Aren’t forums technically social media as well?

nice try DEA

Isn’t that just a game of whack a mole though? Ban VPNs ending in Charleston, people hop to another location. Rinse and repeat

I mostly use All as well. I have the following blocked:

• all the meme communities that pop up. It’s just spammy posts

• all beehaw communities. Mostly because they were defederated with the largest lemmy communities, and I didn’t want to talk to only a small subset of users. Not sure if they’ve changed anything since

• hexbear because… Hexbear

Many mobile games are just thinly veiled attempts at monetization. Get people hooked, then start adding time-bound gates you can unlock, add PvP with loot boxes and multiple types of premium currency that’s hard to keep track of. Doesn’t matter what the game is about - you can do this to racing games, fighting games, gardening games, whatever.

That said there are still mobile games that are fun and genuinely good gameplay - I used to love Minigore too, after it was available on Android. But these are few and far between.

c/DunderMifflin@kbin.social

I was there in the 80s and 90s. You young people are definitely luckier. You are by far more beautiful, more gentle, you are more welcoming, you don’t discriminate against gays and nerds. Socializing without mobiles was as boring as you can expect.

But you could afford a house on a single income :'(

this is exactly how I feel! I don’t get any sense of achievement from running a certain distance or running faster than I did before, and it feels terrible (and I know I can stop that feeling if i just stop running). Almost every other sport gets me that sense of achievement but requires more time, money or effort in some form.

Running. It’s the cheapest, easiest form of exercise, but it absolutely bores me to death and i just can’t deal with it after 5 minutes.

I don’t mind most other forms of exercise, it’s just that they all require more time, effort or resources. Going to the gym requires a gym membership, basketball requires friends, etc.

it’s a lie perpetuated by Big Tetris!!

jk, good to know. I assume this should work similarly for any game that doesn’t contain violent content and yet activates the brain.

Tuna is one of the healthier fishes. It has higher mercury levels, but unless you’re eating it every day you’re fine.

what if you have a mortage and your bank account shows -$300k?

No. Expensive housing is a genie in a bottle.

Once sufficient people have purchased a house at the high price, it would be in their interest for prices to remain high. Corporate entities that buy up houses will actively lobby to make sure housing prices stay high, and the average Joe who paid that much for a house will be happy it stays that way.

I’d rather have a system that’s compatible with both apple and android phones. A car is supposed to last decades; it’s the absolute last place I want a walled garden.

look up owncloud if you’re truly serious. you can set up your own personal storage with a rpi and spare hard drive that’s 100% free of corporate greed and spying. you can also use the chance to set up a personal email server.

it takes work and money, but that’s the price you pay if you’re protective of your data.

but if you like it, why shouldn’t people see it? and if you want people to see it, why wouldn’t you like it?

TIL boost exists.

Now i have a question - why have two different systems of showing that you like the content? Why do we need boost AND upvote?

it depends on whose perspective.

i had rice and mayo for dinner once. just a bowl of rice with a huge dollop of Japanese Kewpie mayo on top.

my gf thought it was the saddest thing ever, i thought it was delicious.

TTS?

You said “The world simply does not change that fast as a general rule”. I presented a few facts, you called them “multiple exaggerations”. There’s nothing to agree or disagree here - these are facts. You can google laws on homosexuality, cannabis, smoking, and airport security. You can search for when Google Maps was invented. Hell, if you were alive 20 years ago you should just know this.

Maybe you got me confused with another poster - i’m not saying that the past 20 years was the most drastic change in human history. All I’m saying is that there have been significant changes in the last 20 years.

Anyway, it doesn’t really matter what you think, so this is my last reply here.