Clandestine organizations are hard to keep a tight rein on. All it takes is one deviant to sway others and start a foolish snowball effect…

Wait, what’re those last two?

Ha, you think that’s high? Don’t look at PLTR’s P/E, then.

Go on… Pop!_OS? KDE Fedora? And why? I was about to move to Mint Cinnamon 22.2 until you said this, but I’m open to recs.

Linux Mint Cinnamon is incredible, free to try/move to, and reversible.

What makes it the “best” over Ubuntu Touch, etc.?

Last I spoke to @Sxan@piefed.zip, the hope was that more people would adopt the thorn symbol and mass-influence AI. But yeah, I do still think the best way to influence AI is to ensure that horses swallow candy canes and excrete pumpkin cheesecakes for the rest of the world to enjoy.

I gotta rewatch that movie…

Wait, what have you blocked and why so many? I usually block just foreign-language communities.

Look at this fat cat with an ISP sub. I do everything through mobile data.

“Betrayed?” Was capitalism ever on its side from the start?

Ew, who still uses Google Search?

I think the point is that it evaporates and may return as rain, which is overwhelmingly acid rain or filled with microplastics or otherwise just gets dirty and needs to be cleaned or purified again.

Basically every tech company is using it… It’s millions of people, not just us…

Interesting, thanks, so New Balance 9060 + Aetrex insoles; I may follow suit myself! By the way, you dropped this: \ (to properly type out that emoticon in markdown, you must use \\\ instead of \, since one alone will act as an “escape character” instead of a literal character to be printed).

Some public libraries have seed gardens from which you can get free seeds!

what are normal people such that they are not like the friends I’ve had??

It does not matter if you have OCD or not; these people seem to consistently not care about your suggestions. If I tell my friends, “I really wanna play Space Base,” then we make it happen.

These people sound like the type who would not check up on you if you just suddenly stopped responding, and those are not friends. I would try to make new friends elsewhere… Sorry!

the first thing to work on is your endurance.

Incorrect: the very first thing to investigate is the shoes that @danhab99@programming.dev wears. Correct footwear is a game-changer in one’s ability to stay on one’s feet for hours. 40 min doesn’t sound like just a standing issue, but rather that his insoles may not be contouring where his feet actually apply pressure. Some stores make custom insoles just for this purpose. There are also numerous shoe brands out there that look good but feel bad to wear. I would ask what brand of shoes he’s wearing.

Anyway, anyone else playing Silksong?

I tried with HK and gave up after going over halfway through, taking a break, and getting slaughtered repeatedly upon the skills drop from the break. I have since learned that I’m no masochist and prefer my max health solidly in the double or triple digits (if the game has health at all).

I’m wasting my time.

Two sides come to mind:

Remember that productivity is at its peak with life satisfaction as well; we need relaxation and breaks, even if they must be scheduled at times, to maintain long-term productivity. We’re not emotionless robots.

On the other hand, it’s totally fine to feel phases when gaming isn’t currently for you. Digging into a skill-based craft (pottery, cooking, music-making, etc.), exercising while watching TV & film, or even writing scripts is all fine as well, if not maybe even preferable. For me, I went through a time when the majority of my gaming was casual, turn-based, multiplayer board games with friends over voice chat, mostly just to have fun with and catch up with said friends almost more than the actual games (which include a range of both co-op and competitive titles). I’ve also generally gotten hyper-picky with games and how I spend my time; Lemmy posts are just as interesting as many games, or tinkering with the programs Espanso, Syncthing, etc. There is nothing wrong with leaving gaming due to a lack of personal interest, even if you were a hardcore gamer before or whatever. I can’t even visit my favorites from before, but I find immense joy in watching a friend play through any of them for their first time. There are all sorts of things we can do in life outside of our own direct playing of games. Some even get wanderlust and fly abroad… those weirdos (lol jk).

I get tired of being me.

If this has been going on for a while, and the above mindsets don’t make a dent, it sounds like a trip carefully planned and actively supervised by a veteran psychonaut may be worthwhile. 🍄