Same here, never got around to cursing, just not in my vocabulary.
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Building a top-end gaming PC. It was always my dream as a kid to have a beast of a PC, with an overclocked top-end CPU, maxed out RAM, full custom water cooling, battery-backed hardware RAID etc. And I built it a few months after I got my first proper job. I was super hyped for it - now I could play all the games I wanted to, without paying any attention to the system requirements. I even bought almost all the games I could never buy as kid, bought every single Humble Bundle etc. I was living the dream that kid me dreamt of.
Except, the reality of adult life struck me, and it struck me hard. After a hard day's work (we did 10 hour shifts at the time + overtime), I found myself too tired to actually game. I really didn't want to sit in front of a PC again after spending 10+ hours in front of one at work. Also, due to the nature of my job (service desk), I developed carpal tunnel, so that put me off gaming even more. In a couple of years, I almost completely gave up on gaming due to my carpal tunnel, tiredness and lack of time. As I switched to other carpal-tunnel-friendly hobbies like watching anime and reading manga, I completely stopped using my PC, and it just kept collecting dust in the corner. I just couldn't face the reality that I was no longer a gamer, no longer young. And I couldn't bear to sell it off either, it was my first proper, gaming PC afterall, built with my sweat and blood. So it still stands solitarily in a corner today, a sad reminder of my youth that is no more.
Again, what you're saying isn't relevant to Lemmy at all. Please elaborate how would a graphics card on some random server help protect actual victims?
I don't see the problem here. What makes you think that the false positives in this case is "unacceptable"? So what if Joe Bloggs isn't able to share a picture of a random kid (why tho) or an image of a child-like person?
That's unfortunate. I can't say that I have full memories of my childhood either, but I do have a few strong memories like watching cartoons and reading comics. Maybe it's because I matured late and continued some of my childhood hobbies into adulthood (mostly watching anime these days, or "kidult" cartoons like Lower Decks and Futurama), or maybe it's the fond memories of watching them with my mum and having a laugh (eg Tom & Jerry, Flintstones, Top Cat), or maybe it's because I never really had friends as a kid, so books and TV were my friends...
Good point, I'm sure they did, but I left the school before they would've introduced those classes (basically left before high school).
I'm a decade older than you and ask myself the same question. In fact, I've never even been in a proper romantic relationship. The closest I've gotten to is holding hands, but we never even kissed.
In saying that, I do fine for the most part, and live a normal life. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't interested in a romantic relationship, but trying to find someone has been next to impossible and stressful, so I tend to just avoid the topic. It does get a bit annoying though when you're the only single person and you go to a meetup or something and everyone else is coupled up or has a partner. Even more annoying when I hear about people in poly relationships.. I'm like.. mf I'm struggling to get even ONE person and you have two or three partners, wtf‽
In all seriousness though, I don't think I really mind bring single, but practically speaking, it sucks because of the higher living costs. We need more affordable housing made for single folks and we need the government to treat singles with the same rights/perks as married folks.
Our school banned us from speaking our native languages (if it wasn't English). Basically everyone had to speak in English even during breaks, and if we were caught speaking our native language, we would be fined.
This was a very orthodox, boys-only Christian school, so there were a lot of things they did back then that would seem strange now.
It was all a bit of a blur, but I recall there were lots of lapdances, champagne, and getting in a hot tub with a bunch of strippers and doing karaoke.
Not to go to the strip club when drunk. I blew like $5k in one weekend, never going back again (at least, not when I'm drunk).
No.