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  • Encountered a linux user in Grindr

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  • There is a movement to bring back the thorn. It's actually pretty popular among English reformists. Personally, I'm in favor, but I generally don't use it outside of certain communities, or when joking or making a point. Using it 'in the wild' is normally an attempt at normalizing it's use. Personally, I'm on board, just not brave enough to be the odd one out. Especially since I'm also in favor of eth, eng, and interrobang (which I do use in the wild.). It'd make my writing too difficult for others to read it I included all of those in a normal post.

  • Good news. :)

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  • Honestly, at this point, I think when is the more accurate term. Balkanization is coming, I'm pretty sure

  • ill be at your house in 10 minutes. how will you entertain me?

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  • Thanks, friend. :)

    Hit me up on my main account if you see it floating around

  • What are the most upbeat songs with kind of depressing lyrics?

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  • Hey Ya

  • Life frustrations

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  • God, I wish. If I could do something like that I'd spend my days volunteering with organizations like food not bombs and local mutual aid orgs. I'd probably still have roommates, even. I don't need much. I'm happy with a bedroom of my own, the rest of the house can be shared space. I just want to do mutual aid work and not have to worry about being evicted or starving :(

  • Good news. :)

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  • Said it before and I'll say it again: if Cascadia ever looks like it's gonna become a thing I'll drive myself there and be homeless rather than live in the US with a weakened and even more right wing Senate and house.

  • The state of Linux phones in 2025

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  • We do occasionally see a small surcharge in the US when using a card, but that's regardless of method (swipe, insert, or tap). Very small businesses will often charge 1-5% for any debit or credit purchase, and cash price is the listed price. But again, that's not tap specific

  • ill be at your house in 10 minutes. how will you entertain me?

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  • When all else fails the weather can always be blamed. Glorious little excuse for some bellyaching. Haha.

    Glad to know things are otherwise good! I'm doing mostly okay. Lot of big life things happening recently, and I'm reeling a bit, so just trying to figure things out.

  • The state of Linux phones in 2025

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  • I've honestly never considered using my bank through a mobile browser. Yeah, it I can do that I'd be fine on that front.

    Sniffies is completely dead here, and the dudes that are on it are gross. Grindr isn't much better, but since everyone's on it you can occasionally find people who are willing to use protection or hosting someone other than some bushes. I'll try way droid and see if it works. If it doesn't, I googled it and it says you can use Grindr from desktop if you pay... I may end up having to do that if I made the switch.

    Which leaves cash app as the biggie. I'll try waydroid, but if it doesn't work I'll probably end up needing to keep android or switching to iOS (I hate iPhones:( ), or maybe even getting a second phone I use exclusively for cash app. No sim, just my wifi hotspot (can you do a wifi hotspot with a Linux phone yet?). In order to prevent overdrafts and accidental charges, I never spend directly from my bank account. I transfer exactly what I'll need for each purchase to cash app before the transaction and shop like that. Keeps me aware, and no accidental charges or surprises.

  • Some tech apps/services I personally use instead of their American/Big Tech counterparts [Updated]

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  • What's the benefit to this one over others?

  • It is mean

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  • Building the machine wasn't embarrassing, getting all animated and excited around other humans was embarrassing. I know it isn't. I know that isn't normal. I don't know why I have that reaction later on, other than when I was a kid other kids made fun of me whenever I did. Like, if I ever got excited and hyper or something other kids would laugh and make comments about I was fat and it I moved around I'd jiggle. Shit like that. It made me end up with basically the mindset that I need to be stoic all the fucking time unless I'm very close to someone. The friend I visited has been one of my best for 20 years (online/phone), and his friend and I clicked so fast that my barriers sort of dropped unexpectedly, and I ended up getting really excited and animated. Basically I leave situations like that feeling like I've made a fool of myself. A fat, ugly fool.

    Our brains suck sometimes

  • Your username is now public and hereditary like a surname. How much do your kids hate you?

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  • My surname has 14 characters. My full name has 23. Forms suck.

  • The state of Linux phones in 2025

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  • Help a non-techy out. I've fully switched my computers to Linux (fedora workstation, silver blue, and ubuntu). Been Linux only for several years now. Silverblue is probably my favorite. I'm willing to make the switch for my phone, too. But there are a few things I'm pretty reliant on:

    My banking apps, cash app, and, embarrassing as it may be to admit, Grindr.

    Any chance of getting those?

  • The state of Linux phones in 2025

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  • I've never seen a surcharge for tap to pay in the US. I'm not sure about elsewhere, but whether I'm tapping my car, my phone, or my watch I have never seen any surcharge from the retailer, my banks, or from Google.

  • It is mean

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  • Happened to me way too often as a kid (from other kids, never my family), and I've only just now begun to realize it's why I feel such embarrassment if I ever allow myself to get excited/show excitement. God forbid I ever let myself get animated, I end up laying in bed every night for literal weeks afterwards replaying it through some fucked up filter that just gets worse and worse until I'm convinced I've humiliated myself irrevocably, and I stop interacting with other humans for a long time. The only places I can allow myself to be excited/animated are online and with my family.

    Recently went to visit a friend and ended up getting positively hyped while helping one of his friends build a rube goldberg machine. Friend I went to visit ended up having a medical episode, and mentioned in his drugged up state that he was a little jealous of how quickly I and his friend hit it off, and I still haven't recovered. Me and rube goldberg machine guy really clicked, but I haven't been able to bring myself to even text the guy because I can't get past the embarrassment of it. Friend I visited said it was like watching Romeo and Juliet meet.

  • Some tech apps/services I personally use instead of their American/Big Tech counterparts [Updated]

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  • Haven't heard of that. Searched it and saw mistral ai. Is that the right one?

  • holup

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  • This is the way. And I sleep HOT. I will uncover my whole body and leave my feet covered. I cannot sleep with uncovered feet

  • YSK that hand sewing is a stupid cheap hobby to get into and reduces your impact on the environment

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  • Yeah, you're pretty out of option for an older iron on patch. Curved needles are your best bet if you're comfortable using them. I hate using them personally, another reason I'll unstitch and hand sew it back together. I've got a machine to do some of the heavy lifting, though

  • ill be at your house in 10 minutes. how will you entertain me?

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  • Don't threaten me with a good time unless you're gonna come through.