What do I talk about with family… We are few, but we have our niche interests.

Small talk about work and how’s things going, health, anything of note you’ve done recently like watching a show or visiting somewhere etc. That goes with everyone as a filler I guess.

Mom will ramble about politics and all her friends and family. I occasionally ask about some of her relatives if I remember, and yes, her relatives are also mine but I don’t have much of a relationship with these people like she does. So yes it’s more about listening. She also likes to talk about her plants and the birds in the backyard.

Dad doesn’t need much input. Occasionally I’ll have a tech question for him that he will answer or not depending on how much he can be bothered. If it’s him opening conversation, it’s probably going to be on either a tech or politics news topic. He may or may not want to show off his latest tinkering project. He’s more like the average Lemmy user, only he’s not a Lemmy user.

Sister has a more intense work life and topics will include work, food, finances, her friends, occasionally popular culture (movies, games). Great listener for whenever I have anxiety over something, or when I just need someone to explain me the normal way of doing things for normal people.

Yes the current status quo that favors me so much is actually good for everyone else, don’t let anyone say otherwise okay

Your appreciation of sweeping under the rug for handsome people is true, however, not the only outcome therefore I disagree that beautiful always wins. I’ve seen beautiful lose just as much.

Cats

DnD

Hey, nice to see you posting here

Best ice cream name here imo. I love how they stick to it unashamedly. I’m a straight woman and I love a golden gaytime lol

Jackalope. Winged jackalope

Both, we know AI cannot create anything new, hence the churning of slop decelerates any potential progress or pivots. Why innovate or find new meanings if there is no pressure for you to come up with new stuff? AI does it for you from what’s already there.

I don’t love any movie I consider terrible, but I do enjoy some parts of movies I consider terrible.

I have a love hate relationship with Michael Bay Transformers. Love the character designs, the flashy action scenes, but I absolutely abhor the plot (yeah if you can call it a plot).

My, I’m hallucinating, sorry. I could swear I read 30% sexier in one of the screenshots and 20% on the other… The result potatoes do look different though.

I find it very interesting how it preserves the curve on the top left side of the potato for the 30, but doesn’t for the 20. 20 only is good enough to remove dirt and some wrinkles, seems like it needs the extra 10 for curves to appear.

I feel weird the pope is saying something that resonates with me… Stop

Love it

I need to start using this in my life somehow. I’ll snatch the pic for myself for now

As a child, I wanted to be a zoologist.

Later during my teens I wanted to be an artist. And I did.

I pursued the arts for a very long time. Started as a silversmith while I was still in my teens, a career that lasted about 15 years give or take. Meanwhile I kept studying arts. I managed to get some illustrations published but it wasn’t a lot. As my silversmith era was ending, I got into 3D design/VFX. I managed to work for a small studio for two years. Best job in my whole life, unfortunately it ended too roughly with a mix of industry collapse, burnout and personal relationship problems all entangled.

That was a couple years ago and in spite of my best efforts I couldn’t get a job in 3D ever again. This in turn drove me into depression, of which I’m crawling out of, currently holding a job in retail ( I jumped from one retail place to another until I found a decent work environment) but unfortunately my creative side is not giving any signs of life. The current AI debacle adds insult to injury, discouraging sharing new work at all if I had anything substantial to produce.

It’s shit. But it used to be great. I wonder if there’s something of Phoenix in me or if I’m just a pile of ashes. Only time will tell but the years keep piling up and things don’t improve.

If it did get dirty I would have to try it. As it is though, not interested, and slightly put off.

Hi, turns out I made a post about data not too long ago if you’d like to see what people consume/pay and chime in. Or not.

https://mander.xyz/post/45669283

Brilliant

That’s too true, thanks for the reminder

I’m still on Baldurs Gate 3 and loving it