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Hi, I’m The Fediverse Chick, and I’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty!

Replace us govt with Elon

Conservative erotica.

Your mouth and anus are the same tube.

So did I at that age, but how do they feel about Elon?

(Kidding, kidding)

Very true, in fact I forgot that I’m on my second account, myself (RIP, kbin.social).

Uhh, isn’t that kinda against the whole point of being a spokesperson in the first place? To put a name and a face behind a message?

Dunno why The Verge plays along.

Why do you think we’re here?

I think that depends largely on somebody’s “join” date. If they’re under 6 months old, they probably got banned/censored from Reddit. If they joined in the last 6-12 months, it’s probably because of Reddit’s AI policies. If they joined 12-18 months ago, it was probably due to the API changes shutting down third-party apps. If they’re older than that, then they’re probably just tankies.

While defeating such a restriction is usually trivial, the point isn’t so much to stop you from using the app, as much as it is to make you aware of just how much time you’re spending on it. Sometimes being made aware of how much time you’re dedicating to a habit can help you in breaking it.

I know somebody who used a similar mechanism to quit smoking. He’d tally up each cigarette he’d have throughout the day, and having a number to reference helped to quantify the problem for him. Counting his smokes wasn’t what made him quit, but it helped him realize just how severe his problem was, so he was able to actually find the motivation to do something about it. Similarly, an app timer may trigger the thought of “I keep spending more time on this app than I promised myself I would, I need to figure out what keeps drawing me to do this”.

I’ve been wanting a replacement for ages now. The problem is that Discord does everything it does very well (with a few exceptions), way better than any of its competitors. It’s incredibly hard to replace, because no other product really matches it in any category. Cost, ease of use, feature set, cross-app API support… Nobody else comes close; even if you paid a ton of money for premium services to replace Discord, you’re still likely going to downgrade your overall experience.

I really want to see more competition in this space.

HI I’M NICOLE BUT YOU CAN CALL ME THE FEDIVERSE CHICK

I’m pretty sure that just doing “quick searches” is exactly how he ended up with AI answers to begin with.

I believe these dangers will depend largely on the type of glue you use. I know that some super glue recipes are effectively the same ones used in surgical glues, which I would imagine would be safe® on your skin.

Either way, developing calluses naturally will be the best way to do it. They’ll form naturally to the right shape, but glue will be applied slightly differently each time, which could lead to consistency issues while learning to play.

Maybe, but sometimes you don’t get to decide that. Sometimes, somebody else makes that choice for you.

This advice only applies if you have inkjet showers, this isn’t an issue if you have a laser shower.

True. But it’s either that, or whatever the racist yokel intercepting you on your next walk has in store for you.

With one option, you get a public defender, at the very least. The other option, your next of kin gets a really somber phone call. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Knife, pepper spray, taser, air gun, brass knuckles, monkey fist… There’s lots of options if you can’t or don’t want to carry a gun. But you unless you can fight, you shouldn’t go unarmed.

This is assuming OP is in the US. Right now they should be taking any racially-charged threats very seriously, as fascists are becoming more and more emboldened. If OP’s aggressor decides to escalate things and get physical, camera isn’t going to do much when the police and the courts are on the other side, anyway. Other than make for a really depressing snuff film.

Unless OP lives in a civilized country. In which case, maybe keep a really good flashlight with you on your walks, too.

Doesn’t have to be a gun.

A camera’s cool, but you should probably also carry a weapon. Yes, even when you’re just walking the dog. What starts as a threat today can become an attack tomorrow.

Dad, get off Lemmy!

Humans famously struggle with this, as well.