On point number 3, I once got dunked on for saying that I didn’t know anything about the subject at hand when asked. The other person told me “Well, that’s just a cop out. Just make something up!”

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A long, long time ago, I made an exception on my Adblocker for Reddit, since their ads were specifically unobtrusive and I liked the site a lot.

Gold made the ads go away while still supporting the site. I got so much ad-free browsing because of dick jokes.

The move to try to limit secondhand physical game sales and requiring the Internet to download the whole game in some instances was part of my decision to skip this generation, if I’m even going to stick with Nintendo at all in the future.

Yeah, it’s natural to have spaces that aren’t for me. It’s fine. I really just have an issue with spaces where I am supposedly welcome to be hostile towards me.

I am disappointed but not surprised. The attitude of men here reminds me a lot of default subs in Reddit. People tend to be more civil, but there is so much “but what about men?” when talking about women’s issues or belittling women still. Business as usual on the Internet, but I can see why it would cause women to avoid Lemmy.

I haven’t been back to Reddit, but it makes me miss the small niches where I didn’t see that as often.

Are you dependent on your parents at all? (Ex: you are a child, or they give you money to live.) Send it. You don’t have to mean it.

Otherwise, do what you want. Don’t send one if you don’t want to.

A lot of us had hard lives and didn’t abuse children. Ultimately, we are responsible for our own actions.

As a side note, if he cannot stop abusing children, is there any way you can get them out of that situation, such as reporting to child services?

Even just the frozen food at your normal grocery store is really good. I’m pretty sure some of it it sourced in the same place these restaurants get their food. (I’m pretty sure I can get McDonald’s hash browns at my local Kroger.)

If you tend to buy in bulk, you might want to check out restaurant supply places like GFS. If I am doing bulk baking or cooking, I will sometimes pick up a few things from them. They are open to the public and sell a lot of stuff that restaurants use, too.

Seconding frozen veggies (and fruit). They’re frozen at their ripest. Makes for amazing roasted veggies in those cold winter months where I’m not feeling soup.

Mine’s magnetic. I have a charger on my nightstand. It keeps my phone in place, so it doesn’t get knocked down where it’s hard to get.

I also have a charging cradle on my desk. Keeps it upright. Makes it easy to glance at any notifications or quickly deal with MFA. I do sometimes unplug the cradle and just use it as a non-charging prop.

It’s also nice because, being magnetic, it also helps when I am having issues with my hands. (Stiff joints.)

🤘🤘🤘 these Thin Mints are as dark as my soul

I wish this font worked for me. I think my brain is defective.

When I get back to my personal computer, I’m going to finally move to Linux. I’m a developer primarily on Microsoft technologies, but I’m willing to see if there is a way for me to work on Linux and branch out to other tech.

My local diner it is.

I’m going to sing the doom song now.

6 months later

It really doesn’t. I also dislike the fact it can be more difficult to find some parts for older cars too, so even if you wanted to salvage, it may not be viable.

The removal of 3.5mm jacks with no simple, universal, physical way to connect an audio device has been such a thorn in my side.

I said that about my older reliable car. Until I was rear ended at a stop light and it was totaled. During a time that used cars were more expensive than new. (I did find an 8 year old Corolla with high miles and lots of body damage for $18k though!)

I went without a car for nearly a year. Had to buy one when my partner was forced back to work in the office.

Peeking at the used market, it’s still not great where I am. Better than 2022-23 at least.

Have you tried reaching adulthood at a better time or being born to rich parents? According to the folks a generation or more above me, that was my mistake.

I’m not sure I like it. The content is fine, but it’s still pretty dense for a graphic. It all runs together and there is no place for the eye to “rest.”

Maybe some more space between each “frame.” If it’s still too dense, you might want to try to separate each “frame” with a subtle background color. Maybe using two different shades of light gray.

An additional thing you can do is add a flag or chimney to the houses. The flag might have a pig, X, or fediverse symbol. This will make it more clear what is going on between the houses.

Cool beans