Hm. This is a great question.

I have always been a chatty guy, despite it sometimes causing me grief of one kind or another. While I don’t specifically have memories of conversations with my folks (when I was young), I no doubt had them.

That said, I’ve also always been a widely misunderstood person (at least to my mind); I never seemed to conform to people’s expectations (even today to a degree). I have developed severe trust issues because of this, especially among my family bloodline; as such, I have cut off all communication with everyone on my side of the family* — even if they never actually hurt me (sorry Egg!!).

* By this, I mean I do not talk to anyone older than me in my family (I am the youngest); I do however go to great lengths to talk to my children every day; even if it’s about nothing in particular. I also do not shy away from sharing stories of my childhood, or how they’ve affected me, as I firmly believe that they deserve the truth, and also should learn from my (and my family’s) mistakes. Suffice it to say, I do believe that my children are doing much better in life than I ever did when I was their age, so maybe it’s working.🤞

Beautiful! Thank you!

I get that. I also wonder how many Lemmy users get that?

Given how AI is scraping the web for training, I can appreciate how some people might not want to leave their personal data around for some company to use without their permission.

This is just a speculation on my part, as I have no data to back that assertion up. So, grain of salt and all.

DSM-V

You’re absolutely right about how no one has to respond or keep a conversation going past its expiration date. If anything, I just find it odd to match with someone and not take it any further.

I forget how they retrieved it.

You get an angry upvote for that. 🙄 🤣

I don’t think they needed surgery.

I’ll give you two guesses. The first guess (#1) doesn’t count. 😉

I read the first comment as if they said pecan. I read your comment as if you said pecan.

~And is toucan pronounced the same way?~

Without knowing more details, what you describe sounds like you abandon the relationship the moment you feel bored. And I don’t entirely blame the woman you’re dating for being hesitant.

Here’s how I approach old and slow:

1. Older software is mature and battle tested. It’s been around long enough that the developers should know what they’re doing, and have built a strong community for help and support.
2. Slow is okay when it comes to accuracy. Would I love to back up my gigabytes (peanuts compared to some of you folks out there with data centers in your attics) in seconds? Yes. But more importantly, I’d rather have my data be valid for if I ever need to do any kind of restore. And I’ve been around the block enough times in my career to see many useless backups.

And kid gamers can be annoying, lol. The same complaints were happening when Fortnight was on the rise.

I have a 12 and 10 year old, and boy do they love gaming (Roblox, fortnight, Minecraft, and a myriad of other games). Roblox terminated both my kids accounts over what they perceived as a threat against a minor from my 12 yo. I don’t remember the exact comment , but it certainly wasn’t terminate his and his brother’s accounts bad.

That aside, 99% of the interactions they’ve had online have been super nice; as in helping each other out by gifting them in-game items and currency because the other person asked nicely (and vice versa).

I don’t doubt there are asshole kids out there. But I haven’t heard of them personally so far. I am grateful for that too.

But, back to my original point: Roblox is very bad.

It’s Roblox. No one should be enjoying that pedo playground.

The real vacation is in the comments.

I know about 4 phone numbers by memory:

1. My childhood home phone
2. My childhood best friend’s home phone
3. My cell phone
4. My ex-wife’s cell phone

Two of those numbers no longer work, so if I ever go to jail there is only one person I can call. 😬

But only for certain classes of people.

Codeberg is not just for static websites. It’s for FOSS projects. Their FAQ addresses this.

It’s a trade off. It’s not easy either. Even when I was married and had a partner that could tag in and help me out. It’s much harder now that I’m single and I no longer have backup. It’s not like there’s an instruction manual either; each kid/situation is distinct and different.

But you know what, there are moments (more often than not) when they do or say something amazing, and it feels like the world is not such a bad place after all; because of them.

It’s not perfect. We sometimes get mad at each other. But that’s any relationship; it’s love. And I wouldn’t trade it for any amount of money in the world.

Given the rate of inflation, and shrinkflation, I don’t think it’s economically feasible for many people to survive on 65% of their income. At least, I couldn’t. Especially not with two young boys who need clothing, a metric ton of food (and growing!), plus sports, etc. nope. I’m stuck n indentured servitude for the rest of my life.

Oh god. It’s Reddit all over again. 🙄

Amazon emailed me to let me know my prime invite (I’m not the prime Prime member) is being cancelled next month, so I have to get my own prime account. And then Spotify emailed about their greedy-ass decision to copycat Netflix and restrict account sharing between different locations.

Timing sucks for me because my health insurance plan is tripling and the state took away my cell phone allowance.

Thanks, Trump!