At least you got to experience that connection. Some people never get that. It truly is better to have loved and lost someone. Than not to have loved at all.

Lots of Internet hugs from here. Let’s beat loneliness epidemic together.

People who ride a bicycle next to cars are too tired. People who ride old bicycles next to cars eating pennies are penny farting.

This! A million times. Cancer treatments have come a long way in the last few years. Expected outcomes have improved a lot. And I mean dramatically. Stage 2 isn’t the death sentence you think it is (depending on the type of cancer). But you need to discuss this with your family and your doctor.

A long time ago I saw this conspiracy theory that the reason all public buildings (schools, etc.) in the US have an industrial size incinerator by law is to burn the bodies during a fascist takeover.

It was funny then. Not so much now.

About the same here. (Finland)

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When I was younger I used to have these dreams from time to time where some mundane unimportant things were happening. Like walking through the parking lot of my school with classmates to go to gym class. And then it would happen just as in the dream. They would happen some days, weeks sometimes years after these dreams. And I would remember the dream in that moment and think ‘deja vu’.

It’s been several years since I ran Windows on any of my laptops. And haven’t run into any CPU issues yet. In my experience if stay away from the slim models and go for the more high-end ones you’re good.

This. Don’t buy consumer laptops. You can get secondhand business laptops that are just as cheap and more durable. You won’t get one with a touchscreen but that’s about it for the downsides.

increase the intensity of my speaking voice without actually yelling

People will still consider it yelling even when you’re not actually doing it.

Do your own ironing! It’s quite easy. Heat the iron to the proper temperature. Not too hot. Use steam liberally. Use an ironing board and a sleave attachment. Turn your garment around so you can reach everywhere. Some creases are meant to be there. Make sure they are straight before ironing them.

A former ice hockey magnate. Very much a boomer. People either like him or dislike him for his antics.

Currently driving through a change in policy that would disallow closing streets for construction. Which is a good thing because the city has been too lax in this regard.

For me the chain is similar but longer.

Fidonet BBS’s -> Internet Newsgroups over NNTP -> Slashdot -> Digg -> Reddit -> Fediverse

For me it’s Russian invasion of Ukraine. With a few local politicians doing stupid things mixed in.

A succulent Chinese meal?

Which is exactly what their beloved Founding Fathers™ were trying to prevent.

That shitpost in indeed 🧑‍🍳 😘

Well, I had a c128d. With an internal disk drive.

I sometimes think that native speakers are worse at spelling.

a month of walking and leftovers for lunch

probably did more good for your own health than the car repair would have