This is Fediverse’s problem though, is that there’s not enough variety to warrant interaction. Reddit has a subreddit for every state in the country, it has a subreddit for countries individually, it has a subreddit for one niche community after another.

The Fediverse only seems to care about having News, Tech, Games and Memes. Probably a couple of tech-related instances. To an outsider, they write it all off as a just a nerd’s paradise and not even bother with the entire community before wounding back to Reddit.

It just doesn’t have that reach.

I would but I don’t see the value of interacting there at any capacity anymore. Spez has gotten out of control with censorship and overreaching moderation, the moderators themselves have seemingly gotten twice as ban happy than ever before, the content on reddit is regurgitated repetitiveness amplified by bots on a level never seen before.

There’s almost just no point and I’ve been off the track from partaking in anything there to where interest has dwindled.

I think I’m lactose intolerant. I eat some ice cream and I notice I just balloon up easily and going the bathroom back and forth. I just get so many false flags from my digestive system and I end up passing gas a lot just by having most things dairy.

I have a few physical books left to read and I have a lot of DVDs to watch. I would’ve liked to have had a few video game consoles and the amount of games I’d want to have per console, but the used video games market has been broken for a while now.

Music remains digital, I just outgrew CDs entirely.

Distributing as in being paid as in paycheck as in you getting money into bank account for the hours you’ve worked. Fucking duh.

People from Second Life, lol. Man when you get a bunch of going-no-where people on that platform riled up, they really burn their fingers dialing in the keys as to what they can threaten you with. Double the hilarity when they get on mic to scream at you as the feed is broken up because they shout too loud or their microphone is garbage.

And it doesn’t have to be over a particular reason because it is just over anything, it’s just people trying to sound tough online.

Don’t you ever fucking call me Frank! (not my IRL name but the idea)

We are already in the starting stages since the murderous president here has decided to send force up to portland and everything to route out “enemies”.

Trump really was inspired by Hitler in every way, in a very unironic fashion.

Uh, no? That’s what got us Trump the first time and that’s what got us him AGAIN.

So, I’m not reading that blob of incoherent text.

Sure you’re not confusing this instance for EdgyTakes?

Weed is just as bad.

The second worst thing you can do is lose a lot of money. That’s never going to come back.

Disagree. Between time and money, you will get money back. It is the time you are thinking of, that you won’t get back ever.

Know Your Numbers - This is my most important key advice I’ll ever give to anyone. You need to know your numbers, in anything. You need to know how much you’ll earn, you need to know your total expenses, you need to apply mathematics to make sure you are in the clear. You never, ever, want to guesswork numbers because not everything is going to fall into place as you’d like. You could be off a few hundred and you’ve been spending your money gleefully and now you suddenly are in a jam of choosing between rent, car payment, food or whatever.

You never want to be in that situation. Do not spend more than you earn. Budgeting is important. Knowing what you’re comfortable living with and live by your means.

Thrift and Thrift Away! - Thrifting can sound like a dirty word to those who prefer to buy everything new and I totally understand. But you can’t entirely ignore it either because it is a money-saver in the long run. 85% of the things in my apartment are thrifted items and I’ve saved so much money and still do to this day whenever I go out.

You just need to set yourself up some rules as to what you’re comfortable getting used from what you’re comfortable getting new.

Ignore the Rat Race - Getting too caught up in what people have more of than you and how luxurious and seemingly enjoyable their life is compared to yours is a trap of itself. It makes you not appreciate what is around you and enjoy what you’ve gained, you’ll be wanting what they have and thus will almost do anything to get it.

Don’t get the impression that you should be happy being rock bottom or twist it that way. The point is, the Rat Race lifestyle is a destructive lifestyle. It just destroys your meaning of life by pasting over an idealistic life of another’s.

Do Not Get Children in your Teens/20s - Just don’t. It is not worth it and I’m proud to not ever have done this but damn did I get close to. A child, on average, costs $250k to raise from birth to age of 18, maybe more depending on how much is spent on them. Not a lot of people are that ready as they tell themselves when it comes to getting a kid in this stage, it is all just peer pressure.

Plus, the economy is like not at its best anyways, do you think it is now a good time to have a kid? People underestimate so much about children and what it takes to raise one. They are not pets, they are not things you can just simply sit and forget about (people have gone to jail and gotten charged for child neglect this way).

And no, it is not easy to retain your previous lifestyle, it becomes more impossible if you even bother getting more kids. But people do try and they don’t look real good in doing it.

Case and point, you have a young life ahead of you, full of ambition, potential and capability. It would be much wiser to build a foundation that is a career, net a secure and high-earning job and then see where you are before wanting kids.

Stay out of Jail One of the last things you want to have on any record of yours is that you’ve been charged with something and went to jail over it. A criminal record could likely but will destroy your life and it is not worth screwing around to find out how bad for experimental purposes. If people think finding a job in a competitive job market is bad, they won’t know how hard it really is if they’ve got a criminal history on their record and trying to find a job.

And in worse cases, the more crimes you rack up, you mind as well as declare your life being over. Because you lose time while incarcerated, you’re probably going to be chipping at a mountain of debt that are in the forms of bonds and legal fees. Not to mention how much of your reputation is going to be dragged through the mud during all of this because you’re just going to simply be a name tossed around in a state system.

By the time you’re eventually released from prison, you are going to be lost, you’re going to be out of touch with who you formerly were in contact with and you’re going to be tied down with whatever bond/probation conditions you’re tied down with.

Do a ‘Smart Quit’ A Smart Quit is when you’ve lined up a job underneath where you’re currently working and you hop ships. It is never a good idea to quit a job cold, especially if you’re out on your own. Because that euphoric feeling of qutting a job you absolutely hated working at, is going to wash away and be replaced with worry about how you’re going to have to uphold your expenses. Then you’ll be fumbling and have to tap into your savings, the same savings you probably been working to stash for big plans or whatever.

You can only afford to quit jobs cold if you live with parents or a very caring roommate/friend that you live with that acknowledges that you’re going to try something else. By the way, it is more wise to quit jobs if you’ve been with them after 1 ~ 2 years. If you keep quitting jobs after a few months or weeks, you’re going to have people interviewing you who’re going to think yo

Without reading the comments, working out is just a part of getting in shape but not the entirety. To have the entire focus is multi-pronged.

Caloric Discipline is an important part, you should burn more calories out than you take in and to assist this, you need to set a fitting calorie number for yourself. Some intermittent fasting can help but that’s only recommended in a pumping-the-brakes fashion and not something you should rely on full-time.

Definitely agreed on gym memberships, they are a scam. I would know, I kindof am in one and was roped into it quite deceivingly in fact. The only way out of it is to pay the remaining amount of my time which is too much right now. The gym facility is not the problem, the distance isn’t the problem, the people aren’t the problem even (except when they hog up a lot of the equipment by deciding to sit around or on them while tinkering with their phones. Like, seriously?)

The problem is their business model and even the attitude of some gym facilities who push these contracts and their business sense. Definitely ugly people.

It was supposed to have been an important tool. But too bad the idea of this so-called “innovation” got in the way and LinkedIn got stuffed with a bunch of features that nobody asked for.

When originally, it was to have been a network of strictly employees, employers and those looking for work so that everything can be narrow and linear with communication. It was about finding jobs, acquiring jobs and people who show their profiles that served as better presented resumes.

Now it’s none of that almost.

Yeah but how often do OPs delete their own content? Not usually. They keep them up for those upvotes (or downvotes) and even double posts.

I’m going to have to say no, as much as it’d be nice to.

As someone has said, it’d just be ruined because someone would game it for themselves. It is already bad enough as to what happens when moderators and even admins go rogue on the communities they’re to uphold when they’re not paid. Imagine what it’d be like if they were paid, they’d just justify it.

I don’t really like how they conducted this. If I was in charge of the study, I would focus on how alone they really are. No contact, whatsoever.

If they’re still making video calls and contacting by phone, they’re not alone because they are accompanying themselves with other people, just remotely.

This study is full of shit.

Aren’t we a little late with that?

And since this is a Dem proposing it, with a Senate-Majority Republican as well as House, it’ll be shot down.