I agree that lemmy shouldn’t take it on itself, but I do think deeper integration into other foss systems is not a bad plan. Being able to integrate a matrix instance directly with a lemmy instance would be fancy and I think exploring stuff like that further could be the key to finally getting us beyond just seeking parity with reddit.

The talk around weight loss is kinda crazy and a lot of it is dominated by pseudoscience.

However, we are pretty much positive that eating at a calorie deficit will result in weight loss in 99.9% of cases and you aren’t going to be the 0.1%. There’s a lot of anecdotal data about how eating too little will make you stop losing weight or even gain more weight because of your ‘metabolism’, but no controlled studies that show that to be a significant contributor without other causes. It’s not some magical metabolism trick, you’re just cheating on your metrics and doing less because you’re tired and cranky and have no energy because you aren’t eating right.

Saying that, eating at a massive deficit can definitely make you feel like shit and will make it hard to exercise, do not recommend. You will also likely have a part of your brain dedicated to fantasizing about food 24/7 and your libido will likely be in the trash if that matters to you. This will be very hard to maintain, and you have to remember that there’s never going to be a day where you can go back to eating like ‘normal’. Your current normal is why you need to lose weight and your goal is to eventually establish a new baseline.

Lastly, highly recommend against adding calories back due to exercise. We don’t have a lot of good data about there being any reliable indicators of actual calories burned available to the average person and you’ll find a tremendous amount of super variable answers when you find instances where people tried to actually test the estimates you see online. The time you put into exercise isn’t about weight loss, it will help, but it’s a bonus just for you because you deserve to have the body that you want.

Rhymes don’t matter if it’s a polar bear.

I’m obsessed with the idea of a slow-paced FPS game now. Imagine logging in once or twice a day, picking a shot and seeing if whoever it is is still there the next day.

Judging from some of the prolific ones out there, cracking DRM requires you to also be absolutely batshit insane.

The issue usually is proprietary streaming services, not a lot of interest from them on Linux/etc support and the unofficial options are usually kind of janky. That does make total sense but also kills it’s chances of getting wide support / adoption which limits the growth of the projects.

We could address that more, but we’re going to come back to “Its not the 60s”. What you’re saying is not substantially different from saying the Elves had it better before they left Valinor. Probably true but my friend, it doesn’t really apply. I think you may be succumbing to nostalgia too, one of my favorite youtube creators once described nostalgia as a form of depression and I’m not sure I’ve ever felt a deeper kinship with some random dude online.

Even then, I feel like you’ve vastly misrepresented the 60s, what do you even think hippie culture was? That was a dedication to changing yourself and the way you lived DRASTICALLY, it was nothing but change and the community was built to try to thrive on an ever shifting background. It was defined almost entirely by all the things you said you don’t want to do.

The world is not going to change to your liking because you’re pursuing a lifestyle dedicated to avoiding that outcome and you aren’t going to be happy anywhere until you change that. The problem isn’t the world, it is your approach to it and the fact that you’re letting depression control your life instead of trying to make rational decisions.

So, maybe I’m reading between the lines too much but it sounds like you’re defining your personality by trying your hardest to be kind of shitty to be around and then acting like it’s a mystery as to why you don’t fit in? Other people are also real people with thoughts and feelings and you’re going to have to make compromises to engage with them.

It doesn’t sound like the world is being unfair to you, it sounds like you’re actively going out of your way to reject it. Your situation isn’t special or unique. I’m not trying to be mean, but I am trying to be very direct because I’ve been there and I couldn’t grasp it any other way. You are generically depressed, just like so many others, and you should have started going to a therapist years ago.

I do get it, we all fall into those traps, but… like… If you don’t wanna change, how do you expect things to change? You’re supposed to fix yourself, that’s a good thing, it’s crazy that you think this is a bad thing. That is your depression talking, your depression is stupid because it doesn’t understand emotions and wants you to fail. It won’t always be a success, but every day you should try to be a better version of yourself than you were the day before. And, same deal but erasing yourself… your self sounds like it sucks, and the person bearing the weight and pain of that is only you. Go work on making a better self, you don’t have to be this and you can start getting better right now, today.

Welp, they’ll have to sell one more ship bundle to cover that.

It’s sad that this skips over all the edge cases… and most of them are rare and there is an ‘Other’ category. Amber eyes are relatively common though and I think that would be worth a callout and a brief mention that it’s not always just melanin that affects eye color.

To be fair, it’s super rare to see a Libertarian Politician gain any following without a platform that isn’t textbook conservative but with more weed or absolutely batshit insane.

I get where you’re coming from, but I also feel like I might get kind of bored and I wonder how I’m going to get that hot sauce from Alabama that I like. I’ll give up on a lot of my ideals and trade a LOT of frustration for artisanal hot sauces.

Saying anything negative about China is a violation of rule 1 on lemmy.ml from the admins perspective. They classify anything critical that gains any attention as Sinophobia and file it under bigotry.

What happened on March 3rd? (Mass increase in active users)

Oh man, and what happened on April 3rd? (Mass drop in average comments)

Did I miss a meeting where we decided to just have massive shifts on the 3rd of every month? Is something big happening now, am I missing it?