Monkeytennis @ monkeytennis @lemmy.world

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I've been cutting my own for years, never considered using a taper guard. Hmm.

I took Mirtazapine for a while last year, just the sleep and appetite helped a lot. I've considered asking about something else, since my mood and anxiety isn't great, but I don't know.

Isn't it amazing, how from a single photo you can deduce that her stand-up is pure dogshit

I had various accounts over the years, but switched from Digg, which must've been pre-2010.

It's sad, but most communities felt crowded with people jumping down other people's throats, so I don't miss many

Same here. WTF do I do with a history degree... Joined a helpdesk because I liked fixing tech, transitioned to web development because that was more fun, spent years enjoying learning and progressing, then moved into UX because that was more rewarding (and less stressful).

I'm glad I gravitated towards IT because it gave me a lot of freedom and choice - and the money was always good.

I'd be careful with the "follow your hobbies" advice, I've known a lot of frustrated people who feel they've wasted years studying / trying to get a job in video games, acting, that sort of thing. Seems you have to be in the top 1% and have a ton of luck or connections to stand a chance.

Changing career paths in my 30s (less stress, more money), getting a divorce (not staying in an unhealthy relationship), having kids (gives me a lot of purpose), paying down my mortgage (financial freedom)

What've been the most helpful changes you've made? I know it all depends on the person, but I'm interested.

It's been amazing value for me - I'd spent a decade away from video games outside of Nintendo, so I had a giant backlog - I've played over 100 in the last 12 months on my Series X.

However, I'm noticing diminishing returns, since I'm spending a lot of time on games like Mass Effect, which are cheap to buy. There's also a lot of games in genres I don't like e.g JRPG, fighting, sports, and also plainly bad games.

The balance of good new games vs ones leaving the service is pretty poor, too. If I wasn't locked into another year, I'd drop it for a while.

TLDR - look at the catalogue, work out how much it would cost to buy the games you'd play, and then decide.

Seems more like Lemmy users are building up a mythology. "I was there in the early days. Remember poop and beans?"

Yeah, for a fair comparison the standard definition of "active user" is just viewing posts. Not sure why Lemmy sets the bar so high. Maybe they don't care about vanity stats - besides mild curiosity, I couldn't care less.

Posting or commenting seems more like "contributing users" and posts like this just encourage unhelpful noise.

It's that small moment when you realise other people do things differently.

I remember being a bit horrified with the amount of handling that goes on with pizza+scissors. Guess I was considered one of the family...

This reminds me of staying overnight at a friend's house when I was a kid, and discovering a slightly sinister family habit, like cutting pizza with scissors or everyone drinking hot tea with dinner