Nangijala

Are you meaning to tell me that I can only do ONE home invasion a day??? That is totally unreasonable.

Can permit crab clarify what constitutes a bad thing?

I self censor a ton on here, are you kidding me? I have blocked every news and politics related instance I could find and still, the instances that are left are filled with political brain rot from the most unhinged extremist black and white thinking leftists online.

The only reason I'm still here is because I have a small handful of instances that I actually enjoy frequenting, where people are trying to make a healthy environment to speak with one another and share thoughts and ideas that aren't always about politics.

The only true positive about Lemmy is that it isn't a corporate entity with carefully curated ads, algorithms and tons of bots. However, Lemmy is proof that the corporate model has trained us all so well over the past decade to think that being online is all about getting mad at politics and each other so we are basically perpetuating the bullshit trends they started like the brain dead lemmings we are.

To me Lemmy is no different than any other social media platform that thrives on hate, yet somehow thinks its unique and/or enlightened. It's a shame because there a lot of potential here to make something that unites people instead of continuing the echo chamber model that the big corporations have worked hard to put us all in because it earns them money to keep us angry with one another.

But whatever. All these "big thinkers" on here thinks their time is best spend screaming at each other and calling everyone they disagree with a fascist so who cares about trying to build a better online community? I'll keep blocking shit until I only have the productive instances left.

Thank you for the advise! For me it's not so much that I need them here and now. It's more a matter of lessening the waste that comes with packages when we buy something new for the home. I don't have a lot of these little packets, but I save them in case I need them and to dimish my carbon footprint by a smidge. It's not much, but I still think it counts for something.

I started saving these little silica packs. I think they might be useful for storage of books and paper. Maybe other things too. You never know when you need something to help keep moisture away from items. 🤷‍♀️

For me it is trippy to know that all the little kids I looked after when I was 20 are now 20 themselves.

Aye, I have playlists for all kinds of concentration related things. If I'm writing, I put on ambient music that fits with the tone and doesn't have singers who sing with words.

If I'm just drawing, I can listen to literally any genre of music, but it had to be appropriate for the vibe I'm trying to catch.

These playlists are only for longer projects with a bigger investment.

If it's shorter projects or projects at work that only takes me a few days or weeks to complete I tend to put on videos of people talking. The topics and formats don't really matter. I put on whatever interests me at the moment.

Currently I'm in a phase where I just need some dumb shit while I'm working and I'm therefore deep in some youtube drama that most people don't care about, but I find to be very very entertaining, even though it's pretty fucked up.

I don't think he minds. He's a pretty chill dude, luckily.

Mate, if you want me to start crying, just ask me about my thoughts on Lord of the Rings or Astrid Lindgren.

I can go from completely normal to ugly crying in a span of seconds once these two topics are brought up.

Psh, amateurs. I come from a family of criers. We all hate that we get moved super easily, but we fucking cry when anything emotional happens. Men and women. We are all equal here.

Sad movie? We cry. Beautiful music? We cry. A nice sunset? Yep. We cry. So fucking annoying, but what can you do?

I genuinely thought there was something wrong with my boyfriend when I discovered that he isn't a crier and can sit through a sad movie without showing emotion. I'm a bit jealous, ngl.

Ngl, that got a chuckle out of me. At some point you just have to laugh at the absurdity of the world you live in or you'll go mad right along with it.