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I can’t wear my glasses around people because I get an overload of eye contact. I mostly wear them for driving or cycling.

Current earworm is Kerosene by The Warning.

Needs wiggle room. You won’t get away with everything, but it’s even money that you could.

For all we know, Trump was the mastermind behind Epstein vacations.

In Cob we trust!

Inside is theirs, and you need to be less illiterate. Maybe do a course and put in time at home with mom.

Outside is yours. Maybe your mom needs to take a few more courses. If not just abide the rule.

Exceptions are when company clearly has a primary language.

Elon Musk has always lived in privilege of some variety, and generally sees his wealth as his due. Morals come from everyone’s pain I guess. I can’t be rich without other people being elevated too. I couldn’t do that to people in the same boat (or lack thereof) as me.

Some rich people get that. Like Bezos’s ex. She kinda hates the rich.

So most of them are just living because of reckless abandonment!

Having used Mastodon for a few years, I would say that it doesn’t work like that. There’s no reason to expect interaction unless you bring an IRL group, or stick close with a popular niche topic. Most people I interact with have an agenda, and don’t need me for anything other than boosting their posts. Some are intensely hostile to anything other than standalone posts. Anyone replying across the platform is labelled a ‘reply guy’ and basically dissed and shunned. “Ultimate cancelling”, I think.

Most of Mastodon doesn’t want to support the rest of Mastodon AFAIK. There isn’t a broad society with popular encouragement as you had with early Instagram, Twitter, and Reddit.

At the outset of popularity for the platform, a lot of long term users were very upset about popularity. To the day, those users are trying to discourage other people. If you post, they might even counter-post as cleverly as possible to attach disdain to anyone interacting with you.

Don’t take any of it personally. It’s not about you. Luckily you’re not special in this regard. Post there if you want to, but never expect something beyond passing jerks.

This is basic coordinate usage. Negative latitudes are South. And 180 or -180 is half a planet away from the prime meridien. West of England are negative longitudes.

Give a contextual answer, and let them keep their paranoia beyond that. Not your monkeys, and definitely not your circus.

Mostly, I don’t shop. So, when I do, I can choose according to ideals. Most of my searches are at thrift first, and the second hand. I never consider credit. And, I always shop for discounts.

Beyond that I look for a local with a healthy business and prices that don’t seem absurd.

There are a few local businesses that make no sense. I don’t understand how they can keep their doors open with the prices they charge. I avoid those, and stick with locals who work hard.

Wait. I’ve installed everything.

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I’ve started using Puppy on older machines.

Aah Aah CHARLIEKIRK!!!

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It only takes a few highly motivated individuals to start posting open ended conversations with great headlines to get everyone fired up again. I wouldn’t despair over it.

Blackout curtains on the sunny side reduce a lot of daytime heat.

“Change always comes too late” (Star Trek - Picard iirc)

You need to account for digestion. Put your best efforts in, and provide the right situation for growth. Wait the appropriate amount of time, and then some.

Think, grandparents say profound shit that doesn’t germinate with every grandchild until they’re long gone and then some. Not everyone is a timely learner.