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Not crazy, just conditioned. Buying new clothes is exciting (after you turn 15) and the smell is part of the memory.

I like the UI of Aurora (purple teal logo). I don't remember why, but I paid for Pro. I also have alerts on my phone from the site https://aurora-alerts.uk/ There's of course the NOAA website but the UI isn't as smooth or I just don't know what I'm doing. Aurora has a nice prediction map that's updated every few minutes. Aurora-alerts/Glendale has good alerts when it detects storm bursts. On 10/10, it alerted me ~20 minutes prior to each of the 3 bursts.

Honorable mention to Aurora Notifier (black green logo). It's map isn't as helpful as Aurora, but it incorporates usergsubmitted settings by location. When Europe has a ton of green dots, I know the activity is at least producing aurora

I have a tower built off a pine tree. When it thunderstorms, I race up the stairs to go Thor-spotting

It's possible. We need activity and alignment for it to happen. Get some apps, check some forecasts. The 3-day forecast only tells you if you should expect to check the daily forecast. The daily forecast tells you to check thebjourly forecast. The hourly forecast tells you if you should be at the viewing area already. I just saw them last week around 40deg N for the first time. It's unique.

Interesting. I had an increase in fungal presence, but I figured it was excessive boot usage due to starting motorcycle riding 5 months after my first covid infection. It clear near winter for the most part but I wonder if I just hadn't noticed the initial spread.

"can't scroll all day"

I keep saying that's a positive thing for other productivity, but sadly, that's not happening for me. Turns out, I want to sit and bum just as much as I always did before. I'm more likely to actually read articles, but I know meta gets more screen time now. As you said, lemmy doesn't have those full niche communities. I know, sacrilege to admit around here.

Most brands make it seem impossible to setup without connecting. I got a free TCL/Roku and it was such a massive headache to avoid connecting that I connected it. I just skip the ARC HDMI and pretend it's just as good since I don't use the built in apps. ARC ports read your content to "better serve you content" (ads)

Then we all agree, the frog's on point!

And skulls have lips and goats have sexy hips

I agree with this and want to add my take on "pretending to have your shit together"

Its not so much as trying to impress everyone around you as much as it is focusing on positives. If you need specific help to get something done and I'm the person that can help, by all means, tell me you don't have your shit together and I'll work with you. But otherwise, I don't really need to hear about how bad you are at getting laundry done. Most people in my area have shitty retail/cust svc jobs that aren't much to write home about. Does it pay the bills? Do you have a normal amount of time off? If yes and yes, then great, let's talk about some social trend or play a game or drink beer. You have a 2-basket laundry system, I haven't vacuumed in 3 years. We don't need to judge each other's lives over those details. We're not hanging out to be the two most shit-togethered people in the room, we're here for common interests and well-paired attitudes.

I'll offer another price of experience in my 30s. I had no friends at 25. I lost all my school friends, my neighborhood friends all had new neighborhoods, I was overqualified but stuck at a bullshit job, and my cousins got different lives. Sure, I hung out with people from work, I found a new set of cousins with my spouse, and I found a like-minded group from a hobby. But those don't count, right? Not my actual cousins, I only see the hobby people during hobby activities and related gatherings, and that's just "work" people.

Wrong.

Don't put qualifiers on who is a real friend. Do you have a good time together? Do you meet sometimes? Do you beleive they mean you no harm? Great, those are real friends. Nearly all friends in life will be friends of proximity. A neighbor, a classmate, a coworker, a hobbyist. When you lose the proximity by moving, changing schools, exiting a hobby, or changing jobs, most will fade into the background. Shared experiences keep friendships moving so when you take away the common setting, it doesn't flow as easily. The inside jokes from coworkers about new policies now need a preface to get the other person up to speed. The former neighbor needs to make plans with you to meet for dinner instead of just coming around the corner. The hobbyists used to talk about their next project but, previously, never talked about life with you.

Maybe you'll have a good lifelong friend or two with whom you always reconnect instantly. It's probably because of some similarity in your formative years that keeps you in the same book, if not on the same page. Other than that, you'll always be bouncing around between groups. Please, don't disqualify them as temporary or not serious enough. Live in the moment. Are you having a good time with these people right now? Then let the good times roll.

It hit me hardest around my wedding. I felt like I had no one to invite and was part of why I pushed it off. I ended up with about 20 aquaintices at a 120-guest wedding. I got to see several weddings shortly before mine and realized I fit in just fine at those. When I was at my welcome party the night before and saw all these different groups mingling with each other, they didn't really care about the qualifiers of their presence, either. They asked how they knew the wedding couple but moved onto their regular small talk. A party isn't a place to be the sole star of your own show, a party is a happy group of people partaking in festivities. Your cultivated group of aquaintices will be more compatible than you realize.

The group of non-theists I've surrounded myself with (atheist, agnostic, between) knows we are dumb meat bags. Our purpose is to make ourselves and the other meat bags around us a little happier and a little more comfortable. We don't really shout it out since we're not driven to convert others/profess faith and not trying to act superior over those that beleive in something. So there may be more around you than you realize just tying to not be a dick

Half the electoral votes. The last 2 times they won the popular vote was 2004 and 1984.