This is also how I feel.

Getting different perspectives from different circles instead of being migrated to one dominant website culture is a big part of why I haven’t moved to piefed, since it seems like that semi-forced centralization is part of their vision.

Comic series have a multiverse for precisely that reason - wide distribution and high content output dont usually happen with just one author, and keeping the story details consistent and simultaneously fresh isn’t practical.

We would also all have our own mini farms and chests upon chests full of weird stuff.

I appreciate it lol, I’m very careful with my hearing and actually use them as ear protection at concerts and sports events as well!

My noise cancelling headphones.

Bose QC35s and I’ve worn them until the ear cups basically fell off, then replaced those for ~$20USD and am still getting daily use out of them.

They have made public life actually livable and music is fantastic with them, plus noisy roommates are no longer as upsetting to be around, lol.

I love GIMP for what it’s done for the community but I can make a circle in Krita.

I just started Cryptmaster today and it’s even better than I was anticipating!

It’s charming, wryly funny, and the art style is incredible. It’s as close to a lighthearted D&D session in tone I’ve experienced and I adore it.

Got it in a pick-your-own bundle alongside Meg’s Monster which I’ve yet to play but still excited! Haven’t regretted it yet.

Originally? To play with image AI models when they first came out.

Then I got that taste of freedom and Windows felt icky. Haven’t touched that side of my dual boot for non-work purposes in years. Even for work it’s a last resort.

Maybe? The port setups work fine on the home router (such as accessing Steam link/Sunshine from a TV) but because it’s behind the mandatory AT&T modem it causes some nasty configuration headaches for external access.

This may sound crazy but do you have an AT&T router?

I have not been able to solve it myself yet unfortunately but having two routers has made it impossible for me to use Tailscale/Wireguard/ZeroTier etc. in much the same way as you’re describing.

The devices “see” each other but can’t connect no matter what configuration I follow, what firewall settings I tweak, nothing. I think there’s a pass through problem where UPnP is in conflict.

Sorry I don’t have an answer but I promise you’re not alone in your frustration.

It’s glorious

I totally ate the onion (truthion?) on this showerthought lmao

I am desperately curious about the life that leads up to this question

This is why people think .world users are genocide supporters.

Children asking for food is not terrorism. Neither is self defense during 80+ years of violent occupation and apartheid.

Plenty of age appropriate “birds and bees” books out there, this is a “packets and pings” one.

I don’t have a full answer, unfortunately.

My own experience - people as individuals are way more tolerable than in groups. My best jobs were where I could work with kids or work 1-on-1 with others, with a task based focus. Dynamics and politics are hell.

It’s much harder in most of the work world, especially in the field you’re in it seems, but if you can find some other neurodivergent folks (even one or two) to surround yourself with it’ll help keep the full misanthropy at bay.

I do my best to prioritize downtime and personal mental health outside of that as another extra barrier against the rot that is “NT” society. I’m not sure even neurotypicals like what’s expected socially, to be honest.

At the end of the day, even though it may seem like it otherwise, you’re not alone. Introversion/nerdiness/autism isn’t as horrendously rare or bad as extroverts make it out to be, and many those of us like you have similar feelings. Sometimes remembering there are other humans like you and you do have some kindred spirits out there, somewhere, can bite that despair back just a bit.

Godspeed in the meantime.

TIL there’s a Deus Ex community.

Instant join 😄

Sixteen other responses and nobody has said earplugs so far.

We used earplugs. They were uncomfortable and they sucked but it was something.

Thank you.

Nobody truly interested/invested in “subversive activity” (heavy on the quotes there) is going to go blabbing about it on the frickin clearnet.

Just because you don’t see things posted online doesn’t mean they’re not happening.

Life exists outside the internet and even in Star Wars the rebellion didn’t go screaming and drawing attention to what they’re doing. Neither did the Empire.

Any real change, in any meaningful direction happens in meatspace. And most people who aren’t in the status quo party(ies) are going to keep low in public when not in huge numbers. Hard to do anything impactful when you’re dead or disappeared.

Museum of Science, in Boston.

The T-Rex (if they still have it), the musical stairs, the natural history exhibit on the lower floor and the butterfly garden had me enthralled growing up.

They’ve also got the tech area/giant Van de Graaf generator (I think I spelled that correctly) that you might really enjoy. Their seasonal/rotation exhibits are also really cool.

And baby chicks! I miss that place so much lol still highly recommend though if you haven’t already been there!

I mean, a good chunk of that is astroturfing and bots.

Corporate greed has filtered down into a very concentrated form and the rampant censorship (or censureship if you’re going to be technical, but at this point US gov’t also has a hand in it) creates a garish caricature.

I haven’t been “on” Reddit in a very long time (just found out I was permabanned for using a scrambling tool months ago though lolol), so I don’t know how long pro-Lemmy/fediverse posts would stay up but it’s definitely worth a shot. I’m sure we’re due for another exodus anyway.