Depends on your circumstances. Imo, if I could go back in time I’d take a year off to work side gigs/volunteer to get a better idea of what I want to pursue and how to go about doing that. I felt really rushed into college and I regret the school I picked.

Also a lot of stress related mental illnesses can pop up in college and that was the case for me and several people I knew. I’m not saying this to discourage you, college is great, but the jump from high school to sudden independence is really jarring for a lot of people. If you are concerned about mental health, consider looking into that.

Then, start with community College because it’s cheap and you can finish most of your core classes, then transfer from there.

If your parents give you shit I recommend making a plan and presenting them with it to show that you will be working on yourself and you have a roadmap

Teen vogue killing it again.

Yeah I’m using Obsidian instead.

I wanted to see what the fuss was about after windows 11 came out, because I was sick of Windows intrusive UI and shady business practices.

I still use windows for some things, but now I duel boot to cinnamon and it is my daily desktop driver. I vastly prefer the clean interface and speed of Linux over windows, and I now play most of my games on it too. I was shocked when I realized that Elden Ring runs great, and looks better, on Linux while it was unplayable on windows at release.

I also installed Fedora to my surface pro after a windows update made it impossible to use without severe slowdown. I’ve had my surface for 6 years and it runs great on Linux.

The only downside to Linux is that, as am artist, the apps are limited. Blender is fantastic, Krita is catching up, but there is no way to use clip studio, harmony (toon boom, storyboard pro), or Zbrush (yes I can sculpt in blender but it is not quite there yet.)

I love that people aren’t falling for this shit. The US War machine can’t hide its bloody history anymore.

Do you have any hobbies you like to do? I recommend investing in tools/supplies if that’s your jam.

I took one of these surveys on prolific and chose violence, you’re welcome.

Imo you need to let his parents know. I’d want to know if I were his parent, especially his mother.

Hopefully he’s just going through a really obnoxious contraroian phase because he’s 16 (tho he’s still being a massive asshole.)

Imo, the family needs to stand together and lovingly, but firmly, not stand for his bullshit. Make it clear that there will be consequences for shit behavior and that your family is not about the hate he’s spewing.

There is only so much you can do as a relative. His parents need to stand up to this bs. Have you spoken to them about it? Do they know how bad it’s gotten?

I assume this kid and your family are in the Baltics right now? If that’s the case all of his behavior probably feels free of consequence to him because he’s not around openly LGBT people or minorities.

Imo He’s doing this for negative attention and to be friends with awful people that he views as strong. I imagine that he’s in with a bad crowd and he was mocked for his communist beliefs.

Had a really bad weed addiction (yes I know it’s psychological but imo it was harder than quitting cigarettes)

Whenever I tried to quit I wouldn’t be able to sleep for up to 3 days at a time. If I got past that I could be clean for a month or two before caving and falling back into weed usage.

Turns out I had really bad OCD and PTSD and zero serotonin (thus, no sleep). I got put on Lexapro and the obsessions were 90% better after that, and the weed usage has gone from daily to once every few months, with friends. The hard part has been adjusting, and developing, a new lifestyle and hobbies to replace the drug use. I also have Been grieving the decade I lost to addiction and trauma.

My tips: addiction is a response to something else going on. It’s not laziness, it’s not lack of willpower, it’s not because you are a monster. It might be due to covering up pain, or because you’re self medicating and don’t realize it. Be kind to yourself, because the world is unnecessarily shitty to addicts.

Pathologic 2

At the end of the game the

Left me shook. Amazing game.

Top notch calligraphy there.

Imo the late 2020’s through 2030’s are going to be a hot war that will determine the leading ideology and superpower for the next century.

I believe China will win this for many reasons, the biggest being due to the leadership of the imperial core being too busy sniffing its own farts and lining the pockets of the bougousie. Even with nuclear weapons, I imagine the people in power will flee/be deposed by spies/disgruntled citizens/class traitors which will limit the damage done.

I believe that socialism is coming in our lifetimes but it will take a bloodbath to get there. Communism itself will require a lot of adjustment of beliefs and re-education so I’m thinking 2100 if I had to pick a year.

When you have OCD and ADHD so you hold onto the grudge because what if you forget???

Do you not have COBRA? Or is that too much?

I’m waiting for the modding community to overhaul Starfield in 1 - 3 years before I’ll even touch it.

BG3 is a blast and I can’t get enough. It’s the first game I’ve played that’s felt like I’m a part of a fantasy novel. IMO it’s because unlike a lot of other CRPG’s it’s really good about pacing out it’s lore and not info dumping all over the player.

Trazodone

One time I made a the mistake of going on vacation to NYC wearing converse and my feet hurt so bad I had to sit on the sidewalk.

“Orcs”

Ew.

Personally I enjoy the federation but I’m not the one who got bs in their inbox. You made a lot of good points about the site filling a safe space niche and I can empathize with that.

Is there currently no way to let users block instances like mastodon does?

Sorry comrade