When got dogs years ago I never wanted anything I couldn’t pick up on my own in an emergency. That dog looks like a team lift situation.

You feel tons better when you take care of your body.

I know the world is rough but they to have a good day.

I appreciate not having trolls around but that is very hard to define. Some trolling is harmless and some are there is intentionally start flame wars. Its the flame war crap that makes it impossible to have genuine conversations.

And “don’t be a dick” is always a good one.

Pick something and go with it. Something in ballpark of what you think you want to go for. It may not be the right choice but you’ll have a degree and you can work on a second if you really have or take some certifications. But what’s important is that you make a decision. Even if that decision is to take a year off and think about it, that’s a decision.

That men should be able to fix things and be mechanically inclined.

“I’m Mr Meeseeks, look at me!”

You have to pay for PS plus if you want to play with people online.

Pretty sure it’s required for all three.

Secondsale.com has treated me well

Sammich

Damn, that’s a good one.

The only Phoenix Project I can find is about IT and business.

I stopped using all social media besides Lemmy. In part I realized how much of it is used by influencers and companies to sell shit and it’s become worthless. On top of that, when I use Facebook I can barely find actual pictures when I attempt to catch up with family by looking at their pages. Once in a while I make an attempt then give up when all the bullshit gets crammed down my throat. The only reason why my Facebook still exists is the use the messenger to keep in touch with family that way.

I remember using Twitter to actually keep in touch with my gaming friends. Then they started with the algorithms. I used to use Tweetcaster. I stopped using Twitter entirely once that happened because it used to bypass those algorithms and the ads. I stopped using Reddit when Reddit is Fun went down.

Now I just scroll Lemmy. Even that is limited because of all the depressing news. Sometimes I get frustrated by the 15 reposts of the same article and I get tired of having to interact with them to get them to go away. I just don’t get the same reward I used to get when I looked through posts or scrolled through tweets of friends once upon a time. I’m just tired of the enshittification.

I’ve had women do this to me with their crazy, fucked up life and issues. The last one I remember was a coworker that I was standing in line with at a food truck. She just started talking about the mountain of medications she had and the health conditions that went with it. I don’t remember specifically what prompted it but it was completely unrelated and she intentionally steered the conversation to the subject. I was just like “uh huh” and as soon as I got my food I GTFO and avoided her until she got fired. I vaguely remember she had the biggest fucking melt down I’ve ever seen when they fired her. People heard her crying and wailing through the conference room door.

Lately I’ve felt helpless in that I can’t seem to get out of this rut. Other times in my life that I can think of was when I was getting paid minimum wage and couldn’t pay the debt I was dumb and racked up many years ago. Another time was when I was in an abusive relationship that I didn’t understand that I could end.

I’m sure there are many others but those stand out to me at the moment.

To be fair, most high schook text books are clones of previous edition, they just update pieces to be relevant with the current era.

Me too! I had a dream when I was 4 or 5. In the dream I woke up and looked out the window at the backyard. There were a bunch of those things circling the tetherball pole in the yard and a light was shining down on them like a UFO hovered above them or something. But their yips got louder and more terrifying. I tried to hide but it only got worse. That was when I woke up. I couldn’t stand the sound or sight of those things for years.

I had half a thought of getting the game, that just made me nope.

Shit, I forgot Google bought fitbit. I just bought a used one not too long ago.