“I Spent Two Years Destroying My Life With Meth”
I’m 29 years old and 15 weeks clean from meth.
Right now I work at a fast food restaurant.
A few years ago, I was making six figures fixing cars. I had been with the same employer for more than ten years. I had a house, a newer vehicle, two kids and a relationship. I was good at my job and living pretty comfortably.
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“Should I tell my best friend that his girlfriend hit on me?”
To be fully transparent, my best friend and I didn’t always get along. We hated each other once upon a time, and it was over a girl that we were both trying to go out with. Years later we squashed it and became best friends, and I would say we trust each other very well.
Recently while we were seshing, his girlfriend made a couple of comments to me like, “He’s lucky I didn’t meet you first,” and some other stuff about how lucky my girls are. She also touched me on the leg a couple of times while she was saying it.
Idk if I should tell him because of the past issues we’ve had over women. What should I do?
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Why No One Wants to Date Tech Bros – Archive.ph
27 Photos For When You Need to Remember What It Felt Like to Have Your Whole Life Ahead of You – Ned Hardy
One of those little kitchen gadgets that actually works. It pulls the air out of an opened wine bottle so it stays fresh longer. – Amazon
Elizabeth Holmes to be transferred to a halfway house – NBC
Tech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created – AP News
Amid soaring living costs, America’s biggest convenience-store chains quietly overcharge consumers – The Guardian
Mortgage rates have just surpassed 7% – NPR
The AI Build-Out Is Becoming the Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History – Archive.ph
27 Pieces of Art Worth Slowing Down For – Ned Hardy
Most guys think they know what they’re doing in bed; this book might make you realize you’ve been winging it all along. – Amazon
Got a Package You Didn’t Order? It Could Be a Brushing Scam – Kiplinger
The 12 Best Trader Joe’s Snacks of All Time (Yes, All of It!) – Archive.ph
The 7 New Rules for Air Travel – NYTimes
GALLUP: Acceptance of Socialism Hits Record High – Gallup
Owning a small dog has become the ultimate badge of masculinity – Telegraph
The Dumping Grounds
I’m a Software Developer in the Age of AI. Something Strange Is Happening to Our Profession
I’ve been writing software long enough to remember when being stuck was just part of the job.
You’d get a ticket. You wouldn’t know how to do it. You’d read documentation. Search Stack Overflow. Put breakpoints everywhere. Stare at a stack trace for an hour.
Sometimes you’d spend half a day chasing a bug only to discover you’d misspelled something.
It was frustrating as hell.
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Would you take a $300,000-a-year job designing the algorithms that keep people gambling on a sports-betting app?
“I asked my coworker about his famous daughter and now he won’t speak to me”
My coworker has a daughter who has a bit of fame. She is not exactly a celebrity, but she is a public figure. She is verified on Twitter and has a small Wikipedia page that is a couple of years out of date.
I find her interesting and entertaining, so I occasionally look at her social media to see what she is up to. I also ask her dad about her sometimes, and he has told me little stories about her.
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Christian Bale Built a Foster Care Village in the California Desert – Archive.ph
20 Fascinating Photos That Deserve a Closer Look – Ned Hardy
If you’re dealing with stubborn hard water stains, I’d honestly recommend trying this. It works surprisingly well on glass and metal without scratching as long as you use it gently with a little water or cleaner – Amazon
The Vigilante Who’s Taking Down Recruitment Scammers, One Fake Job Ad at a Time – WSJ
It’s getting harder to afford rent in the U.S., even for middle-income families – NPR
How Weimar Germany’s Proportional Democracy Put Hitler in Power – LitHub
A stranger can learn a lot about you in 5 minutes online – how to check and delete it ASAP – ZDNet
24 Nursing Memes for People Who Can Hear a Call Light in Their Sleep – Ned Hardy
I never travel without these—airplane rides go from exhausting to almost peaceful, with the noise cancellation making it feel like you’ve carved out your own quiet little bubble. – Amazon
How to Handle a Sore Spot for Group Travelers: Splitting Expenses – Archive.ph
Hitler may have murdered his niece, new evidence suggests – The Telegraph
Rare Photos Show How Eugenics Was Promoted in the Early 20th Century – Rare Historical Photos
15 hard truths that people swear made their lives so much better – Upworthy
Mapped: State Income Tax Rates in 2026 – Visual Capitalist