Reddit -> Beehaw until I decided I didn’t like older versions of Lemmy (though it seems most things I didn’t like are better now) -> kbin.social (died) -> kbin.run (died) -> fedia.
Japan-based backend software dev and small-scale farmer.
I have lots of acquaintances and people with whom I’m friendly but few real friends… And I think that’s fine. I’ve never felt the need to spend tons of time around others or have tons of friends.
The getting off the internet thing is good. Usergroups and meetups can be a great place if you need socialization.
I’m old enough to have not had a ton of friends before the internet.
Option 3: we don’t buy any trees.
My sleep-deprived brain read “ancient bot” and I thought I must be dreaming. Really neat find!
I’ve been in Japan a decade and don’t recall ever seeing one of these. It says ネコ飛出し注意 cat jumping out caution.
I recently found out gluten was a source of trouble (probably coeliac but not confirmed just yet), so none anymore. However, for the first 30ish years of my life: cereal in a bowl with a spoon. Cinnamon Toast Crunch as an adult treat, other boring health cereals (some kinda bran thing, I think a Special K one at some point, etc.), and Alphabits a lot as a kid. Also sometimes Cheerios, Frosted Flakes, and others depending upon what we could afford. I would just have some normal beverage alongside it but I don’t remember feeling particularly compelled to drink more.
No it isn’t; I do make soup out of my cereal like other weirdos.
I tried milk on cereal twice, puked both times. I just always ate dry cereal.
US -> Japan. Mostly, I miss family. I have basically no love for the area in which I grew up nor contact with anyone there (half my family never lived there, the other half moved to another state).
I do miss some foods that are hard to find or very expensive here. Things like PC parts are (or at least were) much cheaper in the US since it was generally a niche hobby device outside of business use here until quite recently.
That song is EVERYWHERE here in Japan each Christmas and it drives me nuts.
From the US but in Japan. Christmas is a normal working day. Couples often go out for a date night. KFC’s chicken (or another fried or roasted one) is a common staple for dinner.
Family will get each other presents. I’ve heard it’s more like one present, but I don’t really know. I should ask the in-laws this winter when we go for New Years (the big family gathering time in Japan and NOT so much a big party time with lots of businesses closed).
Started on beehaw but hated Lemmy of the time. Went with a kbin instance. First one died. Second died. I liked mbin so I picked one more and so far it is yet to burn down, fall over, and then sink into a swamp.
If this one ever goes away, I might try pixelfed or whatever it’s called
Pay down the house or. If that doesn’t count. Buy an EV (or maybe the electrical work at my house to support one)
Yeah, it was not fun. I’m about an hour from Sendai and we had some long ones. Not the most violent, though.
This question has me bside myself. I haven’t lived there in more than a decade, though, so not sure if I count anymore. I was trying a joke and realized that I am, at least technically, American and had to stop, heh.
No I’m not!
(I was considering just posting the Monty Python argument scratch instead)
Nothing. These days? Not because I don’t know things, but because a lot of people refuse to accept new information, even when it comes from reputable peer-reviewed sources and there’s not much arguing with that.
I follow some game dev and programming YouTube channels. I remember seeing someone make one and it being weird (and basically unplayable IMO), but I can’t recall which channel it was