I’m sad that that “no pooping” guy never explained himself.

Maybe he was sacrificing his colon for the well-being of the fediverse.

You’ll have to tell me how hot these wings are.

He should just be glad he wasn’t bringing home snails.

Oh hey, have you guys heard of this thing called “lemmy”? It’s part of the fediverse. You might enjoy the memes!

Hey, wanna hang out?

For a more normal picture of her … Sort of:

I’m not sure if yours sounds worse than mine - I guess it depends on the metric - but they both seem pretty awful.

Star Trek glory guy.

Where I grew up, driving school was mandatory before being eligible for a license.

I ended up going to two. The first one, the instructor advocated disregarding caution and just trusting in the universe to take care of you (not exactly how she phrased it). At one point some state representative came in; the instructor, apparently forewarned, told the class that she would be teaching differently the day the representative was there and that we shouldn’t comment on it.

When my mom found out, she took me out and put me in a better known school, then demanded a refund from the first one. The instructor sent her a copy of her contract, highlighting a phrase that was something like “no refund under any conditions.”

A few months later, that school was no longer open.

Please do!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4

Strong words from someone who’s not really here.

Hey, thanks for extending this thread with me. It was fun.

BRE

Big Ring Energy

Also, have you seen the movie Home? One could very easily argue about whether it’s a good movie, but there’s a scene in it where a hostile alien ship flies into Saturn’s ring and has a very visually impressive impact.

Again, not making any comment on the quality of the movie in general … That scene struck me as so cool that a screenshot of it has been my wallpaper on my work computer for nine years.

edit: I don’t run a public webserver anymore, but at the time I did and was unaware of things like nextcloud and copy party, so I had to save the screenshot to my webserver to get it to my work computer to use as the background.

BHE

Big Hoop Energy

It can take a bit of motivation to get started, but reading books can be so fun and worthwhile (with the right books for you). I read a lot of books until I had a kid, then I didn’t have the time or energy to keep it up. Just recently I suffered a back injury that keeps me in bed a lot of the time, which forced downtime on me, and so I started reading again.

I wouldn’t recommend the back injury, but I’ve so much enjoyed embracing books once more. Like you, I’m 38 and felt like my literacy was declining. Now I feel like a lot of it’s coming back! If you can, you should try to resume reading.

I hope they didn’t burn their diploma.

I think this is the kind of heart monitor you get if you have heart concerns. For example, a few months ago I had an experience that might have been a heart attack. When I told my doctor, they recommended wearing a heart monitor for two weeks to identify any problems.

I wasn’t instructed to write down any details. Instead, the monitor came with a phone with a locked down app. If I experienced symptoms, I would press a button on the monitor attached to my chest, then choose the symptoms on the app (high HR, chest pressure, lightheadedness, nausea, etc.) There was a section for notes, but it was optional.

I can see an argument being made for it being invasive, but it’s not mandatory and, at least from my experience, you don’t have to provide any information you don’t want to (though you probably should for a proper diagnosis).

I haven’t yet had my follow-up appointment, but I very much doubt the cardiologist has any interest in anything that is not directly relevant to your evaluation.

Well this was just depressing.

I had my windows replaced … Last year, I think? That detail doesn’t really matter.

I always knew that normal windows negate any attempt at security, but it was still unnerving to visually confirm that they are easily removed, fragile barriers filling what are just holes in my wall.

Hey, don’t judge until you’ve tried bowling without hands.