asklemmy Asklemmy Fellow MSTies, what is your all-time favorite episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000?
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personalfinance Personal Finance Totally clueless with investing, $100k sitting in the bank earning 0.05%. How do I get started? Please advise.
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    MadBabs
    2 weeks ago 100%

    Some others have said, but it really matters how old you are and what your goals are. But as a general rule of thumb...

    1. money for bills and monthly expenses can stay in a low-interest checking (or savings) account. Keep only as much as you need for a month, maybe a bit as a cushion just in case

    2. money you're planning on spending in the next 1-5 years in a high yield savings account (you'll make higher interest) to use as "sinking funds" or an emergency fund (3-9 months worth of monthly expenses, give or take)

    3. invest the rest

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Lemmyns of Lemmy who have received CPR, what was experience like for you? What do you remember?
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    asklemmy Ask Lemmy How many mosquitos do you kill every day?
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    books Books What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? August 20
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    nostupidquestions No Stupid Questions Do any "thickening" products actually work to prevent hair loss/thinning?
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    MadBabs
    1 month ago 100%

    My hairstylist told me to get biotin gummies even the really cheap ones. I did, and my hair is noticeably thicker

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What's something that's made you feel like a grown-up?
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    MadBabs
    1 month ago 100%

    A 20-something year old kid swung by my desk at work to see if I could identify a plant that was growing in his yard and if I knew what to do with it. I could, and I did.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy People who watched Homestar Runner back in the day: If you have watched any of the sbemails on the website, which sbemail is your favorite of the bunch?
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    asklemmy Ask Lemmy What product have you purchased based on advertisment from modern podcasts and youtube channels that have worked out well?
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    MadBabs
    2 months ago 60%

    Have you had a bad experience with a product you bought? Or you just don't like that they're sponsoring content you consume? 😂

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy What's your "back pocket" wish?
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    MadBabs
    3 months ago 100%

    As long as I'm happy in the moment, I wish for "more of this" because I'm usually having a good time and with people I love.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Older women, women with weight changes or visible disabilities, or transfolk of Lemmy - how has the male gaze changed for you?
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    MadBabs
    3 months ago 50%

    I'm mid-30s be went through a weight fluctuation. I used to be very thin and honestly quite hot, though I didn't realize it. I never really felt like I got much male attention. I also hated being perceived and pretty much avoided men, so that's probably why. Then I gained weight (around 40 pounds) and did a lot of mental and emotional work and learned to live my body. I felt better and more beautiful in my bigger body than I ever did when I was young. I also had way more male attention. Maybe because my own confidence had grown. In the past 2 years, I lost the weight and at first got my "old" body go but then started working out a lot and have a new, different, strong body. Which, on top of the work I did when I was bigger, I love my body. I definitely notice eyes following me a lot, but have less approaches. Hopefully I'm intimidating.

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  • showerthoughts Showerthoughts The whole concept of a forehead (hairless forehead) is strange.
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    mildlyinteresting Mildly Interesting Words to (almost) live by
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    MadBabs
    4 months ago 100%

    It's a quote between two characters in Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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  • running Running Running General Chat - Weekly Thread Sat 13 April 2024
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    MadBabs
    5 months ago 100%

    I'm a year ahead of you and I just finished my first half today. You'll be amazed at where you can be a year from now!

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  • running Running Running General Chat - Weekly Thread Sat 13 April 2024
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    MadBabs
    5 months ago 100%

    I ran my first half marathon today. It went great! I beat my time goal and was just a few minutes off my secondary goal. And it felt good. It felt really good.

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Do you currently own/wear a Jean jacket? Why or why not?
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    books Books What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 25 March
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    running Running Running - General Chat - Weekly Thread - Sat 23 March 2024
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    books Books What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? 18 March
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    MadBabs
    6 months ago 100%

    I'm listening to The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel and American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Is there any type of garbage you keep around in case it might be useful, like some kind of crafting material?
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    asklemmy Ask Lemmy Where do you want to go on vacation/holiday?
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    asklemmy Ask Lemmy Sourdough advice?
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    MadBabs
    6 months ago 100%

    Thank you! I think watching people do it will be easier than trying to read about it and getting overwhelmed with technical aspects

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  • asklemmy Ask Lemmy Sourdough advice?
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    MadBabs
    6 months ago 100%

    So you said to get a starter going again, sometimes you feed out for days. Is that feeding it several times, or once a day, or just once and wait a few days? I've trying to get my growing now with so far no luck

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    Ask Lemmy MadBabs 7 months ago 97%
    Sourdough advice?

    I just got a sourdough starter from my aunt and was excited to begin but all instructions seem so technical and overwhelming. Anyone who has been there/done that have good advice?

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    outoftheloop
    Out of the loop MadBabs 1 year ago 96%
    What's going on with Google's search engine?

    It all of a sudden became TERRIBLE and now I can't find anything? When did this happen? Why did this happen?

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    Reddit Was Fun MadBabs 1 year ago 95%
    Sleeping habits disrupted

    Anyone else having a hard time sleeping? My habit for the last 10 years or so was scrolling on RIF until I was ready to sleep. Now I'm navigating Lemmy, which I feel so-so about and it's not giving me the sleepy feelings. I just want to fall asleep! RIF, I miss you!

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    Found a movie from childhood

    My sister and I were having dinner and reminiscing about old movies we'd watched as kids. We got to talking about one and could only remember a single scene, nothing else. We both googled and googled and FINALLY FOUND IT. Then found out it was free to watch on YouTube. Watched it tonight after dinner and it surprisingly held up. (the movie was Little Secrets, it came out in 2001) What movie do you remember but couldn't remember what it was? Did you ever find it?

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