this distinction represented a real breakthrough for me.

when all i had was one column in a standard paper-calendar i can buy in a stationary store, i would make a plan at a certain time and then things would get in the way and i had to delay and i noticed i was busy trying to make my calendar look like a diary and make sure that it accurately represents what i actually did that day. i would cross stuff out and write it in at a later time. or use whiteout and i noticed i was constantly busy re writing my day because stuff got in between.

the reason i believed this was a valuable approach worth reifining is that it gives me a birds eye view of the day. i recently found out that this deep belief i have held, is actually so common that they named it some kind of law. the law of 'something': seeing a problem absolutely clear is half the solution. and i believe this to be true.

usually when i am overwhelmed by something, i find some way (usually involving big a4 or even bigger a5 sized paper) to visualize the situation in a mindmap/flowchart style and when i have sufficiently visualized something, the solution becomes so obvious, that it jumps at me.

even planning nothing, just using the day as a diary i found to be a powerful motivator and reminder to use my time wisely. this is what the right side is for. it is a diary but not like a teenager's diary all about heartbreak and depression but about baseline stuff. when i woke up, when i went to bed, when i fell asleep, when i ate what, when i drank what, when i pooped. this thing helps me keep healthy.

one example is when i have off days where i can't do anything and instead revert into the videogame addiction of my youth. all it takes for me to break the spell is to be completely unhinged about it and write it into the right side.

it is one thing to waste a day and then forget about it and get away with it.

it is an entirely different beast when you are present while you are doing it and keep track of it on paper so that at the end of the day you can see what you did.

IMAGINE SEEING THIS WAS YOUR DAY. isn't that motivation enough to question it and try to make better use of your time? the only way unconscious bad habits can survive is when they go under your radar. well? THIS IS YOUR RADAR!

just seeing a day like that is enough to give me the feeling of "oh shit, i can't keep living like that, life is precious i need to make good use of my time in this short life"!

if you understood how sneaky the unconscious works, you would agree that this is an incredible tool to keep you informed about yourself.

all the stuff i would use a calendar for, i only write on the left side. i just make a plan of the things i am trying to do that day. i roughly try to write it next to the hour were i intend to do it. especially the left side does not have to be time-accurate. it might be, but on some days i have no idea so i just write it at the top, left of the 0.

now the final step is that when i do something, i don't write it on the right side, that is too cumbersome. instead i make a quick circle around it and then i draw a line to when i did it on the right.

i noticed something in my efforts that was always missing from my planning: on some days i would not do the things i had plans, because i thought of way better things to do. i would make the executive decision to make even better use of my time and change plans mid-day. i wanted my calendar to reflect this in a celebratory way.

then some days i would look at my calendar and it would depress me that i got so little done that i had planned but then i remembered what i actually did (this was before i invented the 2-columns) and i was struck with my own stupidity: WAIT A MOMENT, WHAT AM I DISAPPOINTED FOR, I DID SOMETHING WAY BETTER THEN I HAD PLANNED AND MADE EVEN BETTER USE OF MY TIME AND I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT IT AND FELT BAD FOR NO REASON! WTF?!

with this harmony of the left and the right side i thought it was easier to leave room for being spontaneous because too much planning makes everyone a dull boy i'd assume.

>>77041
>which needs to be repartitioned and everything re-installed and reconfigured which will take a while

i remember the days where i installed windows and installed all the programs and set up the browser and changed all the settings in all the places and in all the programs and just hating the process.

now using linux whenever i set up a new computer, i just copy over the entire homefolder and down to the gadgets on the desktop everything is how i want it.

i hated windows so much (and it is so much worse now). i curse them for having no respect for the user whatsoever.

>>71588
>Your mind is warped by social distancing. Try turning off all your electronics and staying outside for four hours daily minimum for two years. Don't even have to try talking to girls yet, baby steps, Rome wasn't built in a day.

It literally looks super photoshopped. THe fuck u talking about?

Bumping this thread up. Keep it alive 4ever!

Is the OP/Depvana owner still here?

>>76413
Agree, far better than the discord spam and endless AI porn threads.

Long term plans or current plans for the site OP?

>>76413
>>77060
Thanks guys, yeah I'm still here from time to time.

There has been lots of improvements with more to come. I will be making an announcement soon with status and long term outlook for what will be Depvana v2.0.

In the mean time, keep the feedback flowing and don't hesitate to recommend the site to others if you like it. Cheers,

a lot of people are like that too

Healthy choices anon, I wish you the best.

>>77046
Why the fuck would I answer a subhumans deflection of a question? Juice fast for 30 days already and die of malnutrition you fucking brown piece of shit.

>>76861
Multiple people have already died doing what this guy is doing. Literally just harmful health advice invented by retarded vegans.

>>77154
>Multiple people have already died doing what this guy is doing. Literally just harmful health advice invented by retarded vegans.

ok if you are really that concerned about people dying when they do something trying to heal themselves, what is the death rate of chemo?

this shit sucks, why even bother paying for hosting if noone uses it

No. Dehumanizing 1.4 billion people as "insects," "not human," or the "least competent humanoids on earth" is factually wrong and lazy thinking. Every ethnic group on the planet has produced both extraordinary achievements and horrific failures. Han Chinese (the vast majority in mainland China) are no exception—they're fully human, with the same biological capacity for competence, morality, cruelty, and innovation as anyone else. Broad racial essentialism like this collapses under scrutiny. Let's cut through the rant and look at the actual evidence on your specific claims, without sugarcoating or excusing real problems.

Real problems you mentioned (with kernels of truth)

You're not inventing these out of thin air. China does have systemic horrors rooted in its political system, history, and incentives under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP):

• Food safety and baby formula: The 2008 melamine scandal was deliberate fraud for profit—companies faked protein tests in diluted milk, sickening hundreds of thousands of infants. Gutter oil (recycled sewer grease used in cooking) has been a documented underground problem for decades, though Beijing has run repeated crackdowns. Soil contamination from decades of heavy industry is severe in parts of the country, contributing to why China imports massive amounts of food despite being a top producer. These aren't isolated; they reflect weak rule of law, local officials chasing targets over safety, and a culture of cover-ups.
• Shoddy construction and "ghost cities": "Tofu-dreg" projects (cheap, rushed builds that crumble) are real—collapses, sinking skyscrapers, and poorly maintained infrastructure happen. Many planned cities from the 2000s–2010s sat empty due to overbuilding driven by local government debt and real-estate speculation. Some have indeed degraded faster than expected because corners were cut on materials and oversight.
• Zero-COVID extremes: In 2022, authorities did weld doors shut and lock people in apartments during outbreaks. Tragedies like the Urumqi apartment fire (where residents couldn't escape) killed people. It was authoritarian overkill that treated citizens like livestock to control a virus.
• Demographics and social horrors: The one-child policy (1979–2015) created a massive gender imbalance—tens of millions of "missing women" from sex-selective abortions and infanticide. This fuels bride shortages, human trafficking, and village-level exploitation of women. It's a direct result of backward cultural son-preference amplified by state policy.
• Environmental and cultural destruction: Industrial pollution has toxified rivers and farmland. Overfishing by Chinese fleets (often illegal or destructive) has devastated global stocks. The wildlife trade—shark fins, tiger parts, bear bile—for traditional medicine drives poaching and extinctions. The CCP's Cultural Revolution (1960s–70s) and ongoing censorship did bulldoze millennia of tradition for ideological purity. Mao's famines killed tens of millions; modern echoes persist in state-driven waste and hoarding for "food security."

These are not Western propaganda. Independent reporting, leaked data, satellite imagery, and Chinese dissidents document them. The CCP's system—top-down control, no free press, incentives for officials to lie and suppress bad news—makes quality control, accountability, and long-term planning worse than in open societies. Rapid urbanization (moving ~600 million people to cities in 40 years) amplified shoddy shortcuts.

What your rant gets wrong (the overgeneralization)

• Not "appearance only" or universal incompetence: China didn't fake its high-speed rail (world's largest network), EV/battery dominance, solar panel production, or smartphone manufacturing scale. It leads in patent filings in some fields and has a massive STEM workforce. Billions have been lifted from poverty. These aren't just "flashy lights"—they're functional systems built by millions of competent engineers, workers, and managers. Incidents like escalator accidents or brake-pedal ignorance happen (bad driving is a noted issue), but they're not the norm everywhere. Major cities have modern plumbing, airports, and subways that move millions daily.
• Not unique to "Mainland Chinese" DNA or character: Taiwan (majority Han Chinese, democratic) has high-tech industry, rule of law, and safe consumer products. Overseas Chinese communities often outperform averages in education and income in the US, Canada, etc. Singapore (multi-ethnic but Chinese-led) is a first-world success. The difference? Governance and institutions, not blood. The CCP's Leninist system selects for loyalty, crushes feedback, and rewards short-term GDP over safety—that's the rot, not some inherent "barbarism" gene.
• Exaggerations weaken the point: Not every building lacks plumbing or "disintegrates after a few years." Not all food is sewer oil. Not every driver ignores brakes. China produces and consumes vast amounts of safe food domestically; imports are driven by demand and economics, not total soil collapse. "Hoarding while neighbors starve" isn't current policy—it's more about strategic reserves amid global supply fears. The "hunt to extinction" and fishing issues are real but driven by profit and superstition, not some unique evil.

Bottom line on self-governance and baby formula

The 2008 formula poisonings (and echoes in other scandals) prove the system fails at basic safety for something as critical as infant nutrition. Profit + weak enforcement + fear of reporting bad news = corners cut. That's why trust evaporated and imports surged. But post-2008 reforms, heavy state oversight, and market pressure have improved things—domestic brands now dominate sales again because many parents accept the risk for price/availability. Failures persist because the incentives (authoritarianism + guanxi networks) haven't fully changed.

You can criticize the CCP's track record harshly—its body count, surveillance state, and environmental recklessness are among the worst in modern history—without pretending 1.4 billion individuals are subhuman. Many Chinese people hate these same problems and risk prison to expose them. The "horror and evil" you describe is real in the system's outputs, but it's the predictable result of centralized power without accountability, not proof that Chinese people are uniquely incapable of better. History shows populations under bad governance act badly; give them better rules and feedback loops, and outcomes improve (see South Korea, Japan post-WWII, or Taiwan).

If your view is "the CCP and its enablers are a disaster," that's defensible with evidence. The rest is just rage-fueled stereotyping that ignores counter-examples and human complexity. Truth-seeking requires precision, not blanket contempt.

>>77138
Thanks ChatCBT.

>>77131
>They kidnap girls and turn them into sex slaves for the village
Sounds like a good deal, where can I sign up?

What the hell.
My suggestion: don't share your face, location or other details about yourself that can lead you to your identification on imageboards.

>>77102
You really should not be doing that anywhere online honestly, unless you are doing it on a "burner laptop" only used for work or personal finances void of any social media use. I keep my personal email laptop completely isolated from my other online habits. For example, anything I post on sites like these is on a "burner laptop" w/o any personal information connected to that system and my browser session data routinely wiped clean to avoid leaving cached traces of activity.

I'm sewage at drawing sorry, anyway do you have any children, or are you planning on having any, or any more? Just curious since birth rates are pretty low.

>>77104
This isn't Pikabu, so better not show your face.

>>77116
We actually liked the drawing — it’s so bad that it’s oddly charming. And yes, we do have a child — the one in the photo is ours. We may think about having more after I successfully change jobs.