Interesting. What did you listen to in your 30’s? Do you remember it as vividly as you do the music you listened to in your teenage years? Can you sing along the same way? How will the music you listen to now compare when you’re in your 50’s?

Not saying the music is objectively better or suitable for all points in life. Just pointing to studies saying teenagers have a huge emotional response to music. IIRC there have been studies showing dementia patients kind of wake up when you start playing music they listened to in their teens.

It’s “better = more suitable here and now” vs “better = more impactful” I guess.

The best songs we’ve ever heard are the ones we listened to as teenagers. You’ll never get a dopamine rush like that again.

https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/musical-nostalgia-the-psychology-and-neuroscience-for-song-preference-and-the-reminiscence-bump.html

Brain imaging studies show that our favorite songs stimulate the brain’s pleasure circuit, which releases an influx of dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and other neurochemicals that make us feel good. The more we like a song, the more we get treated to neurochemical bliss, flooding our brains with some of the same neurotransmitters that cocaine chases after.

Music lights these sparks of neural activity in everybody. But in young people, the spark turns into a fireworks show. Between the ages of 12 and 22, our brains undergo rapid neurological development—and the music we love during that decade seems to get wired into our lobes for good.

Some commenter asked why they were using Brave. I saved it to check out the answer later, because I was curious, but now I’ll never know :(

The year is 2026. The system requirements for Windows 12, shutting out 98% of the all current PCs in use, are set in place to manage Windows 12’s multiple new Outlook versions.

Every woman should empty her menstrual cup into a test tube and mail it in.

OP means prefixes, like 1000°C = 1 k°C

It’s the right side up tho :p

Also: beating the potatoes with an electric mixer because you’re too lazy to mash them will produce a glue-like consistency. Don’t do that.

(Michael if you ever read this, please know that your cooking fucking sucks.)

It certainly is an image

Even the post title. Good job I hate you

That’s really nice to hear, I’m glad you liked it!

I switched to Linux when the “We’ve scheduled your free update to Windows 10!”-like popup started appearing again and again on my Win7 machine even though I disabled it. I didn’t like not having a choice and they only got worse from there. Meanwhile, you have full control over every part of a Linux system. You can even uninstall the update manager if you feel like it.

More like “My computer came with malware and I’m starting to realise that’s what it is” in most cases.

Yeah, I’m very happy with it and it’s usually recommended as a good starter pen, along with the Pilot Metropolitan for those who want a metal body and/or a more traditional look. Check that one out too if you’re interested!

So you use a really nice keyboard, right? …Right?

It’s not a stupid question!

First of all, it’s a fountain pen, which means its nib construction and method of delivering ink is completely different from ballpoint pens: a fountain pen pushes liquid ink down the nib slit through capillary action. See close up here. The ink flows smoothly and you don’t need to push against the paper when writing. Most fountain pens are refillable and you can choose any ink colour you like.

A regular ballpoint pen has a small ball, held in place inside the casing by a tiny spring, and typically uses thick, oily inks. See close up here. The ink is delivered through friction (ball vs paper), which means you have to push harder against the paper when writing. It can lead to fatigue during long writing/sketching sessions.

Now, there are “ballpoint-like” pens that take liquid ink, called rollerball pens. See close up here. They’re usually a good option if you want a smoother writing experience and more ink options than your standard ballpoint offers. With roller balls though, I’ve had the issue where the ball casing wears down and the spring shoots out the ball like a projectile, spewing ink everywhere … I find that the fountain pen nibs are more durable if you take good care of them.

As for the Lamy Safari, it comes in all three options but the most common one by far is the fountain pen version.

I don’t see why you shouldn’t use nice pens all the time. My daily driver is a Lamy Safari and I love it.