I didn’t expect anyone your age was on Lemmy. Glad to be wrong on that.

So there’s a bit to unpack in what you said.

• Most physical ailments can at least be mitigated these days, if not cured/resolved. It could take a long time, but quality of life should at least be possible if you pursue it.
• A lot of people have shitty families. Obviously that’s not good, but at least you’re not alone in that. The good part is that as an adult you can mostly cut those people out of your life and define your own family.
• Speaking of that, you’re right on the cusp of adulthood. Your life will almost certainly change drastically in the next few years. And you get to decide a lot of it. What feels like an eternity as a teen turns out to be a pretty short time when you have an older perspective. Once you’re able to move out, you’ll see.
• There are jerks anywhere you go, unfortunately. Best thing you can do is try to surround yourself with people who aren’t. Caring, funny, delightful people are everywhere too, but you don’t always see them because they’re trying to avoid the jerks as well.

You’ll have a very hard time with Barbara’s Rhubarb Bar then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HmGbx_oRTI

Interesting, thanks. But damn, I’m sorry life has let you down so completely.

I don’t expect you to believe me, but not all places and times are shitty. Some are pretty good even. If you can get enough distance between yourself and your current situation, you might find better options than ending it all.

Of course, if your own body is the main source of misery, that’s pretty hard to escape so that’s awful and I understand.

Aw, hope you’re doing far better. Depression is deeply unfair, and in my limited experience I hate how it masks itself as clarity or certainty.

I’m a bit morbidly curious about this feeling you highlight, if you’re willing to describe further. Is it weird like any these? Total guesses on my part, no intent to be insensitive so apologies if any come across that way.

• 1. “I shouldn’t be here”
• 2. “Am I dead/dreaming?”
• 3. “Am I still me? / Is the world still the same?”
• 4. Drugs still in your system / everything hazy or woozy
• 5. Some conflicting combination of “Fuck, I’m still here / Yay, I’m still here”
• 6. Disappointment
• 7. Relief
• 8. Disassociation or out-of-body feeling
• 9. Ennui

EDIT: Added numbers

Thanks. Either that wasn’t included before or coffee hadn’t reached my brain yet.

7PM what timezone?

I’m not even hungry and that looks great. Excellent work.

Here, you can filter by OS and license.

https://alternativeto.net/software/gimp/

Honestly the GIMP interface is way better than it used to be (5-10 years ago?). The old multi-window design always frustrated me but with the single-window tab view it feels much more normal.

Right? I hate the phrasing in this headline. Adobe isn’t somehow “owed” those millions so it’s totally backwards to call that a loss. Fuck that noise.

They’re a business, they should earn their revenue by fostering a healthy competitive environment and then winning through innovation and customer loyalty. Not the monopoly licensing and subscription lock-in BS they’ve been doing for decades.

I mean Hershey’s is garbage but Ghirardelli is alright. But there are more local artisinal chocolates (article mentions Fran’s which is presumably West Coast only) that can be much higher quality.

None I’ve tried compare to the Polish E. Wedel brand I find in a local shop though.

Huh. I’ve seen Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter but not this one. lol

If you can wait a couple months, get the new Steam Controller when it releases. It should work great on Linux (designed for SteamOS) and have plenty of buttons for any game. And if you find yourself kicked into a desktop environment or needing to click or scroll something, the trackpads will help you handle that.

Guess what? The modern state of Saxony (aka Upper Saxony, Obersachsen) is not even contiguous with the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). They’re separated by nearly 300 km.

Although to be somewhat fair they are connected by Sachsen-Anhalt. And basically all of northern Germany was at one point called Saxony (“Old Saxony”, Altesachsen), at least by some others in the first millennium.

Of course history is funny; The lands of Upper Saxony weren’t part of the medieval Duchy of Saxony that followed, despite eventually taking the name (via “Electorate of Saxony” and then “Kingdom of Saxony”).

But anyway the “Anglo-Saxons” were probably really from Denmark and northern Schleswig-Holstein. The southern parts of their region might’ve been called Saxony at the time.

(I’m mostly posting this because I wanted to figure it all out)

OMG finally. One of my top irritations since switching to Linux is that I can’t use system power-saving features because they don’t respect my ganepads or wireless keyboard and wake.

Haha, didn’t even cross my mind. Actually yeah if George Romero had made a sequel to any of those I’d totally watch them.

Bonnie and Clyde

Downfall

Lincoln

/s

Per the article

longest continuously running restaurant on record

confirmed by the Guiness Book of World Records

Not a terrible guess, but that’s the even larger Dunkleosteus terrelli.

It’s always great to see a big Dunk.

I can’t eat jalapeños (intolerance or something) so here are some other good pineapple combos worth trying.

• Regular sauce, pineapple, feta, optional artichoke
• Sweeter sauce, pineapple, pepperoni, banana peppers
• BBQ sauce, pineapple, roasted chicken (or meatballs!), red onion
• Pesto sauce, pineapple, sausage, and roasted red peppers (my favorite!)