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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • I mean, it’s weird to encourage people not to increase their physical activity if they’re trying to manage their weight.

    While it’s true you can’t out-train a bad diet, exercising, even for just 30 minutes every other day will go a long. Running a 5k will take about half an hour depending on your fitness level and will burn a good 350 calories or so, more if you’re overweight. Do that 3 times a week and that’s the equivalent of a about 2 meals you’ve burnt off (or one really unhealthy meal). Plus getting outside and exercising is good for your mental health.


  • I’ve been there, but you can definitely find hobbies that cost nothing.

    Hiking/walking/running is free and good for your mental and physical health (although if you dont have appropriate footwear, I’d stick to walking).

    Music production is free (if you already own a computer) with free DAWs and free plugins. This is a great way to be creative, learning music theory is also free but not super necessary

    Writing is free, this can include fiction, as well as journaling. I enjoy journaling but

    Software hacking is free with ghidra and x64dbg, I’ve been working through crackers, which are pieces of software written specifically to be cracked.

    Programming is free and the resources to learn programming are free. If you have no experience python is super easy to jump into.

    3D modelling is fun to learn and again, free. Fusion360 will give you a free license for personal use, or there are other free options. I learnt this to 3D custom designs, and your local library probably has a 3D printer to use if you want to go that route.

    Your city almost certainly has a free art gallery, I love spending days at the art gallery with headphones listening to beautiful music and looking at beautiful art.

    Cooking can be a fun hobby, and although not free, it’s money you were hopefully going to spend anyway, it can be fun to find new recipes and try them. And if you plan correctly and buy in bulk, you can save money this way.

    Contribute to open street maps, this is free and helps the community.

    Of course the more fun hobbies, and more traditional hobbies do cost money, and can get very expensive very quickly so I do understand your frustration, but finding free cheap hobbies was key to getting out of my depression and I urge you to find something, these suggestions may not be right for you but it just shows there are options









  • It’s not always easy living a more ethical lifestyle, and of course there’s no truly ethical consumption under capitalism, but you can try.

    Most people have too many things and in order to afford them all they need them to be cheaper. You need less than you think, you don’t need the new phone every other year, or a new laptop every update cycle, or iPods or an iPad. You don’t need a smart watch or wireless earphones or designer clothes or 5 pairs of shoes. You don’t need multiple TVs or multiple games consoles.

    Less consumption means more money for the things you need, which means you can be more ethical with your choices.

    Of course if you’re in a position of struggling to feed your kids, you gotta do what you gotta do. Too late to do anything about it at that point


  • this is a bad take. You should absolutely care what brand makes your products because some brands use slave labor or child labor, some brands use toxic chemicals, some brands destroy our environment, some brands steal from their employees etc.

    If you want to shop on Amazon, and drink Nestle water, and wear Adidas that’s your choice, but don’t pretend like brands don’t matter. You say you don’t like google, but you send them your money and in doing so, send them your support in the only way that matters.