As for why webbed, because it was easier than carving the toes out completely, and probably more stable.

Cool, I was wondering what all the stuff about food forests lately were talking about

Holy shit that’s too much. Are you both particularly wealthy or upper class or something?

This is a new friend, and it’s their sister not the friend in question. Also, college freshman are expected to not have much money to throw around.

Flowers, unfortunately, could be seen as a romance thing. Most Americans aren’t super familiar with meanings of specific flowers.

Absolute most I’d do is $50, the card with the handwritten note, and maybe the chocolate.

I think you’re a no brainer. I was effectively agreeing with you, and I was responding to the response to you, not to you directly.

Arguing about what religion is or isn’t acceptable is stupid. Shitty parents will be shitty regardless.

Some parents are abusive and traumatizing, religion or not.

What this really comes down to is “Why are bad people allowed to raise their children how they want?”

Unless you’re trying to make the argument that all religions are abusive and traumatizing.

Oh yeah, resolution will absolutely eat GPU power. I’m at 2k, but that’s also what my monitors were made for. Not sure how good that would look on a 4k mon.

Might be worth trying to downscale and use reshade for extra antialiasing though, if you’re up for tinkering with fiddly bullshit that might not help too much.

They’d probably be worried that I had gotten sucked into the interminable rat race, and wouldn’t believe me when I said I had found a way to be comfortable with it. I used to have panic attacks about the idea of entering the normal workforce and ending up in a job situation like my father did. Love the man, but he prioritized “providing” for the family over being present, and burned himself out doing it. I can see the nuanced differences between that and my situation now, but I never would have back then.

They wouldn’t believe that a relatively modest life could cost so damn much of what I take home. I make money that would make my 19yo head spin, and it’s still not enough to be as comfortable as I would like.

They’d be furious that I let my strong friendships of the time slip for over a decade.

They’d be worried about my weight and how far my general health has tanked. Walking everywhere and doing manual labor jobs had made it easier than I realized to stay healthy back then.

They’d be confused that I’m a decade into a different romantic relationship. That might cause them to more carefully examine the one they were in at the time. I’m not sure if cutting it early would have been better for me though. I learned and grew by years in the span of a few months when that relationship was dying.

What games are you playing where it’s showing its age? I’m using a 2070 super personally. With a variable refresh rate monitor I hardly notice slowdown unless it’s below 30fps, or if it’s spiking.

I also play old games. My recent ones (past year) have been Fallout New Vegas, Stardew Valley, Watch Dogs, Watch Dogs 2, Sonic Unleashed Recompiled, and Cyberpunk 2077.

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Then get a laptop and a phone. No one needs a tablet.

Not really the internet, but I remember Dr. Oz being a daytime TV show that was full of quackery delivered as though it was coming from an expert.

Yeah, this sort of shit has gotten under my skin since identity stuff started exploding into public discourse.

If gender is a construct, why the fuck are we still using traditionally masculine and feminine actions/interests to prescribe identity? What gives anyone the right to prescribe someone else’s identity?