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  • Bennn0

    Answer in the sidenotes :

    A = I still work full or almost full time
    B = I don't work at all with full or partial income
    C = I don't work at all and have zero income
    D = I work from home full or almost full time
    E = I work from home a few hours a week
    F = Whut?

  • OBBTKN29

    Wife wants a table for the balcony, the IKEA 20€ folding one, but shipping costs were 40 €!!

    Downloaded the pdf manual, bring back the isometric, take sizes, and with some leftovers I've got in the garage, made a hack.

    • Awesomemort_
    • that's the ikea spirit!grafician
    • nice!pedromendez
    • And probably much better quality than IKEA, too. Well done!Continuity
    • You wouldn’t download a tableimbecile
    • Teach medrgs
    • You get to name it now. I suggest Tablörémisterhow
    • Great you had the leftovers and the skills!SimonFFM
    • Nice. Get a can of danish oil and it will stay looking nice for longer. When it starts to fade, you can put another coat right on top, no sanding required.lemmy_k
    • And that's how that addiction starts, first a little side table, next thing you know, you're making a mahogany wall clock.lemmy_k
    • lol excellenti_was
    • Yep and Ikea shipping cost are a total no sensei_was
    • Sweetrobotron3k
    • I love it!utopian
    • Good work mister!PhanLo
    • lol well done! :)sted
    • Excellent, hahah!Nairn
    • Probably easier than putting together the one from Ikea!formed
    • Nice work!Calderone2000
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  • mg3310

    How many of you are home with kids right now, and what ages?

    Seven weeks into this, I'm started to get depressed for my kids. My daughter is 5 and supposed to be starting kindergarten in the fall. She's a really smart kid and should be learning all the pre-k things she'd be learning at day-care, with other kids, and with the teachers she loves. We also signed her up for all day summer camp in our town (she went to partial day last year and loved it) and she's so excited about it. It goes from mid-June to mid-August. We haven't told her that it's likely not going to happen, because I just don't see how it does. She's going to be heartbroken.

    She's also developing some bad behavior that she previously got past in the last year - standard childhood stuff at that age, but it doesn't make it easy for my wife and I to work from home and. Really trying to get her to think about her actions before she throws a fit, slowly but surely she's understanding but I know it's hard at that age.

    Our son will be 3 in June so he's still younger and kind of oblivious to it all. He's content playing with his toy cars all day long, we watch plenty of shows on TV and go outside to play. I'm less worried about him; hopefully after this is all past us he's right on track for whatever he should be doing.

    I just feel sad that they're not around their friends and teachers, in the structure that M-F daycare provides. I love them with every fiber of my existence - but all of you parents out there know kids are tough, it's tough to be with them every day, and it's even tougher to manage them when parents need to work all day.

    I keep telling myself the same thing I read at the beginning of this crisis - if keeping them alive and fed is the best we do as parents, we're succeeding.

    How are the rest of you parents doing?

    • Not going to lie - am a bit worried that my wee daughter doesn't have any social contact with midgets the same age as her. this cannot be a Good Thing.Nairn
    • I have twin 11-year-olds. Both are missing school and social interaction. And there is some depression that we've (so far) helped with more family time.evilpeacock
    • I take her on her Sunday walk around parks near here. Let her off the leash (there's no leash), she instantly gravitates to kids we have to pull her away fromNairn
    • It's fucking sad.Nairn
    • I really feel for parents with infants or toddlers right now. No day care option with WFH is really hard. And not being able to playdate or go out is also toughevilpeacock
    • evilpeacock - I've been telling myself that we're at least lucky with a 5 year old and an almost-3 year old. At least they can play together, and they do well.mg33
    • But parents of toddlers, newborns, etc... I can't imagine that and working during the day.mg33
    • I have two boys, 5 and 8. The 8 year old has online classes and he gets to see his friends/classmates on video chat. The 5 year old is harder because he was...fooler
    • also in daycare. He's regressed in his behavior. They both throw more fits than I remember but I guess I wasn't with them 24/7 before. Im throwing more fits toofooler
    • Same here fooler. They're without the structure and authority they have at daycare. They're both respectful of those teachers, nevermg33
    • 13½ month old here. She's at a critical point in her development and... fuck nothing where peers are concerned.
      Not Great.
      Nairn
    • had a bad thing said about them or their behavior.mg33
    • two boys 10 & 12 - it's tough getting them motivated to do stuff other than plugged into screens, especially when me and the wife also have to work.Bluejam
    • 3 year old girl and 19 month son. Screen time shit is out the window. We are in survival mode. Lots of walks help but it is hard on both of us.eryx
    • 'peers', for a toddler, lol. Sorry.Nairn
    • our saving grace was the basket courts until the council decided it was best to take off the fucking hoopsBluejam
    • They are both very social and just say hi to everyone though the fence in the back yard. No going to preschool is hard on the 3 year olderyx
    • I'm working as fast as I can to get a backyard fence so they can be outside without needing us to supervise in the front yard.mg33
    • hang in there mg33!eryx
    • 13 and 7. Eldest is glued to her phone pals and my youngest is bereft of attention as we're both trying to work. Thank god for BBC bitesized.monoboy
    • MG33 - i have 2 boys - same ages. 5 & 3. its tough. some days are circus like. other days are a little better.umbee54
    • Both wife and I working from home and about 40% of day in meetings. Hang in there brother hopefully they'll be back in school early august.umbee54
    • My sis has a toddler, locked down in a small London flat. Tougher for her. Wee lamb keeps asking to play with neighbours kids.monoboy
    • ...if all is safe for them to be back in classroom setting.umbee54
    • It feels like an eternity but it's only been a month in the UK. Another two to go I think. I picked the wrong year to give up booze.monoboy
    • Kis seriously affected: https://unsdg.un.org…BustySaintClaire
    • Yeah without being able to go the the playgrounds I ordered a trampoline but it's on backorder.fooler
    • Home — 900 sqft, 1bd apt — with a 2 year old boy, who bounces off the walls.monospaced
    • It's been surprisingly good for us. 12 & 10yr old kids have their arguments, but they're schooling online and we're in contact with their teachers.aslip
    • Grandma is doing some online teaching with them too. Plus they've been outside a lot lately, riding bikes and playing in yard.aslip
    • Ditto kiddo; a 5 year old going on 6 and a 1 year old going on 2. Both Dutch boys.

      Wife is full on mom mode and I'm working 9-5. It feels okay some days...
      ideaist
    • ...Others it gets a little sad; the internet speed(s) got to my wife last night. She lost it a bit. I'm drinking a bit more than I should BUT am bored tbh.ideaist
    • My son is 8 and on the autism spectrum so he's thriving without the stress of social interaction. He's learning to code and that's all he cares about.Melanie
    • One toddler, about 21 months. Thank god for the back yard.ben_
    • @ben_ I daydream of a backyard ... I'm weeks from closing on a house and moving so I can finally have one! Just in time for Spring and Summer.monospaced
    • 5 year old and 3 year old. Both of us are in corporate fashion jobs and need to stay present to keep the work. Kids are acting up and hard to manage.DaveO
    • We are in an apartment over two floors in Bed stuy and have a yard so that is GREAT. I feel very VERY lucky that essentially nothing material has changed.DaveO
    • I know I'd be more stressed if i had no money coming in, so trying to stay thankful, but by god this is the most stressful situation we've been in.DaveO
    • The expectation that parents can put in full days while schools and all care centers are closed is absolutely unrealistic.monospaced
    • @mono - yeah it's honestly incredible. I feel for you and our friends in similar situations in NYC and Tokyo right now.ben_
    • I am lucky that we have a backyard and a huge ball field at the end of our street. Big front yard. Kids on our street. I totally feel formg33
    • everyone stuck in mid and high rise buildings, no green space, limited fresh air.mg33
    • 3yo girl and 15mo boy that should be at nursery daily 9-5.30. Wife and I both work full time but obv from home at the moment...microkorg
    • ... wife is chinese and her mum has been with us since January and is actually stuck here until she can get a flight home.microkorg
    • .. it's a god-send for us as she looks after the kids from 8-5 each day so we can get on with our work. But when she goes we'll be fuct!...microkorg
    • I think we'll have to each work half a day each so the other can look after the kids then put in the second half of the day in the evenings!microkorg
    • With the wee girl at least once a week she facetimes with her two best friends from nursery. Think she is getting bored of our chat though as...microkorg
    • .. whenever she sees the neighbours she talks with them forever and literally has to be dragged away lol.microkorg
    • We are so lucky to have a big garden though i couldnt imagine having kids in a flat during this time. We've recently got them a big swing set...microkorg
    • ... a slide and I built a mini climbing wall to get up to the slide. Wee boy LOVES it! I'm still petitioning mum for a 3ft high half pipe ;)microkorg
    • I think I'm in the luckier crowd...my kids are teenagers now. 14 and 16. They're holding up pretty well. they miss school and their friends, but are doing okexador1
    • with the online lessons etc. they get out for walks and bike-rides daily. their senses of humour are still sharp and they're a joy for us to be around :)exador1
    • my boy is actually turning 14 this thursday. He's sad his buddies can't have a sleepover, but we're going to have a nice family birthday, with cake etc...exador1
    • they both miss their grandparents like crazy. They're very close with my wife's folks... it's hard for them not to see them regularly like they usually do.exador1
    • I'm really hoping that we soon get to visit 1 family like some of the other provinces. My mom is going through some real loneliness right now, and aside fromben_
    • missing her a ton, we could sure use another set of hands around here with our daughter.ben_
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  • elahon15

    Bummed I missed this live last night, just finished watching it now, this was fucking AMAZING.

    And I love they wore dresses.

    • Grunge pedal and chorus on his voice, nice touch.nb
    • I'm not a fan of his regular music but this is pretty good and he seems like a funny guy.fooler
    • Was this sponsored by Flow Spring Water? Everyone has a few cartons of it in camera view.fooler
    • Breed & Territorial Pissings
      2 of my favorite Nirvana tracks ...
      .. really knocked it out.
      Ramanisky2
    • Set List
      https://i.ibb.co/44T…
      Ramanisky2
    • i am surprised, not bad at all!renderedred
    • better than puddle of mudddorf
    • Fooler, yeah they sponsor almost everything/anything. My team did their brand and packaging, coincidentally.ben_
    • Holy shite, this was really good.section_014
    • This made my day. Huge Post fan, but wouldn't have had any idea he could pull this off! Good guy and major talentSteveJobs
    • @ben_ I never heard of Flow before watching this so it worked! Congrats.fooler
  • grafician5

  • Krassy3

    • Waaassssssssuuuuuupnb
    • waste of good fridge spacehans_glib
    • that's a lot of pre urinewhatthefunk
    • King of Piss®utopian
    • 1st day of quarantaine...6 to gouan
    • it was an interesting morningsted
    • If you ever see me drinking a Bud Light, I've been kidnapped and I'm trying to signal for help.fooler
    • Pesticide USA beersshapesalad
    • mickeys ftwwagshaft
    • you have plenty of water.dbloc
    • grossMilan
    • H20 + CoronaKrassy
    • Lol @ dblocGnash
    • balanced dietautoflavour
    • ugghhhpango
    • that is a lot of.....bad beer

      (ok I do like Corona)
      dkoblesky
    • lol foolerNairn
    • Everyone knows if you can pack them away you don't by the good stuff.eryx
  • Bennn15

    • Good point. In many ways 2020 is no different than every other year.nb
    • lolfadein11
    • props on buying tortilla that actually expiresKrassy
    • HeheNBQ00
    • nicenbq
    • Props on having tortillas that were at some point unexpired.cannonball1978
  • Bennn10


    This is me but iam not fat yet. i feel iam on my computer 15 hours/day... i dont move much wich is not a good thing at all. Winter has started and its very tough to get motivated to go outside with the cold. and i work from home so i dont even have to walk anywhere. I need to fix this

    • Resistance band and you're sorted.shapesalad
    • Walk somewherenb
    • Turn off computer after work. Try books, painting, piano, anything that does not involve a screen of any kind. Boom, first world problem solved.nb
    • Bingo bangonb
    • too much time spent tracking Bitcoin online :)Krassy
    • Go for 3 walks a day: before work, lunchtime and after work. Level 2: run instead of walk. I've been doing this since march. Have run 2500km since then.BaskerviIle
    • + podcasts to keep you company during your walksBaskerviIle
    • Thanks for the motivation! I'll do after the Holidays, Jan 3 is back to normalBennn
    • Bennn that's you looking at Bitcoin all day.NBQ00
    • it's always cold at the start but once you start moving you'll warm up. I ride my indoor bike during my lunch breaks every other day on Zwift.dorf
    • Last year I was walking 10-15 km a day. I'd pick out an interesting destination in the area, walk and do photography. I've fallen off this year since I'myuekit
    • stuck in a hot country but I think it becomes much easier if you can work exercise into something productive instead of just running like a hamster at the gym.yuekit
    • get a dog, asap.sted
    • You're a very silent guy, I feel the fatness coming to you soon.i_was
    • Walking 10-15km a day! WowBennn
    • sounds a lot but if you have a dog its easy :)sted
  • mg3311

    I have done incredibly well the past 48 hours by not once looking at Drudge Report or other sites that are just full of crazy stuff.

    I have barely even pulled up any articles on Reddit or Twitter for that matter. It is felt good, and I have felt the anxiety in my chest decreasing really well.

    • It's becoming the new normal and the brain can't be feed the same thing over and over. I massively decreased my covid19 info consumption also.Bennn
    • You two should form a support group for each other. mg, you’re the most stressed person I’ve witnessed online or in person, related to covid. Best wishes.imbecile
    • mg33 should go into a 2-days long meditation session and then keep 10mins daily practice up for the rest of his life. your amygdala needs to shrink.uan
    • Maybe u should change your sources. Twitter and reddit not very good outlets. But if it's not info intake and personal. Than relax. Such small possibilitydeathboy
    • Outside gov econ controls u get sick or die. Talking like 1 death to 710 Job lossesdeathboy
    • “ Outside gov econ controls u get sick or die.” Huh??monospaced
    • how many job is worth 1 death? how much is one human life worth deathboy?pango
    • I think one human life is worth between £10,000 to £40,00 usually.PhanLo
    • $24,000,000,000 at the fnancial top at least.neverscared
    • Human life is commodified every minute of the dayGnash
  • imbecile4


    • RIP.PhanLo
    • “The Cure has become The Disease”. I need to get used to the band name change.NBQ00
    • https://f.i.uol.com.…dmay
    • They're probably all anti-vax too and some of them probably think the Earth is flatBennn
    • Let them die.i_monk
    • The larger situation will lead to some pretty interesting "manslaughter" court casesR_Kercz
    • Bringing their kids too. Fucksake.PhanLo
    • found the brain cellBluejam
    • If you look at geographic clusters of anti-vax’rs, they tend to be progressive areas, not trumpiam strongholdsGnash
    • https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
    • found yuriyothutopian
    • Please move to America is Fucked thread. Thanks.MarleyMarl
    • I'm so glad I moved away from that backwards ass state 20+ years ago.fooler
    • wow impressed how stupid americans really aremilfhunter
    • When feed a steady diet of shit media, you're likely to start looking like a turdFNP14
    • Ohio's been leading the charge in this whole thing. This is a microscopic subsection of morons. Don't believe the bullshit, people.section_014
    • some of them still wears mask...pango
  • Krassy18

  • mg338

    I did pretty well with my anxiety for the past couple months, but after this past weekend, and Trump's outrageous speeches at Mt. Rushmore and in DC, I've really fallen back to the kind of anger and frustration that's making me waste time lashing out at people again - even an uncle of my wife's who I lost my cool at on Facebook. Stupid, I know... I'm dropping off of there for a while, limiting my time to once a week on Sunday to upload new pics of my kids and that's it.

    The whole weekend I've had tightness in my chest and a headache and I don't doubt for a second it's from all this anger that's festering up inside of me and hard to control.

    I've started to take on this stance that, as a parent, anyone who supports Trump and will vote for him again is an enemy to me, and I don't trust them, respect them, or need to waste any of my time on them. I keep telling myself that they're a direct threat to my children's future. I've talked about this with neighbors over the weekend who get where I'm coming from and understand that Trump isn't like past presidents. It isn't like a disagreement with someone over being for or against abortion, or economic models, or military spending. Trump is a fundamental threat to decency and the future of this country, and those that support him are complicit in creating a country in which my children will not experience the best that America has to offer.

    It's gotten very, very frustrating. Two days after lashing out at her uncle, I'm feeling like I wish I'd just kept my mouth shut and blown it off. I just don't know what else to do. People like that - the sycophants and the complacent and the apathetic of this country have an impact on me and my kids when they vote for and support people who aim to mold this country in a way that is disastrously backwards and self-serving.

    On top of that, I've had a few mild symptoms that I could attribute to anything that I'm worried are related to the virus. Nothing major, probably all a result of anxiety, not getting enough sleep, and not working out much for three months now, after being religiously dedicated to exercise.

    I did so well with avoiding news and politics, work has been going well and we all busted some serious ass on a new business opportunity, felt great until Friday and then news and politics got the best of me again.

    On the upside, we got a babysitter for our kids during the day, and they're having fun, playing with friends, enjoying the summer. Their daycare opened back up in June but we're just not ready for that yet.

    • Hey man, try to not think at all of this at once, take steps to protect your mental health, it's the pain of being smart and figuring things out - anxietygrafician
    • Try to go out and enjoy nature, it really does wonders!grafician
    • If you need to talk vent we're heregrafician
    • The thing that's hard is realizing I'm over that fine line of associating with people I consider a threat to my family. They're my wife's family,mg33
    • but she lets me fight my battles and doesn't disagree with me. This virus is a strange thing in that it clearly prevents us from going and seeing any of hermg33
    • family. I don't see some of them ever during the holidays; my inclination is to just say "screw it, if I stick to my guns these aren't people I want to bemg33
    • around in any capacity."mg33
    • If you feel that way then he succeeded, the polarization of the nation is exactly what they seek, same shit happened in my country with Chavezernexbcn
    • I just hope another leader eventually rises that can reunite the broken nation we are seeing these daysernexbcn
    • ill vote for him. not much better.deathboy
    • Stay strong. You have a good heart and I'm sure you'll get through this just fine.dmay
    • mate, don't get pissed with what you cant control. The world is full of idiots and stuff like this is always going to happen in one shape or another.dee-dubs
    • focus on what you can control, earn money, be there for your kids, wife etc.. and be good persondee-dubs
    • this is coming from someone living in UK who felt very similar when they voted to leave Europe.. just seem to be dragging country backwardsdee-dubs
    • I've now kind of given up caring about the bigger picture and like you try to avoid reading about it as the world just seems to go from bad to worsedee-dubs
    • mg33, dont ever go see what the conspiracy people are up too! You wont survive it. It's pure madness.Bennn
    • It's important that you try to change people's minds, especially when it will effect your children. But also take care of yourself for the sake of your childrenmapleT
    • Build a bigger fence around your property,Doris_McSquirter
    • ok Karen.MrAbominable
  • whatthefunk9

    • his mother was probably up to this.utopian
    • kid's going placesKrassy
    • geniusrenderedred
    • Genius? Read it again and maybe rethink that.monospaced
    • probably the child of a millenial... chaneled all his energy into getting out of doing work... I bet his favorite dinosaur was the tyranosaurPonyBoy
    • please excuse my outspokenessPonyBoy
    • lolmonospaced
    • might have gotten away with it if he could spell... gonna try it in my no need to have a zoom production catchup meet later today..._me_
    • lol how old are you pony?inteliboy
    • I'm at the age of inocence (*giggle... ignore me... I'm just being an anoyance)PonyBoy
    • TimelineHayoth
    • More like "Fail of the Day"grafician
  • Ramanisky29


  • _niko12

    This is how unprepared we've made the next generation for this and anything else really.

    I got my kids to play NES punchout.

    after half an hour I come back downstairs and ask how it's going.

    Arrgghhh Dad, this game's impossible, did you start us on the final boss?????

    I look...they're on Glass Joe.

    FML

  • DRIFTMONKEY13

  • utopian8