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Cake day: October 9th, 2023

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  • …sorry to tell you, but a current gen Motorola phone probably won’t have a future with grapheneos.

    I don’t know the specifics, but I’m fairly certain there’s some hardware stuff that needs to be done to meet what the Grapheme devs want for security.

    I could be completely wrong, but I suggest you look into it a lot deeper… while the Motorola can be returned if you want GrapheneOS sooner than your next new phone. Although boosting Motorola sales instead of googles is good too.


  • if you can, buy an unlocked phone. Some carriers like to mess with things that might prevent you installing Graphene. I haven’t heard any recent specifics if Version is a problem or not.

    Export app configurations for any app that lets you, it speeds setting up the device a lot.

    Assume no data will properly be transfered (as a percussion), so have backups of everything you care about. (I forget if Graphene even has a transfer feature?)

    Graphene’s stock software leaves a lot to be desired. I like the Fossify apps for phone, contacts and files. For texting, I stick with google messages, its the only one I know of that works right with everything. For camera, I love Open Camera. For the Home launcher, I like lawnchair.

    There’s many options for app stores; ideally you pick and one or two, having more than needed adds complexity. I stick to fdroid, play store and graphene’s “store”. Graphene’s app store pretty much only has their core apps and what’s needed for compatibility with the play store.



  • The main thing I find helpful is planning meals for the week. If you have a solid plan, you’re less likely to get takeout, which is were the biggest meal cost is.

    Find many ways to use the same/similar ingredients for your weeks meals.

    Maybe Monday is grilled chicken BLTs. Tuesday you use the leftover chicken in a pasta. Wednesday you use the leftover sandwhich toppings in a salad with something. Thursday you have eggs with whatever bacon is left.

    Also pay attention to sale flyers with all your local stores. If chicken is cheaper than normal, that’s the time to buy in bulk. After a while you’ll get a feel for a stores sale patterns, maybe chicken goes on sale every 3 months, so if you can afford to, you get enough for 3-4 months. Holiday sales help too, for my local stores, memorial day is usually a good time to get enough hotdogs for the summer.


  • It’s kind of up to you how flat your willing to let your pillow get. There’s some sanitary benefits to washing/replacing a pillow every now again.

    For me after discovering what a new pillow is like, and not having to stack up 3 pillows, those Walmart $20 pillows only lasted a year.

    I now have a $100 pillow that has lasted many years.


  • That pillow still has volume and isn’t completely yellowed out. It’s good for another 6 years, before going in the closet with the rest of the old pillows.


    Becoming an adult and learning that pillows can be cheaply replaced when they’ve worn out was amazing. I’ve sense bought a nicer pillow that didn’t need to be replaced every year.












  • You past funny content…primarily to a shit post community. It doesn’t matter if its all real or not, it’s content.

    You are young compared to the majority of people here, which seems to be about 30. The Brad post, and the one where you mentioned being very exposed to some of your parents activities, set off some alarm bells in people’s head. The activities you describe, like rushing into relationship and sleeping around - while all your personal choices, and not our business - some people just want to make sure you’re okay. That comment you shared, to me that seems like a worried person that instead of constructive dialogue, decided to phrase it as a smear campaign against you - or they hate your content and they have nothing better to do.

    I hope you’re not attracting creepy DMs, but if you do please report them and if it’s bad enough maybe publicly share them so we all know who to block.

    Most importantly, keep having fun. Your posts are enjoyable. We’re all adults, we can enjoy a horny joke/story without crossing a line.

    What you do in your personal life is up to you, just be safe and if you need advice on anything important, this ain’t the place to get it.