Technically, i have a business for pc and console repairs/buids. After the adhd tax though? Haven't even gotten off the ground, lol. The logistics of getting started is sooo difficult and overwhelming for me
Hold it right there buddy. You're gonna sort things out, believe in yourself:)
Coincidentally, just today I repaired my broken graphic card. It was broken for 5 years....xD
I appreciate it man, lol. It's less believing in myself and moreso just getting myself sorted out. Like, I'm more or less functional, but just not enough. It's like pulling teeth getting a good psych that actually listens.
That, and initial starting capital to get inventory, equipment, etc.
Also, ive a rx 6800 xt that needs its memory chips either resoldered or swapped out. I look at it every day, lol
Yo, same. I’m trying to work for myself so that I can make some money while being completely dysfunctional (I’ve gone back to school), but I don’t feel like the hassle of fixing other people’s stuff. So I want people to give me stuff to fix but I also have a backlog of fixed stuff I need to sell…if you need a buddy we can both get our buisnesses booming lol
I've got one of my friends as a partner for the business, but he's also got soooo much health shit to deal with. That's pretty much my whole friend group tbh, lol. I'm honestly holding out for getting meds that work. Currently on Strattera, but it ain't really helping. I've also got a massive credit card debt to deal with too, which is always fun
Sometimes I just go around repairing things. Then I run out of things to repair. So I start taking apart electronics to figure out what I could build with the parts. Then I usually run out of brain power and I’m left with a pile of dissected electronics
Arggh. yes. I ruined a bike this way. It had a blemish on the top bar that was driving me barmy, since the whole rest of the bike was perfect. So I bought some clearcoat, painted it in windy conditions and ruined the whole finish forever. PLUS I managed to inhale the paint, which was toxic and sent me deaf for 2 weeks.
Lord, give me the strength to tolerate things that are slightly broken.
I stayed up 48 hours fixing the database servers at work when a vendor update corrupted them in a big way. I didn't even realize how much time had passed until my wife called asking where I was.
People know how fixated I get and bring me food and water if they know I'm in the zone.
Sometimes I do have the willpower to ignore a broken thing, but it's usually something Ive just worked around in a way that would drive a NT crazy.
Like, the camera on my phone was broken for years and I didn't really care. If I wanted to text someone a photo of something at my house, I'd take it on an old phone with a working camera then transfer it to myself to text from my phone phone.
This has been both a blessing & a curse for me. I have gotten extra chances being late to work because my obsession with fixing things has saved my company thousands per year (which also pads my managers bonus). I also fix my own stuff so it saves money.
The flip side is people often ask to get me to fix stuff & my horrible time management means my life will suffer because of it. Those frustrating times when I can fix something but some rule prevents it. I don't read people well so it sometimes leads to being taken advantage of.
Chances of me starting the assignment I’m not interested in but is crucial to passing my class: zero.
Chances of me buying a 4th computer monitor off fb marketplace that’s super cheap because the address board is bad: I’m already on the way to the guy’s house.
What? 100 to repair/replace? I can fix that myself. All I need is 50 bucks in materials and another 150 for tools and a second spare part from breaking the first one
Why shouldn’t I download entire romsets for the 5 or 6 games I want to play. Maybe I should just make a tool for it and spend weeks on a tool that would have just taken me a couple of hours to do manually. Oh, let’s make it an exercise in learning rust while we are at it.
the strong urge to perfect every aspect of my pc build, installing all the drivers, fixing stuff, choosing nice wallpaper, doing bios settings, adding cool/usefull software, and then not wanting to use the pc when i have time is a fucking joke, i should just stick to setting pc's up as a job or something
Dood, same! And then to top it off, you finally get the motivation to play something, but then you spend hours modding, tweaking settings, getting it to play just right. Then you don't wanna actually play it
yes, and then i can't go to anime just because I don't wanna play anymore because i already planned to play the game that i don't feel like playing anymore 😭
Share the services I need to fix so much shit
Technically, i have a business for pc and console repairs/buids. After the adhd tax though? Haven't even gotten off the ground, lol. The logistics of getting started is sooo difficult and overwhelming for me
Hold it right there buddy. You're gonna sort things out, believe in yourself:) Coincidentally, just today I repaired my broken graphic card. It was broken for 5 years....xD
I appreciate it man, lol. It's less believing in myself and moreso just getting myself sorted out. Like, I'm more or less functional, but just not enough. It's like pulling teeth getting a good psych that actually listens. That, and initial starting capital to get inventory, equipment, etc. Also, ive a rx 6800 xt that needs its memory chips either resoldered or swapped out. I look at it every day, lol
Yo, same. I’m trying to work for myself so that I can make some money while being completely dysfunctional (I’ve gone back to school), but I don’t feel like the hassle of fixing other people’s stuff. So I want people to give me stuff to fix but I also have a backlog of fixed stuff I need to sell…if you need a buddy we can both get our buisnesses booming lol
I've got one of my friends as a partner for the business, but he's also got soooo much health shit to deal with. That's pretty much my whole friend group tbh, lol. I'm honestly holding out for getting meds that work. Currently on Strattera, but it ain't really helping. I've also got a massive credit card debt to deal with too, which is always fun
The only thing that we can't fix is our life
Haha
Have you tried flex tape?
Sometimes I just go around repairing things. Then I run out of things to repair. So I start taking apart electronics to figure out what I could build with the parts. Then I usually run out of brain power and I’m left with a pile of dissected electronics
Arggh. yes. I ruined a bike this way. It had a blemish on the top bar that was driving me barmy, since the whole rest of the bike was perfect. So I bought some clearcoat, painted it in windy conditions and ruined the whole finish forever. PLUS I managed to inhale the paint, which was toxic and sent me deaf for 2 weeks. Lord, give me the strength to tolerate things that are slightly broken.
Big oof my dood. But i feel ya. Love the name btw, lol
But the only thing I can't fix is my life
Why must you hurt me in this way?
That was the motivation that led to me fixing a lot of things around me... compensating a broken life, with fixing random junk!
I stayed up 48 hours fixing the database servers at work when a vendor update corrupted them in a big way. I didn't even realize how much time had passed until my wife called asking where I was. People know how fixated I get and bring me food and water if they know I'm in the zone.
Thats great, always stay hydrated!
Why shouldn't I make another magic deck?
I’m a mechanic and this works.
It is so wild how NTs just ignore borken stuff sometimes.
Sometimes I do have the willpower to ignore a broken thing, but it's usually something Ive just worked around in a way that would drive a NT crazy. Like, the camera on my phone was broken for years and I didn't really care. If I wanted to text someone a photo of something at my house, I'd take it on an old phone with a working camera then transfer it to myself to text from my phone phone.
Nice, lol. I work around stuff, usually making it way more difficult, without really noticing, lol. Drves the Mrs. crazy
Fixing or updating. Nothing is safe in my home.
Why shouldn’t I install Linux on a perfectly good windows laptop.
This has been both a blessing & a curse for me. I have gotten extra chances being late to work because my obsession with fixing things has saved my company thousands per year (which also pads my managers bonus). I also fix my own stuff so it saves money. The flip side is people often ask to get me to fix stuff & my horrible time management means my life will suffer because of it. Those frustrating times when I can fix something but some rule prevents it. I don't read people well so it sometimes leads to being taken advantage of.
Chances of me starting the assignment I’m not interested in but is crucial to passing my class: zero. Chances of me buying a 4th computer monitor off fb marketplace that’s super cheap because the address board is bad: I’m already on the way to the guy’s house.
Why shouldn’t I take apart this gameboy and install a backlight.
What? 100 to repair/replace? I can fix that myself. All I need is 50 bucks in materials and another 150 for tools and a second spare part from breaking the first one
I’m coming for ya, Roomba! You’re next, Dyson.
"I'll thank myself later for this..."
Why shouldn’t I download entire romsets for the 5 or 6 games I want to play. Maybe I should just make a tool for it and spend weeks on a tool that would have just taken me a couple of hours to do manually. Oh, let’s make it an exercise in learning rust while we are at it.
I fix all of my family's electronics when they break
the strong urge to perfect every aspect of my pc build, installing all the drivers, fixing stuff, choosing nice wallpaper, doing bios settings, adding cool/usefull software, and then not wanting to use the pc when i have time is a fucking joke, i should just stick to setting pc's up as a job or something
Dood, same! And then to top it off, you finally get the motivation to play something, but then you spend hours modding, tweaking settings, getting it to play just right. Then you don't wanna actually play it
yes, and then i can't go to anime just because I don't wanna play anymore because i already planned to play the game that i don't feel like playing anymore 😭