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[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I am very saddened by the general attitude people come at about making new friends with age, on any side of the discussion. I've got like 30 friends right now (active, some friends are still friends but show up once a year or something), and I started with half that in my 20s. It has been growing slowly. Yeah some people fell out (Trump related more than anything else) but like, I just made 7 new friends in the last few years and it wasn't hard. It was just being open to meeting new kinds of people.

By the way: I'm an introvert

Who the hell can afford a printer in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's why I'm thankful I haven't updated mine and it's an older model. People should look out for that for sure.

Who the hell can afford a printer in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bonus is you can buy third party refilled toner in bundles for like $15 for 3. I bought some a couple of years ago and I still haven't burned through the first replacement

Transitioning in STEM in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You're simply not paying attention, because you don't have to. Not to be harsh. I went from male to female and how I'm treated is night and day. You've never tried to see how the other side lives, and when you heard stories that went against your experiences you dismissed them like your mind is trying to do right now.

Why does it happen? Nurture. History. Patriarchy. I could blame a lot of things. It's mostly that men never get treated the way they treat women.

Spirits, why does my girlfriend have to work late on her boss's boat so often? in c/askouija@lemmy.world

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

W

Minecraft confuses me in c/memes@sopuli.xyz

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

Don't have a cow, son

What hill will you die on? in c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Percentile dice (two ten-sided ones) are read with one die representing the 10s digit, the other the ones digit.

00 and 0 = 100

10 and 0 = 10

The shit people come up with as alternatives to reading the results are wrong

What were people doing before high fives?? in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

*Permanently Deleted* in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Big Banks Quietly Prepare for Catastrophic Warming in c/climate@slrpnk.net

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 32 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Take the money and run

Liberals promise to build nearly 500,000 homes per year, create new housing entity in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] BellyPurpledGerbil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nobody in this goddamned world has ever heard the term "preventative" I swear to God.

You don't brush your teeth when you start getting cavities. You brush to prevent them.

You don't install seatbelts after you've been ejected from your car. You get a car that already has seatbelts and airbags.

Vaccines, healthy foods, routine hardware maintenance (cars, computers, etc), exercise and stretches... You're supposed to do and get things BEFORE you have the problems they solve.

We really really need to get into the habit, as a species, of trying to prevent bad things before they happen.