Broadfern @ Broadfern @lemmy.world

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This is the most 20s/living alone thing I’ve seen in a minute

That’s actually kind of sweet.

Dude was in his own way, constantly. I mean, I get it. Depression can be a bitch sometimes. Could also have just been his programming ¯(ツ)_/¯ he was amusing during my read at least.

Slightly related, Netflix has a show called Exploding Kittens that runs vaguely on this premise.

whether 🏴‍☠️ is involved or not is none of my business

Aw that’s awesome! It’s always lovely to see folks become visibly happier when they get to be fully themselves.

The gay agenda involves snacks and human rights.

The lesbian-specific agenda is that too but also taking over units of measurement ( ✧≖ ͜ʖ≖)

The “trope” is public perception, not actual historical pattern. Every time a Republican president gets elected the exit polls are full of “economic concerns.” What that actually means is left to interpretation but so it goes.

I’m sorry to hear you’ve had so much trouble with Linux. I understand the frustration that comes with Unix based OSes especially after being a heavy Windows user for years.

I did a bit of searching on your profile and saw you’re dual-booting with Windows on the same hard drive. I personally had issues with trying to set that up myself (Windows is a finicky, jealous b****). My own solution was installing my distro of choice onto a separate hard drive - if you can eventually do that I recommend it.

I know you’re getting a lot of flak for your post but it’s good to see honest opinions from people who genuinely want to try Linux but aren’t necessarily the same level of hyper-nerd as the typical demographic here.

Having information from a wider opinion pool will help in understanding how to get Linux to more of the population - but that’s a side tangent.

It’s encouraging to see that you are still open to trying in the future and taking a break from it can help you clear your head and come back with fresher eyes.

Unfortunately I don’t have much experience with NVIDIA drivers, and probably a similar amount of troubleshooting as Mint but I’ve found EndeavourOS to be friendlier to a middle-upper tech/gamer use case. Mint, for me, seemed cold and “office”-y and didn’t work well for me as I don’t only use my browser and word processor.

That said, distros are an almost ridiculously personal choice and part of that is trial and error. If you haven’t gotten the chance I recommend test driving a couple other distros in an Oracle VM (for user-friendliness) so you can decide what you like the feel of before committing to an install again, if and when you feel ready.

Good luck and godspeed until then.

At this point it’s hard to rationalize “random” anxiety (at least in the States)

I don’t have any advice for this exact problem but if it’s any consolation Firefox has randomly gotten offended at my video drivers and bricked my build. Multiple times. I use Librewolf when I can now.

That is hilarious though, sending frustrated IT vibes your way in both empathy and hopes it’ll help you reach the critical mass of superstition for the problem to fix itself before you have to threaten to take a hammer to it.

Haven’t gotten to do it in ages since my current bathroom has no windows but showering in the late afternoon or just at sunset with just the smallest bit of sunlight peeking through the (closed!) blinds is relaxing, especially in the summer.

Being clean and having wet hair while the summer day’s heat starts to settle and your day winds down is magic.

Sounds kind of like a mashup between Cuphead and FNaF

I’ve looked through the comms titled “greentext” and have not found this image but it’s a cute photo on its own!

Edit: took some scrolling but I found it

I deleted messenger once I finally convinced the people I give a shit about to switch over to safer platforms. Hadn’t posted on or touched FB in years at that point though. That also prompted me to move to Lemmy (my only real feed-based media consumption); that plus the constant influx of doomscrolling bullshit after the latest US election.

I don’t “use” Xitter and haven’t for many, many years aside from news for legitimate emergencies that had no other alternative. Stopped using IG after they tried to copy TikTok.

TL;DR: Enshitification + increasing threat to human rights

Thanks to climate change the snowflakes melted. /hj

To shreds, you say?

I would ask Danny Elfman.

I would also push for UBI though ¯(ツ)_/¯

An alarm set for brownies being done baking is much less upsetting than an alarm to wake up and go to a job you hate/school.

Between that and “girl dinner” snacking twice a day and/or being poor is fashionable now