[–] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I live overseas. My ballot was sent on the 18th of September and I still haven't received it. Fortunately, they make it easy to mark it, print it and email it back. I'm just super weirded out about not receiving it though.

Edit: I got it the day after I wrote that comment and just after I had printed/sent it by email. Talk about a coincidence!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Maître Corbeau, sur un arbre perché, Tenait en son bec un fromage. Maître Renard, par l’odeur alléché, Lui tint à peu près ce langage : « Hé ! bonjour, Monsieur du Corbeau. Que vous êtes joli ! que vous me semblez beau ! Sans mentir, si votre ramage Se rapporte à votre plumage, Vous êtes le Phénix des hôtes de ces bois. » A ces mots le Corbeau ne se sent pas de joie ; Et pour montrer sa belle voix, Il ouvre un large bec, laisse tomber sa proie. Le Renard s’en saisit, et dit : « Mon bon Monsieur, Apprenez que tout flatteur Vit aux dépens de celui qui l’écoute : Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute. » Le Corbeau, honteux et confus, Jura, mais un peu tard, qu’on ne l’y prendrait plus.

    Jean de La Fontaine

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 2 months ago

    Yeah, I thought so too and I kept on going thinking I would just turn it 180 but the terminals are offset to one of the border, not centered, so if I turn it 180°, the terminals would be closer to the windshield. Positive cable reaches it fine but not the negative one, the cable is too short.

    And yes, that was an amateur mistake, I am an amateur :), one less that I'll do now though.

    I appreciate your advice, there's probably something I haven't thought off.

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    All the garage around are on vacation currently and it started as a pretty straight forward job, and the battery would needed to be ordered anyway since my car is 30 years old and the model not common here. I thought I could manage before my garage was open again, and now that I've started, I will finish what I can, since I've invested effort and time.

    I'm exasperated today because I got very deflated when I thought I was pretty close to finish, but I will enjoy the process once it is resolved, however that will be.

    Hey, thanks for the spoiler on the unsolicited advice, it is so thoughtfull and I appreciate both, the spoiler and the advice. Thank you :)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    I do some repetitive tasks at work that trigger intrusive thoughts. Sometimes they are absurd, sometimes old memories, sometimes an annoying person that I barely know that slight me in big or small ways.

    I let the happy one come and go but I try to block the ones that are useless, where you know that you are drinking the poison you should give to the person in your thought instead (don't poison people though). And just the thought of blocking them make them pop even more often.

    So instead I decided to expect and even wait for the bad thoughts to come, and just be like "ah, there you are, thought". They become less threatening and annoying when you expect them and roll your eyes at them when they effectively do. That worked more or less for me.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I don't see where you're from, only your username, which I thought meant we were on the same instance. I'm on Lemmy.world, and i thought mine (our) instance defederated from .ml. So why do you, would have to block them? What am I misunderstanding?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Regardless of prejudices towards the perpetrator, I understand and agree with the idea of "my body, my rules". Yet, I feel like choosing not to shake hand of a specific group based on discrimination is wrong. Am I a hypocrite or am missing something?

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