i've started using "hey there" and "heyo" specifically to avoid the wasted syllables of "howareyoufinethankshowboutyou"
at least "sup" works w/ close friends who know to just reply "sup" also :]
janus2
joined 2 years ago
true that. I'm into the double digits now for number of psych medications I've tried
everything sucks and I'm miserable and so is everyone else and I wish I had the energy to do fuckin anything besides work, sleep, and occasionally shitpost as a semblance of social interaction
no platitudes from me dawg, life is ass 🫡
edit: your username is kickass btw.
It was that VoLTE wasn't supported for that particular model of phone. VoLTE is very much the norm here although I'm unsure if every phone uses it now. My flip phone probably doesn't, but it's hard to tell with how stripped down its manufacturer-customized Android is.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
the joke answer is "go touch grass" but let's be honest it's not always because they're incel types (though my guess is that's usually it)
assorted thoughts:
- most people have at least mild mental health problems and that often makes it hard to connect with people in a healthy way. i fall directly and pathetically into this category myself
- fuckin capitalism profits from isolating people and dissolving community infrastructure that traditionally facilitated dating
- it's way easier to think about how hard it is to interact with potential dates and all the things that could go wrong, than it is to think about all the times you've successfully interacted with humans (with dating intentions or otherwise) and it turned out fine or even fantastic. even worse, we're wired to remember negative experiences with more detail. all my horrible awkward attempts at flirting are chiseled in fuckin marble in my memory, while the times i was normal AND lucky enough for it to be reciprocated, i barely remember in comparison. :[
I held onto my Sony XZ2c for months after calls stopped working on it after the US 3G shutdown. I got a flip phone for making calls.
The worst part? The XZ2c has VoLTE calling capability, but all the US phone companies refuse to support it on their networks.
Now I'm begrudgingly using a OnePlus 6 and praying that I don't drop the massive thing >:[
Basically, even if we want to use aging tech we're held hostage by telecom companies, who obviously would prefer to rope people into new devices on credit plans. ARGH
i mean compared to your average porn it's award-winning lol
it brings me genuine glee to see a Technology a Connections link replied to a Climate Town link like those are two of my favorite things
Mainly that they adopt popular writing and editing conventions and do them well, so that they're genuinely captivating in addition to being educational, thus making the info more accessible
out of curiosity what were the dunk reasons
That's the first book I ever encountered with an ending that made me angry.
that sounds dangerously productive