I have a perpetual mixtape running in my head. It’s literally impossible to stop. I know I’m in the depths of depression when the music stops, and I’m climbing back out when it comes back.

Mystery box all the way!

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The extra-judicial nature of our society favours the rich. They get away with murder every minute of every day? Why not Luigi?

Do not go down those rabbit holes, my friend. It’s not worth it. 😆

Millions? Are AI companions that prevalent?

Yup. I still post tabs on there every once in a while. Did a bunch of Enslaved tabs in the past couple years.

In order: IRC (very briefly), MSN Messenger, Ultimate-Guitar forums, Facebook, Reddit, Lemmy.

MSN and U-G forums was peak internet era for me.

Deleted my FB account in 2017, migrated to Lemmy with the mass Reddit exodus when they fucked with the API. Permanently deleted my account that day.

These people have 0 usefulness outside of helping the guy print a pdf…

Until you click on a phishing link.

This is the curse of IT. Perpetually undervalued yet absolutely essential. If IT were ever to disappear, the businesses they support become walking corpses.

It chaps my ass that everyone working in business has grown up with computers being essential to business yet its somehow still acceptable for them to be functionally illiterate in using them.

Sometimes its so fucking bad that the equivalent would be someone being granted a drivers license and given a car but they have no idea how to put it in park, let alone use the brakes.

IT are the Dunedain Rangers protecting The Shire. They’re not popular, they’re barely acknowledged, often scorned, but without their presence The Shire cannot be.

I’d gladly never touch a computer again before I ever bent the knee to such madness.

I think the police would LOVE to take the credit…

Are you sure? They didn’t seem interested at all when that fuckface chose Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas as an ideal target for his rage.

They had all the opportunity in the world to make a name for themselves and let a bunch of kids die instead.

[Edit] No shade towards you of course. I’m just still pissed off about this. That much is clear in hindsight after posting this comment.

Quick! Delete this before the Trump admin declares that the existence of loanwords is a war on the American Language®

Dude, the nuns at my dad’s elementary school beat him and traumatized him so much that he has PTSD.

Its pure evil to abuse a child. No surprise that agents of the church took no issue with such evil behaviour.

I’ve always wanted a massage table so I could lay flat on my stomach with my head in a neutral position and read by looking through the hole.

… and nothing of value was lost.

That’s fair. I know nothing of gesture typing tbh. All I care about is that my apps aren’t spying on me.

FUTO Keyboard is my favourite.

This is exactly it.

You’re not alone. I have very detailed convos with my cats all the time. I think its easier because you can say whatever you want and they won’t judge.

It’s almost like its own little mini catharsis sometimes.

If I didn’t have blood pressure issues, there is no way in hell I would subject myself to that BS 5/7 days of the week

You shouldn’t necessarily ever expect to enjoy doing something that you’re essentially forced to do. The gym is kinda like work for you so its perfectly reasonable that you hate it.

I love playing guitar and working on music but if I was ever forced to do it daily I would start hating it real quick. This is why I avoid monetization routes for my music that would require adhering to a routine.

When it comes to the gym, I’ve certainly gotten well into it to the point that it feels weird not to go. Same with running, but even more potent. I’d actually be in a shit mood if I had to skip a scheduled run for some reason.

Its a real bummer that you’re struggling to enjoy the gym, but I totally understand where you’re coming from. Life is busy and sometimes all that I have the bandwidth for is a beer on the couch after work. We all have our limits and that’s OK.

Glad to hear you’re pushing through it for the sake of your health. There’s likely no better reason to hit the gym. 💪