@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

YourHeroes4Ghosts

@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org

Neurospicy, middle aged, she/her, queer, geeky.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

"First off" is an annoying phrase that makes people sound dumb.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

I don't know, my brother has been a Redditor for as long as I was (15 years) and he became angry and hostile when I told him about Lemmy. We're both in our 50s.

He's been using the official Reddit app for years and claims it "works perfectly for him". He seems utterly blind to Reddit's enshittificaton. He's always been kind of an asshole- he behaved the same when I quit Facebook, though he eventually did the same- and he also fears new tech (he didn't have a smartphone until 2020). I wonder if people like him- of which I'm sure there are plenty- will ever wake up.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

This is what made the decision for me. All the enshittification aside- in 15 years on Reddit, I did not make one lasting relationship with another human being there, even though I tried very hard at times (via everything ranging from Secret Santa to local meetup subs, to niche interest subs, and more). I have friends online that I have only known online since the 1990s, so it's not that I'm "un-befriendable". Reddit allows people to form mobs, not true communities, which almost always have many subsets of friends and acquaintances, rather than a bunch of strangers who actually don't care at all if one of their members disappears.

[Homemade] Penne with courgettes, ricotta and walnuts

Excuse the rough plating.. It was absolutely delicious Recipe for two people: 200 gr pasta (short shapes are better) 150 gr ricotta fresh 2 medium courgettes Handful of walnut kernels 1 medium onion 1 clove of garlic Olive oil, salt, pepper, nutmeg Splash of milk (optional)...

YourHeroes4Ghosts, (edited )
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

Edit: posted to the wrong thread somehow, though I'm certain I was not looking at this thread at all when I left this comment.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

This is actually delicious, they sell a lunch item at my local supermarket which consists of salad greens, three (admittedly soggy) falafel, and a small pot of hummus. I love it- I mix the hummus with the greens, it makes an amazing dressing.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

I'm a 51 year old woman who plays video games (including ESO, PC/EU). We exist. If there is some sort of arbitrary cutoff age when I'm supposed to stop gaming, I will be steadfastly ignoring that "rule", if I haven't already.

Has anyone here stopped drinking?

I stopped drinking on the 18th of March 2023. Because of where I live and how my culture socialises, this was a huge step. But to be honest, in hindsight it was just something I'd been putting off for a long time. The hangovers did just become a nightmare to deal with, plus I didn't feel like I was doing well with my personal...

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

Yes, I stopped in Autumn, 2016. I was an alcoholic in my late 40s, from a long line of alcoholics in a culture that is infamous for heavy drinking. I spend a lot more time alone now, but that's okay- the whole reason I drank was to make socialising tolerable.

I will be honest, I used psilocybin to start me off on my sober life, and it worked. I wouldn't say it's for everyone who wants to stop, but it worked incredibly well for me. I lost the urge to drink completely and it has never come back.

Anyone else enjoying the Internet better, now that they’re off Reddit?

Hadn’t realized how reliant upon Reddit I’d become for news and interesting things until after it turned to shit and I quit it. I’ve rediscovered RSS for ex., using reader apps to scan sources directly and read without all the noise—that actually came from someone’s recommendation here in the comments. I’ve found...

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

Oh yes, absolutely. I spend a lot more time watching tutorials on YouTube, because I'm not having pointless discussions with people who automatically hate me and dismiss me as soon as they learn my age (I'm ten years too young to be a "Boomer", but to the kids on Reddit a "Boomer" is apparently anyone over 40). Also, of course, I've discovered Beehaw, which is awesome and far more chill. I'm not sure if I got away from ageism, but hopefully?

I've also done a lot more reading. I've finished two books in the last three days, which would have been the norm for me pre-Reddit. Recreational reading had fallen by the wayside for far too long.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

undefined> No way, old man winter!

I see the assumption "everyone is male on the internet, especially the ones with feminine avatars" hasn't gone anywhere. :-P

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

My new kitchen table and chairs will arrive next Tuesday, so we'll spend the weekend moving out the old kitchen table and washing the floor. Fun fun.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

Getting a new table and chairs rocks though. The old table is wobbly and looks terrible

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

Thanks, that one sounds super interesting, have added it to my Steam wishlist!

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

Yeah, I've played that game to death at this point, I'm afraid.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

LOL, I just posted this like ten minutes ago!

I think all the games you mentioned require a lot more thought than I'm looking to give- I need to be able to follow a podcast while playing, and I'm in my 50s, my brain is not as agile as it used to be anymore. I also suck at physics puzzles and card games.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

I seem to have a vague memory of playing this or something very like it long ago. As it's F2P I'll give it a whirl, thanks!

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

I have 1700 hours in OG Skyrim. I moved on to Elder Scrolls Online and now can't bear the way faces look in Skyrim. :-P

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

Oh dear. I had a severe addiction to cookie clicker games for a while about five years ago. It was an extremely difficult habit to break!

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

You might be very correct, I have not played it yet but have heard much about how great it is.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

I have that one, mowing lawns is a blast!

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

I've gotten to CP 1928 almost exclusively by doing crafting writs on ESO, every day, for seven years, while listening to podcasts. But doing the quests while listening to podcasts is not possible for me, because I like to actually follow the plotlines.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

I use RSS every day- it's my primary source of news- but there are many sites I'd love to follow which don't have a feed. My reader, Inoeader, claims to have a workaround for it, but only on their paid version, which is stupid expensive.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

Thanks for that, I will look into it!

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

OMG, this reminds me of when I shared my paper diagnosis with my new therapist...the diagnosis that had been so freeing, so life-changing...she read through it, said it was "dark and tragic" and that "it made her so sad."

She wasn't my therapist for very long.

YourHeroes4Ghosts,
@YourHeroes4Ghosts@beehaw.org avatar

I have nine tanks. Two are community tanks, three are Betta tanks, three are shrimp tanks, one is a snail tank. All are heavily planted.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • anitta
  • InstantRegret
  • mdbf
  • ngwrru68w68
  • magazineikmin
  • thenastyranch
  • rosin
  • khanakhh
  • osvaldo12
  • Youngstown
  • slotface
  • Durango
  • kavyap
  • DreamBathrooms
  • JUstTest
  • tacticalgear
  • ethstaker
  • provamag3
  • cisconetworking
  • tester
  • GTA5RPClips
  • cubers
  • everett
  • modclub
  • megavids
  • normalnudes
  • Leos
  • lostlight
  • All magazines
    •