The Fediverse. I can’t be bothered explaining what the Fediverse is or how it works or how it differs from traditional social media. I can’t be bothered recommending browser add-ons that correct issues that might not actually be ‘issues’ to the person in question. And even if I did all that, there’s a 1/100 chance they’ll actually care enough to try it, and an even smaller chance still that they’ll stick with it. I don’t even tell people that the memes I send them are from Lemmy, because I can’t be bothered with the follow-up questions. My parents, for example, who use Facebook exclusively, could not be paid enough to even try the Fedi equivalent (Friendica). The average person doesn’t care about their private data being sold or the behaviour of tech CEOs or the abuse of their psyches by algorithms, so there’s no reason for them to go to the pain of learning an entirely new ecosystem that’s less ‘good’ but requires more effort. The average person simply wants AI-generated images of lions with racist anti-immigrant slogans printed under them, and Facebook is unbeatable in that regard. I just can’t be bothered. Plus, I like that it’s comparatively less crowded here. Let Facebook keep their race rioters!
Yeah I can’t be bothered to do that either. I post links from Lemmy, people ask “whats this?” I say “its Lemmy, like a reddit thing but different” if they are interested after that, I just tell them to go in and click things, maybe make a account and see if it keeps their interest. I’d say 1 out of every 30 people are interested enough to make a account but not sure how many of them stay active. Maybe 1 in 100 lol.
Is new, and can do some of the explaining for you.
Meal prepping the same lunch.
Been doing this for over a decade now. Minor variations in veggies, switched from chicken to beans and rice about a year ago. I love it. Very affordable and I never have to think about lunch.
I’ve had a co-worker call me a “bad man” when I told him I just eat the same thing everyday. I get it tho, people need to change things up. But for me as long as it has nutrients and doesn’t taste bad I genuinely don’t care that it’s exactly the same.
“bad man”
What was his fucking business? no one forced him to do the same, fuck that guy!
Yeah, dinner is where I get variety, as are all weekend meals. On weekdays breakfast is the same quick and easy meal, and lunch is the same easy to throw together the night before meal. On rare occasions I’ll switch it up for a time or change the meal, but it’s been a few years of lunch being the same.
It’s fine, sure I’d love more variety, and if I retire I’ll probably never fall back to this meal again. But I appreciate the fact that I don’t have to think or plan or anything.
Right?! I love a good time-intensive meal now again, but other things can be nice too. If I can make 7 days of food in the time it takes to make 1 day of unique meals, that frees a dozen hours to do something else. I can wait until Christmas to try that 5 hour lasagne recipie. Meanwhile I can focus on what’s important… like shitpost comments
What do you make that lasts 7 days? Or do you freeze it?
What is your lunch? Rice and beans with a veggie side? Anything else?
1 bag frozen corn, 2 green/red/yellow peppers, refried black beans from a can, rice with a packet of taco seasoning thrown in for flavor, and a grilled sweet onion. Split across 5 glass Tupperware containers.
Used to do broccoli, brussel sprouts, mushrooms for a little while, but the corn, peppers and onion keep really well. Its that last meal on Friday that could sometimes get questionable lol
I wish I was like this. I grew up on a lot of the same meals over and over because my mom worked her ass off and didn’t have time to cook fresh all the time. Now I can’t stand having to eat the same meal even twice in a week. It wasn’t so bad when I was less busy but now I am busy and feel exhausted when I have to think of new meals to make.
Self hosting. You have to be a bit nerdy to like doing sysadmin work.
Group sex. I enjoy it very much, but it’s only for the sort of people who already want to try it.
I really want to try it but there’s no way in my lifetime that it will happen for me.
Any reason why not?
about 14 diseases.
I’m in a committed lifelong relationship that I intend to be faithful in, and I don’t think she wants to do such activities. I’m trying my best to make it happen as much as possible between just the two of us lol. It’s not easy with school and work and two kids.
Ah that’s totally fair lol, I was just checking in case it was something like not feeling like you could fit into those scenes
Ah right. I wouldn’t even know how to find “that scene”. How do you even find anyone that wants to hook up in a group sex situation? Where do you go from square one?
same, but my limit is the massive amount of STDs that are flooding the kinksphere in my area.
People don’t use protection I guess?
Protection doesn’t offer much protection.
Quite the misnomer then, hey.
not especially.
Ruining it for everyone, am I right.
unfortunately so.
there are some clubs that require routine testing, but even that isn’t 100%. at best you’ll know if you’ve been exposed but zero preventative protection unless you use condoms but that still doesn’t stop things like lice or herpes.
at most clubs it’s possible to be just a voyer, but it’s just not the same as active participation.
so, I abstain. begrudgingly, but disease free.
There are clubs? Like business establishments where you gather to have orgies? Is that legal? lol
I don’t like to recommend things to other people. I have terrible taste in about everything.
The Silmarillion is definitely not for everyone, but I love it.
linux
In recent years, I’ve started feeling comfortable recommending it over Windows.
Sure, I’ll still tell friends and family to just get a Mac. But if you’re not going to do that, Windows is just a worse experience in most the important ways at this point, even for a non-techie user.
Hell yeah!
Eating roasted peanuts shell and all. It’s insanely salty and takes forever to chew, but no one told me you’re not supposed to do that when I was a kid.
Was confused for a second, because I don’t generally think of peanuts as having a shell, but then realised that you must mean the outer pod / husk that they’re sometimes sold in. We call the whole things “monkey nuts” here.
… but despite the fact we have a name for the whole thing, we only eat the peanuts inside.
In the south I’ve seen people eat the entire boiled peanut. There was a guy in Lillington NC who moved there from Buffalo NY who used to sell boiled peanuts in butter and franks hot, and people ate them whole. He disappeared one day around 2007 and I’ve never seen nuts like his since.
Huh, looking online they’re all over now. Even at Walmart
Dang I was so excited to send you a link before getting to your edit lol
You solve the salt problem by buying unsalted.
Driving the Tanami Track.
It is one of the more remote roads in the world. Beautiful in its own way.
Can be 400-500km from emergency services. And 250km from shops. Hot and dusty.
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Last year, driving north we saw a couple who had rolled their car, 100km from the nearest town. Very minor injuries, but one with an epilepsy diagnosis.
We were the first vehicle they had seen, in the 2 hours since the time of accident.
Transferred them and belongings to the nearest hospital 350km away.
Warhammer 40K. Not even once.
Just getting into building a Necron army and -whoof- this scratches an itch in my brain that should really go un-scratched.
Ill raise you Marvel Crisis Protocol. Same buy in, fewer players to justify it.
Daily driving beater cars. I have the tools, knowledge, shop space, and time to buy just about anything without getting scammed and get it back on the road. But if you don’t have those things, buying a beater car can be a good way to create a lot of very expensive and difficult problems for yourself.
Daily driving Linux. I have the skills, knowledge, and time to deal with the little inconveniences that inevitably pop up from time to time. Many people do not.
Cooking from scratch every day. It requires a lot of knowledge, and time management to
- Make sure there’s always something on hand to eat
- Make the most of what you’ve bought without wasting anything
My whole day-to-day schedule revolves around what I have, what I need to eat before it goes bad, and what I have time to cook. Many people aren’t able to plan their whole lives around prep, cooking, and storage of food.
Hiking, camping, hunting, fishing. If you don’t already know for sure you like these things, you’re very likely to not enjoy them. In my experience, everyone who likes these things grew up liking them. I’ve never met anyone who grew up without them and decided later they did. I’ve met plenty of people who thought they’d enjoy these activities, only to find out half way through their first or second trip they actually hate everything about them and want to go home right NOW.
Re: Linux. I’ve updated my view in the past year. It’s actually fine for people with some technical skill and patience these days. Before, there was always some problem driving me back to Windows, some problem that would take a weekend I’d try–and fail–to solve.
It’s a combination of Linux just getting better for non-nerds; I have not needed to go to the command line to fix or adjust anything.
And, I hate to say it, but credit where it’s due, LLM’s are really good at filtering and finding content specific to your distro; so much time with Linux trouble shooting was spent looking for relevant information, and search has only degraded.
I second the beater cars. Both of mine combined cost less than the first year depreciation on an average brand new family car.
But it definitely requires a skillset, mindset and tool set. Its not a lifestyle for everyone.
Ive thought about the car thing before…but honestly my wife is more of a gearhead than I ever will be.
Horses. They’re dangerous and expensive and will take all of your free time. Despite all of that, they’re my passion.
hind quarters the most dangerous area. even cats and dogs, if you high maitenance dog or cat, like husky/GSD dont bother because they are high energy and require lots of grooming professionally if you are unwilling to do it yourself.
for cats, any long haired cats is high maintenance, sphynx is very high maintenance because its hairless and is prone to alot o skin diseases, and extremely annoying to clean because thier oils trap dirt in thier crevices, they are even more high maintenance then long haired cats, also should not be exposed to intense sun light. also exotic breeds like bengals/savannahs are all ill-advised, because of thier wild ancestry you will not be able to control them if you are not experienced.
Guns.
I like sport shooting at ranges and the historical context. For instance, I have a non-sporterised Lee-Enfield that was used to shoot Nazis.
However, firearms should only be owned by folks that have the training and level of responsibility to use them safely.
3d printing. It’s essentially process engineering or manufacturing engineering but hobby level. It will go wrong and you will be frustrated and it will take experimentation and thought to figure it out. (it’s better now than years ago, things have drastically improved.) if you don’t like fiddling with things, don’t do 3d printing. For me? I freaking love it. I love fixing printing mistakes or whatever. Solving problems is wonderful.
Edit typo
I ride a high powered motorcycle.
