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  • The only time i tried online dating apps to the point of actually talking to another human i met a young woman and we exchanged a few messages then arranged a phone call. On the phone she wouldn't stop talking. It was pretty amazing, this flood of words pouring from her. I supposed it was because she was nervous, but still - being pretty pessimistic about the whole online dating thing to begin with - figured this would never work out because her non-stop talking was starting to weird me out a little. Not in a terrible way, just a little.

    Anyway, she was going on and on about her job but was carefully avoiding any details that might identify where she worked, i guess so as to stay safe by not revealing too many personal details to a stranger. Somehow, though, I figured it out. She told me what area of the city she lived in, and i got enough details about the kind of work she did that i said something like: "Oh, you work at the Goodwill on blahblah street" and then there was dead silence. The flood of words stopped. We hung up soon after that. I felt really cool about guessing her workplace, like a detective, thinking i'd impressed her with my mind, but it wasn't until years later that it dawned on me that i'd weirded her out even more than she weirded me out. A double oblivious weird out.

  • I just started using this one today: https://docs.searxng.org/ and it did a great job for what i needed. I never heard of it before, but found the link on an old Lemmy post.

    I don't know how it would work for other people with other needs, but i needed to find graphic designers to help me with a project. DuckDuckGo kept giving me hundreds of results from a handful of big companies, but i wanted small companies and individuals. Found exactly what i needed on the first search using this engine.

  • I agree with this post. Move on and build your life your way.

    I'd like to add, in case it's helpful, from my own experience the thinking about it never ends. My dad passed 40 years ago and i still have the same thoughts, feelings, arguments even (a little more one-sided now that he's gone, though). I mean the dynamic might last forever, but you can separate that emotional internal dynamic from how you live your life. And there's a kind of "this stops here" effect, because your own children will never have to deal with all that stuff, because you dealt with it and moved on. That's something to be proud of.

  • Just by coincidence i'm watching a gameranx video about the 10 worst AAA games, and Falcon says the same thing about games as a service (subscriptions, micro-transactions, etc.): "it seems like they're playing a game of chicken with the consumer to see what they can get away with".

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jDgkikylY

    (start at 19:45)

  • Yeah i think we're in a golden age of indie games. When i want to find a new game, i search youtube for "best indie games of 2018" or 2017, 2021 or whatever. So much great stuff to play made in the last 5-10 years. And so much more affordable. And it feels great to give my money to these devs.

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    Dave Brubeck - Take Five

    By the way, @Stubb posted this https://lemmy.world/post/4473723 to https://lemmy.world/c/jazz, in which Dave Brubeck explains where the idea for Take Five came from. It completely blew me away.

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    I Be So Glad... When The Sun Goes Down

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    Senio Diaz - 'Como Llora una Estrella' di Antonio Carrillo (arr. Alirio Diaz)

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    The Durutti Column - Twenty Trees (Visualiser)

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    Smoke City - Underwater Love

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    Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (Official Video)

    You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK How to Prepare Your Phone and Other Tech for a Natural Disaster

    Because it's not totally intuitive how to prep and use tech in an emergency. Archived version: https://archive.fo/wk3fE

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    Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train (Rare Live Performance)

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    The Exciters - Tell Him "I know something about love"

    United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml
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    They Had Great Credit Scores. Then They Retired. (Wall Street Journal article)

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    The Underground Youth - Mademoiselle (Full album)

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    Takashi Kokubo (小久保隆) - Oasis Of The Wind II ~ A Story Of Forest And Water ~ (1993)

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    Hazy Summer Vibes II Hermanos Gutierrez Playlist

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    Tinariwen (+IO:I) - Nànnuflày

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    Chill Lofi Afrobeats Music 🌻 African Lofi Yellow Mix

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    Phoebe Snow 1974 (full album playlist, with the hit song "Poetry Man")

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    WHAT AM I DOING HANGING ROUND--THE MONKEES (NEW ENHANCED RECORDING)

    Oldie. Michael Nesmith's best song imho. When i first heard this song it kinda summed up my life (in re a girl), and weirdly years and years later it's kinda summing up my life again (in re a job haha).

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    Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (Version 1969)

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    Head, 1975–A Short Film by George Griffin | From the Vaults

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    River Monitor operations in Vietnam 1970