Even Apple isn’t great with that. They often have different models for earlier and later in the year, various variants of each size, and little distinguishing features other than model number- same as those monitors.

It just isn’t as visible on their products as much, because they at least try to make it more simple for consumers.but monitors often have model line, size, and resolution short hand to differentiate as well.

Oh, no! They’ve fallen for the “don’t pre-order” hype!

The only part that weirds me out a little is that those are the only messages! OP will have to tell us, is this like a chat dedicated just to egg requests, or does their boss not message them with anything else over text, ever?

You could have written “sorry, watching a movie right now” and then stop responding or reading messages they send you.

Hell, even if you remove the “sorry” part of the message. At a certain point, you need to take accountability for how you write messages, despite being in a bad place mentally at the moment. Maybe they were frustrating you by continuing to message you while you were busy (and it does sound like they had prior knowledge you were busy with a movie), but it also requires that you were continuing to engage with them despite being frustrating. Nothing was preventing you from simply not responding until the movie was over.

Wait, are people sitting and watching the computer as it shuts down? I shut my computer down every time I walk away from it for more than an hour or two, and every night. I just type the command and then walk away to do other things while it shuts down…

What’s the fix…? o.o

For the second situation, it isnt always that they want to be asked the question. Sometimes they noticed a change in your behavior recently and are checking in on you.

Example, you’re eating lunch and you love chocolate pudding. You usually eat your chocolate pudding every day without fail. Today, you didn’t eat your chocolate putting and just left it sitting there.

A: “Hey” B: “Hey” A: “So… what’s up?”

Regardless, “what’s up” is just a place holder for “how are you”. Sometimes that is just small talk and a way of fulfilling simple social interaction, and sometimes it is a question with genuine interest in knowing what is going on in your life (or asking you first, so they feel comfortable sharing what is going on in their own life).

I always find it easiest to give a simple and short, but honest, response, and elaborate further if they show interest with follow up questions. Of course, giving them information you are comfortable giving that person.

A: “What’s up?” B: “Not much, I’m a little tired today. You?”

or

A: “What’s up?” B: “Kind of sad, but I don’t want to talk about it.”

It doesn’t have to be a big celebration, but I like to keep specific dates for holidays I celebrate with friends and family. It helps It feel special to me, like it’s something worth celebrating and carrying on a tradition of. Not that I am against celebrating the smaller things with loved ones more frequently, but a birthday on that actual day, Christmas (with or without religious connotations) with friends, or Friendsgiving, all feel extra special when celebrated on the day of the holiday rather than the Tuesday after.

Do you just mean the art showing them as the same size? Because that’s common in a lot of infovraphics to not be to scale if they are clearly labeled

It sounds like you’re dealing with a lot of stress and anxiety, too, if you’re on a “hair trigger” with your emotions. Some self care and/or therapy may help with some of it, but you sound like you’re on the right track already. Try to be aware of when you feel that way, try to identify why the situation makes you feel that way, ask yourself what you can do in that situation too change anything, and try to view the situation from other perspectives (doesn’t have to be from the perspective of the person making you angry, but can be a stranger viewing the situation from the outside).

Best of luck to you! And keep in mind that by just wanting to improve yourself in this way, you’re already take a step more than most people!

Someone close enough to be expected to gift, but distant enough to not know them well and only know “they like techy stuff”.

Like, I get that it isn’t the best gift for OP, and I dont presume to know their relational status with the gift giver, but there are plenty of ways this could be a well-intentioned thoughtful gift that just didn’t hit the mark…

“When you only make $1000 a month, $1000 is a lot of money”

Yes, I believe that is their perspective about a $1000 guitar being worth a lot of money. Perhaps that is not an expensive guitar in comparison to the upper end of guitars, but it is still expensive in absolute value for most people.

I hate all of the versions, the lyrics just grind on my nerves. Mistletoe Meltdown affects me the same way. I can’t objectively place the reason why they bother me so much, but I just can’t stand them.

Yeah, but drop a pot on hardwood you might get a scuff or dent, while dropping a pot on tile might crack or shatter the tile.

But how do you know that you’ve won an argument if you don’t get banned instead of being replied to?

The other thread: “I found this guide on (dead site), and it fixed my problem”

Isn’t it also highly flammable? My first thought with the comic was it would be used for arson.

Don’t you dare touch that piece of art! Go find an actual Cyber Truck to shoot up!

Patch of grass or mulch near by, or in a storm drain if there is one. Otherwise I continue carrying it until I get to such a place. If I’m in inside, like a mall or an airport, I pour in a restroom sink and then rinse it down the sink drain with water from the tap.

But it rarely comes to that. I generally finish whatever my drink is long before I have a need to throw the container out.

Finish the drink or pour the liquid out first, same as I’d do with the trash can in my kitchen