To add to this/sum it up: the more you have on your profile, the higher the chance it has a dealbreaker.
Think of it in twitter context. If it takes longer than ~7 seconds to read, you are losing half your audience.
Disclaimer: i’m single but have been making online dating profiles for 20 years. also i’ve never had a twitter and the stats i made up and have no proof or source behind them.
move mouse to click “cancel”
page shifts.
accidentally click “i agree to the terms and conditions” checkbox
in mild panic try to click the checkbox again.
cookie permissions banner appears.
accidentally click “agree to accept all cookies”
heart rate and breathing increase. panic sets in. pupils constrict. sweat forms on brow.
slowly move mouse to the “cancel” button.
wait 60 seconds while hovering mouse over the button.
take a deep breath, clench all muscles.
click “cancel” button.
page shifts.
“congratulations on signing up for your new credit card!”
start screaming “no!” repeatedly.
popup appears: “as a bonus, you’ve been subscribed to our premium services.”
start crying.
“your new credit card will automatically be billed weekly for this service.”
beg audibly at computer to stop.
“to cancel, simply call our 1-800 number listed below”
legal disclaimer appears below, written in 0.001 point font. zoom does nothing.
page source shows 6 billion characters on a single line.
the end.
sorry for writing in ‘greentext’ style short sentences.
i had switched after losing a D&D campaign in onenote, then not long after switched from windows to linux (Zim being compatible with both helped with that a lot too). I have a memory problem (in my carbon, not my silicon) and I use Zim for to do lists, a journal, note taking of course and several other things. i had some issues a few times but overall it’s what just works for me. i use it for worldbuilding D&D campaigns and i’ve started building/recording my actual real life world with it too. love it!
Not sure when this became a thing, but it feels relevant and might be useful to someone someday.
a formerly homeless friend once showed me that taking a brick and grinding it on top of the can, will open it without a knife. the ‘ridge’ of the can, the metal circle that runs along the diameter at either the top or bottom, is a metal ‘lid’ that’s folded or pinched shut onto the other piece of metal, the ‘cup’. (single quotes around terms i picked and might not be official jargon)
in just a few minutes, the brick ground the metal off the ridge, seperating the lid from the cup, which easily popped out. technically you don’t really need any tool, just some relatively flat concrete or a rough flat rock. or even low grit sandpaper.
i don’t recommend tossing out the can opener though, there is a chance of metal shavings falling in if you aren’t careful. still might be useful in an emergency.
I’m poor (income is ~20% below US poverty line) and only vaguely understand how things work and speak one language. So I have no money, wouldn’t trust my advice to fix things or explain them and translations can be done better with other resources than me. I did try to make wallpapers and icons for a few things but they weren’t professional looking enough to share. As I learn more I hope to contribute more in any way I can, if I’m confident it will help, but for now the best thing for me is to stay out of the way.