You eventually collect unique ham-chats as you progress, and there’s a little table off to the right where you can “fill out a form” then talk to the delivery hamster to “send in to a contest.”

I forget what the reward is, though.

I’d guess Cajun English? Since it has so much French influence and also is its own distinct dialect with unique origins.

I think it may even foster positive sentiment towards Iran on the whole.

This is precisely why oligarchs are trying to clamp down on these tools.

It’s not for “the children.” It’s for their protection, or so they think.

Power hunger and greed come to mind as reasons.

Videogamedunkey’s video on that will probably have you feeling vindicated if you haven’t seen it already.

JFC “working as a public teacher” should not be considered a “lifestyle.” It’s frontline public service with significant hazards!

Being made to feel like it’s a frivolous hobby to be subsidized out of one’s own pocket is atrocious on a level I can’t quite articulate.

`,;P

If I didn’t have to use it a handful of times a year for work I’d have wiped my windows drive and extended my Linux storage. Alas.

I feel for the folks who can’t afford a second drive to dual boot.

I’m not great at keeping up on game news (outside of the gaming and bside fedia comms on here) but I’ll do my best to keep that in mind anyhow, thank you for the answer!

Oh god I could accidentally spam that comm with recs. My entire played library is almost exclusively indies…or well, indie-vibes.

Is there a semantic qualification for what counts as indie? Like, small studio, literal independent publisher, or just not AA/AAA?

Cuz I know there’s been discussions on how, say, Dave the Diver is not an indie game due to their being a subset of a bigger studio/publisher even though the gameplay reads “indie” as a gameplay loop genre.

Not want to leave the house after 9-10 PM

Eat better

Prefer getting my clothes from Costco

Get excited about new appliences okay nevermind I actually got a blender as a teenager and loved it that doesn’t count.

But still it’s funny how much of a stereotype we all become in some small ways.

My cats walked up on my front porch and decided they were mine.

Pretty much the same for my SO lmao

Endeavour was the one I actually installed to my drive some years ago after spinning up a handful of “classic” recommended distros in a VM (Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, etc).

It was recommended to me by a close family member who had used Linux for a while, but we’re both in IT/tech.

My SO, on the other hand, while quite intelligent and capable of troubleshooting absolutely detests having to touch the CLI or open their PC tower.

It heavily depends on the end user and what they want to do, not just what they’re capable of. Frustration isn’t limited to incapability.

Not OP but I can fully accept I’m a roving idiot ¯\(ツ)/¯

Not quite a rename but this song brings a similar vibe.

Friendly reminder that the genocidal state of Israel and the Zionists who support them do not represent the entirety of the Jewish diaspora

What would make YOU excited to go out and hang out around other people? I feel that the entire premise is dying, and adults are equally crippled by this problem as kids

That’s a completely fair question and point.

My being an adult skews my answer, so idk if it’s a fair one but I recently went to a local concert and had a blast with the other people there. What makes me, as an individual, excited overall is knowing other people will be there and the place will feel alive.

Unstructured but available activity seems to be the unifying theme for the location attractions of our own pasts. I don’t have a perfect solution but identifying the issues seems to be a step, at least.

This isn’t a specific platform problem, it’s a social problem and needs social solutions.

The erosion of free (or mostly free), teen-friendly physical third spaces is a big part of this problem, imo. As is the culture of clamping down on kids’ free movement irl. Young people need to have safe spots to hang out together without being pressured to spend money or have a ton of adults breathing down their necks.

Not saying that misogyny or bigotry would disappear, but bringing these back in an accessible way could allow kids to grow again without dealing with corporate surveillance apparatuses as their only social lifeline.

I quite enjoyed hanging out with my friends without having a flood of antisocial adults hurl venom at us on repeat. They deserve that chance too.

I was raised in Northern US. My ancestry mainly comes from the Mediterranean. I don’t understand why they moved there, because I was a shell of myself for like 6 months of the year.

I moved to a warmer climate and still can’t function until it hits like 65°F/19°C with sunlight. I can do as low as 70°F/21°C with overcast and rain.

I also can’t do dry air. I need humidity or my asthma flares up bad. My favorite days are 85°F/29°C+ with overcast drizzle or sunshine and minimal breeze. I can finally breathe and my body stops hurting.