I confess that I called in sick today, had a vision problem.
Just couldn’t see myself going to work today.
Lol
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As an engineer myself, I confess that I have not yet met an engineer that does not pontificate about at least a few subjects they at best partly understand.
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Same, but as a human.
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Lol.
I think engineers are worse in this regard, but I could be wrong. I wouldn’t want to go off claiming something I am no expert in LOL.
We could take over the world, yes. But we can’t be bothered. And wouldn’t want to.
Because: people and shit.
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I have only had two types of dreams for as long as I can remember, the ones I never remember, and horrific nightmares. I envy the people who dream happy things and remember
I think it would be much more suitable for us to leave Earth and find a planet inhabited by Vulcan like creatures. We would do well there.
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I confess that I really really want to give up on maths
I spent the better part of winter break studying for my intro to pure maths course, even found and did problems from a site made by another professor at my school teaching the exact same course.
Completely bombed the midterm today as well as the last 2 homeworks… 
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I confess that I like to give unsolicited and wildly irresponsible advice to other people about their personal lives, jobs and so on stemming from a delusional belief that my engineering degree singularly qualifies me for all human activities.
But ask me something about my professional field in which I have almost two decades of experience and I will tell you that it would be unprofessional of me to give a general opinion without looking into the details first.
So in other words, I can immediately tell you if I believe that you should divorce your wife but not whether a load bearing wall in your house can be replaced with a support beam.
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Depends really. If you don’t sleep much AND dream too much like I do sometimes, you wake up feeling like shit. And they’re not nightmares, just normal dreams. And I remember them all vividly. The doc says it’s because the mind is still unable to fully rest while sleeping. I consider myself lucky that this dude I’m seeing is also a meathead who’s also into endocrinology. Other docs I’ve seen, including shitty government psychiatrists*, thought I had some kind of mental problem but he managed to find the root of the problem was prolactin sensitivity leading to a suppression of dopamine or something, which is also why I sometimes get sleep paralysis, RLS(restless leg syndrome) and used to engage in absurd risk taking behavior.
See? I’m a neurotype 1. Damn all you dissing Thibs.
*To understand how shitty the government healthcare system here is, or at least was over 10 years ago, I’ve tried to book a dental appointment once and the earliest date was ONE YEAR later and prior to that, the dentist did an entire teeth scaling session AND drilled away HALF of one of my wisdom teeth to fix a large cavity without giving me the option of local anaesthesia. Not fucking joking. This isn’t even Universal Healthcare I’m talking about. The fucker was smiling after the procedure and said, “now you know why the aircon is so cold here.” after I got up from the chair drenched in sweat.
Same here but I’m not an engineer. Most industries have an unspoken code like this, I guess. Some fuckers with resources may just sue you if they rely on general advice without doing their own due diligence to for the micro stuff and fuck it up. Happened to a friend of mine before but it didn’t escalate to anything much. At least we don’t have the kind of liability that doctors do.
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I’ve only studied up to Further Maths for A levels(the Brit system) so I have no bloody idea that you’re going through. Didn’t study any STEM subject in university. My wife, who has a degree in math from a China university, which I think you know are fucking ridiculously tough like in most commie/ex-commie countries when it comes to STEM subjects, would say it’s all just about ocd and practice, though.
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Fixed that for you.
Lol kidding. Have you tried university of YouTube? I remember learning a lot from Patrick JMT
And yes, As @dt79 said, it takes a lot of practice
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Have you looked into tutoring? That made a world of difference for me when it came to understanding math.
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he saved me last semester in diff eq. Luckily there’s a very active slack group and I have other support
yep, I’ve been religiously attending supplemental instruction
I’ve been wanting to order bbq for a couple of weeks now, but kept putting it off for various reasons.
I feel absolute crap (very stressed and anxious, also sore) and really want to order but can’t decide
- Family friend might be bringing braised fish over tonight
- It’s expensive and unnecessary
- I don’t want to fall into a pattern of stress eating
BUT…
I’ve put it off for so long…
You know damn good and well what we will all say to this… eat the BBQ! And the fish! Guilt free.
BUT! It doesn’t matter what we advise, you will do what YOU WANT either way. We all like Anna, but she is not very good at following advice. 
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The problem with the bbq is not the calories/macros or that I think the food itself is unhealthy
It’s that it’s an unnecessary expense (bc the family friend might bring over delicious food For FREE) AND I might be using food for comfort
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There is nothing wrong with a little comfort food. I am not saying to eat 3 half gallons of ice cream a day, but there is nothing wrong with eating something to calm your anxiety once in a while. Besides BBQ is anabolic AF.
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Yup. Not an extra expense at all for someone that wants to be strong.
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