This. Degoogling and using FOSS alternatives can only take you so far. We should drastically reduce smartphone usage. I got a dumbphone so I can be reachable. Outside of work, my smartphone is mostly powered off. I can’t realistically get rid of it, as I need a bunch of banking apps, authenticators, Google Maps at times (and no, there’s no real alternative to this, everything else sucks). But I only use it when I absolutely need it. It’s gathering a lot less data than it used to. I’m striving to be as low value to big tech as possible. Reducing smartphone use has also done wonders for my wellbeing. I read more, I’ve regained my attention span, I have more time to do stuff I like. Stop scrolling, there’s nothing but bullshit on the next screen, you’re not missing out on anything. Stop trying to replace one app or site with another. Just let it go, it was never worth it.

Wait, so the Festivus pole thing is for real? Do you also do the airing of grievances?

So that cute little lock icon in my WhatsApp my convos meant nothing? :(

Is this the inspiration for the massively underrated 90’s cartoon The Critic?

Bum music off of Spotify and save up for a home server in the meantime, got it.

And somehow Voyager is both and more.

Wolves

Nope.

I think the biggest flaw lemmy has is the upvote/downvote system, same as on reddit. The arrows are used as an agree/disagree indicator, which buries unpopular opinions and rewards popular “low-risk” ones, thus creating the same echo-chambers we’re all so tired of.

Here’s a link to the paper, so you don’t have to read an article about an article.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289625000893

You either get cancer or you get diabetes, but you can’t have them both in this economy.

I’m a ham.

Yeah… I’m a bit chubby myself :(

Sounds interesting, I think I’ll give the show a listen.

USA defaultism at work.

When I said I miss the old internet this was not what I was thinking of!

I just close my eyes and replay MASH reruns.

Ride gravel every day 🤘

As i get older and take care of myself, its easier to love myself, and thus, its easier to love other people and receive their love too.

Really well said.

I too started to face the consequences of my lifestyle in my late 20’s. I was fat, sedentary, ate junk, smoked, drank and my back started to hurt. I can’t really tell what motivated me to turn my life around. Could be I wanted to live a long and healthy life out of spite. Anyway, I’m way healthier now than I was 10 or 15 years ago. The effort is worth it.

Snapped a picture of my bike.

Don’t search for “sqrt girls”, you’ll be gravely disappointed.

If you actually read Revelations you’ll be surprised that the word antichrist is nowhere to be found.