Hey folks, is this where the old farts are hanging out? Point me toward the bathroom, I’ll be a while.

I bet they’re measuring from the back of the building.

No, it’s just a water-walking horse.

I was once really excited to meet a forum friend on whom I’d been crushing on a little as we were going to attend the same event, and she brought along a forum newbie who lived near her and who I didn’t really know all that well.

It turned out my crush and I had just platonically friendly vibes in person, but her friend and I had an immediate major connection and ended up dating seriously for a year.

Easiest way out which will still be helpful: send her the link to that comment of yours.

Depending on your feelings about the Catholic Church, you might look into donating to the Society of St Vincent de Paul.

Where I grew up there were also some smaller independent thrift stores run by neighborhood religious organizations or other nonprofits on their own steam. You might check for any in your area.

It’s the most popular web browser in the world. Direct access to the browser windows and browsing data of the majority of Internet users would be the point.

I have an appointment to get my first tattoo this afternoon!

As long as you’re cosplaying indoors or at night. The thing isn’t bright enough for daylight.

I’m a dark-mode person on computers, and I’m also a visual artist. When I draw digitally I always prefer drawing light colors onto a dark background, and when I paint I always prefer painting lighter colors onto a black-primed canvas. I think I first tried that after seeing a behind-the-scenes about Batman’s artists doing it that way, and realizing it made much more sense to my visual and artistic sensibility.

You jest, but I’m pretty sure all the secondhand shops I go to charge sales tax.

“Mother… my nuts.”

There are dozens of us who agree. Dozens.

Shout-out to the fansite: https://SMBMovie.com

Dude.

Mastodon is my main social-media daily driver, so I do check it out during downtime at work. Lemmy less so, but every now and then.

I’m fortunate to have a decent data plan as well as good mobile signal in my workplace, so I just keep my phone off the company wi-fi to avoid any worry about what I’m loading through my company network.

Collective viewing is still best on a TV.

If you are alone there may be functionally little difference between sitting on the couch watching TV and lying in bed with a smartphone balanced on your chest, but as soon as you’re sharing the viewing experience at all there’s still value in having a big shared screen.

Me too! I love my Steam Deck.

It’s terribly easy to be an ally when you’re excluded. Helping people to have the space and community they need can be an incredible act of allyship, even (perhaps especially) when that space and community is not also for you.