I mean I hear you. And the experience can be made better, but where that clashes with decentralization, I’d rather decentralization wins.

I think if you really examine the realities of what you are saying, you’ll land on split communities being fine. It gives people a place to go if there are rogue admins or mods.

No, it’s not user friendly but I also don’t think attracting every single person to Lemmy is a good goal. There are plenty of people on Reddit in happy to have stay there.

I’m allergic, too. Every time I drink, I get a headache about 5-7 hours later. Still not enough to make me stop. But I do frequently wake up with headaches, which doesn’t help me feel rested.

Beach house, without question. I spent my summers growing up on a lake. Every day I woke up to the light reflecting onto the ceiling from the waves. I fell asleep listening to waves lapping at the seawall. It’s probably the most content and relaxed I’ve ever been. Could just be nostalgia for a life (and the teenage lifestyle) and people long gone, but to live that way again when I retire is my fondest wish. Probably out of reach, but I can dream.

Lots of fucking spiders on and in a beach house, though, lol. I still have nightmares about the way you’d sometimes open the sliding glass door and three or four fat ones would immediately drop down, I guess drawn by the temperature difference? So listen, beach houses are fucking awful. None of you should want one. If you have one, you probably want to leave. I’d be willing to take it off your hands at a discount.