I’d kind of see that as a bonus. Some time to bond while on a nice vacation on someone else’s dime would be cool especially if it meant not having to deal with the ex and the new guy as much. Definitely don’t go if you’re not going to be civil with the ex and him though (which would be understandable given the circumstances). Ruining the trip for everyone else won’t gain anything other than possibly resentment from the kid.

I didn’t know Frieza had a lemmy account.

Reminded me of this guy.

One of our family friends owned a property I used to go camping on when I was a kid. There was a heavily wooded area with a creek running through it and there was a wide part of it that had a bend that went around a sandbar that was big enough to camp on. It was so quiet and peaceful there. Probably my favorite spot on the planet. I’ve found other places like that but they’ve been in public campgrounds and having tons of people around ruins the vibe.

Probably my earliest memory of interacting with someone outside my family was when I was in an Easter egg hunt and being a little kid somehow managed to drop all my eggs. Another kid stopped what he was doing to help me pick them up. I don’t know why but that stuck in my head and I think it’s influenced how I’ve treated people throughout my life.

I get it. I’m the same way about instant mashed potatoes because that’s what my grandma always made and that’s just how mashed potatoes should be (to me). Not a fan of real ones really the texture is just off. I can’t speak to pancakes because I can’t think of any pancakes I’ve ever had that really stand out from any others but it could be something like that. Pancakes certainly don’t seem to be worth arguing over to me.

My experience with leftovers growing up was having to eating my mom’s terrible cooking again when it wasn’t even good fresh. As an adult I love them because I like my own cooking and it means I get to skip a few nights a week.

TIL. I remember my history book one year in grade school mentioning that show and the hysteria it caused.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q25QpZXfoU

Damn, one more reason to add to the list of why I can’t replace my LG V20…

Laying down and watching an old black and white movie puts me out quick. I’ve been watching the old Universal monster movies this month and it has been a struggle lol. Also started taking melatonin and that helps me sleep too. If I can’t sleep due to stress/anxiety I imagine I’m dying and that seems to work.

So say they cut their family off and now have no support network. Now what?

They Live. I stumbled across it on TV while exhausted at 2 am one night and it had me locked in the whole time.

Of course I want the communities I enjoy to grow but not at the expense of the platform. Too much growth and it’ll turn into another reddit situation with a bunch of unoriginal dipshits reposting meme responses to everything over and over. I’d rather things stay as they are then turn into that. At least now you can have interesting discussions with people when you do actually get a response.

Phone makers make no money if you don’t buy new phones

Maybe they should make a new phone thats desirable then. I’m still running on a phone from 2016 because there’s no modern one that wouldn’t lose me functionality that I use all the time. Anything I buy would be a downgrade.

I was literally going to set that up this week… Damn it.

Currently using Nextcloud to sync it but it’s shit.

I have a Surface 2. I only used the touchscreen when it’s in tablet mode or the dogshit type cover starts annoying the fuck out of me. I don’t miss it when I’m on my work laptop. As for moving the cursor and selecting things I just turn the cursor speed all the way up on every pc I use.

Never have I used a laptop and thought “boy, I wish this had a touch screen”.

I like these kinds of questions here because of that. You get actual people talking, not just bots regurgitating the same shit over and over.

What one do you use? I tried this but the one I bought even the dimmest setting wakes me up when it comes on.