck younger person, it can be scary but you can do it!

“Soon we will be able to reliably set a timer!”

-Some asshole saying this unironically

I would say so, yes.

Edit: Downvote if you want, but most people will think that is creepy and/or suspicious. Don’t ask questions you don’t want the answer to lol

Yep, I’ve volunteered off and on since I was a kid. I’ve done everything from volunteering at a museum to search and rescue. Usually it starts through a friend who is already doing it or sometimes meetup.com.

That’s her pierogitave.

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The car might sustain less damage, however, the occupant will receive more damage. People buy newer, safer cars, presumably because they like being alive and would prefer to keep doing that.

Modern cars are designed to break before their drivers do, because you can’t replace you, but you can buy a new car.

Unorthodox hat, but I don’t hate it.

Well, it’s one reason it’s rubbish anyhow.

Reflash their firmware and make them do all my chores.

Hah, dumbass has to help Mrs. Pearson take out her trash and do your taxes! What a rube…

Eh, you can eyeball it towards the end: Nothing wrong with improvising if you ask me.

I’d rather have cheese if I’m on a train and don’t need carbs for fuel. If I was riding a bike, I might feel differently.

If there’s a disparity in your bread/cheese supply, you could stretch it out by only eating one slice of bread at a time, folding it over a whole piece of cheese (also folded).

You say that, but all of their bullshit cases are constantly crashing and burning due to their own incompetence. Even when stuff makes it to a jury, their cases tend to fair poorly most of the time.

Yeah, if they choose to do legally questionable or outright illegal stuff that needs to be fought and defeated in court or we’re in for some grim times.

Well, grimmer anyways…

E-bikes can really make long distances doable without having to take a shower by the time you get there, but not every place has infrastructure that will support that commute in a survivable way.

If you can pull off living close to work, that’s huge too, but it’s not always an option unfortunately.

That’s rough. My place isn’t super bikable but it’s good enough and I made getting a place and a job close together a priority because I didn’t want to spend huge chunks of my life trapped in traffic.

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