Incidentally, most people suck at communication

I decided buy once cry once, and bought a used Simonelli Musica and Mazzer grinder. No temptation for upgrades for years to come.

I do on my desktop, but my mobile browsing (which is the vast majority) is all lemmy.

Whiskey-ware

“Titgoblin” :

• (noun) : infant, any being that derives sustenance from suckling.

• (verb) : sex act. Note: linguists despair over the “verbification” of nouns, and warn that if current trends continue, language will run out of nouns some time in the 2040’s. Use with caution.

“Cockmonger” (noun) :

• Someone who’s milkshake brings all the boys to the yard and then sells them on for profit.

I guess the pyramid did too, 'cause I can’t see whataboutism fitting in anywhere. So what about that OP!

Space Engineers. Hou can do lots of cool engineering things, but the venn diagram of “fun” and “bugged beyond belief” is nearly a perfect match. If it works, it is peobably boring, like the crafting system.

Similar experience here, though from classical music to fintech. The business seems to value marketing and nepotism considerably higher than skill (beyond basics) and artistic merit

Still practice and do some work, and what would have been a miserable wage is now a pleasant bonus.

I’m just a few months away from net zero!

As in dualism? Nope, I’m a fairly strict physicalist. Consciousness is the brain doing brain-things.