Just great. I guess I’ll consider that my payment for all the free gba games I’ll be playing on that thing

I ordered a Powkiddy RGB30, although I’m not really sure how the tariffs will impact this since it’s coming from China (I bought it before the 104%)

I saw your edit and I’m honestly impressed with the positive shift toward healthy communication and planning to take action on her part.

The letter writing was a good idea, and I read the other replies about him giving distance to her. As for the suggestion of her possibly having autism, I think that’s on her to figure out through her doctor. I wouldn’t outright tell her that.

After a week of writing letters, maybe they could transition to having daily talks about anything on each other’s minds. And being sure to ask “why?”, because some people listen well but never ask questions. It helps both people. Other than that, so long as she carries through with getting to the doctor and communication keeps strong, things will likely work out fine. Definitely make a new post if there’s any huge updates on this

Reedit, is that a copy of Lemmy or something?

If it was as simple as communication issues and her not fully reciprocating in the relationship, that would be one thing. But she’s in clear need of therapy. Unless she’s willing to seek help, she’s slowly sinking them.

Whether or not she is having an affair, which isn’t something there seems to be any concrete proof for, he does seem to be looking for an out. She also seems done. This relationship is already over.

Yet another reason not to use that awful app.

I have 2 ugly tattoos that I got done on the same day, by the owner of the shop nonetheless. One of them looks like a drawing made by a 6 year old. The meaning behind the tattoos are basically gone, yes, but I don’t regret that at all…. just the poor quality. Even if I got tattooed an alien sharting itself in graphic detail, I’d have zero regrets if it was done well.

I blame myself to be honest, I wasn’t ready for tattoos and had the wrong mindset about it all. But the experience taught me valuable lessons:

Don’t lower your standards. Don’t feel like your appointment seals your fate — if they aren’t getting the design right, cancel and find a better suited artist. It’s permanent and it’s your body. Also, there’s no “saving money” with a tattoo you’ll end up paying to get removed later. A professionally-done tattoo is well worth the money and travel. Find well-known artists in your community, and talk with them before you even consider letting them tattoo you. Online reviews of shops aren’t good for vetting individual artists.

Day 11 of wondering why people don’t just use cases and screen protectors on their phones

Mars is an uninhabitable hellscape that I sincerely hope Musk and his billionaire friends colonize so that they all become one with Martian soil

“I don’t hate women and minorities but I don’t see anything wrong with an economy built off of their exploitation.”

I mean, you’re likely right and I probably didn’t give it a good enough shot. I just haven’t had the smoothest experience with it. It took me twice as long to make an ugly Resume on libre than the time it took for me to make a decent one on “free” word

I’ve used Libre Office, but unpopular opinion, the formatting sucks. I just pirated word, never paying for that again

Great opportunity to mention Brave is owned by a dipshit right-wing homophobe.

At the moment I just have an old laptop and connect it to my TV via hdmi and installed Parsec on both devices. It’s a nice, free method.

In the future though I do want to look into getting a mini PC and doing essentially the same thing except it could be an individual device for the most part.

I only ever tried using a Roku so I could stream my PC to my smart TV, but it turns out there’s MASSIVE latency. Of course I returned it. If I had to deal with that AND ADS, I would have set that shit on fire

There’s a few things here.

And given how they rarely invite me back, I guess the feeling is mutual

Based on your language, that’s an assumption. I know it’s easy to assume people are uninterested or hate you or whatever, but people also suck at initiating things and are as unsure as you are. It could just be you guys didn’t vibe, and that’s fine. Invite them again or wait to see if they show interest again. That’ll tell you what you need to know.

I am quite cold towards people I don’t know

I get that completely. I used to be this way, until I started working in a more social environment, then I developed a skill to be fake-charismatic. That might sound exhausting but it does help others feel like you don’t despise their presence, and they’ll warm up to you better. And as for the “full sales presentation mode”, I get it. To be honest, asking questions is a great way of stimulating conversation, and it doesn’t have to be just about work. A good piece of advice is to ask questions you want asked about yourself. People love answering questions, and then they’ll get curious about you.

Some events seem to have a lot more of “my people”, some less

So, you’ve found people you can click with, that’s great news. Now it’s just a matter of establishing and maintaining connections, inviting people places and doing things that are within both of your interests. But definitely gauge their interest. If they seem to be drifting off, don’t push them. Also, while being sure to show interest in hanging out, don’t be the only one showing interest. There’s people who feed off of treating others like shit while wanting to receive all the attention. You don’t want people like that in your life. You want a friend who invites you as well.

how could I change this?

You’re not really doing anything wrong per se. You just need to believe in yourself and have the courage to keep going even if things get tough or you mess up. Because that’s how you learn! Also, people have their own issues and you can’t control that. Just keep going at it and with enough time, you’ll have a great group of your own people.

Also, adding this at the end, but new friends can be very unsure but still want to invite you. If you ever reject an invite, you need to be the one to invite them next time. Otherwise they’ll perceive that as you being uninterested in them.

Give money to the artists the AI stole art fr… I mean sex robots