But OP's feelings say otherwise!
Bad take. Lemmy, or the fediverse at large, is a niche platform filled with Linux enthusiasts, libertarian nerds and reddit refugees. Couple of hundred thousand users at most.
Bluesky is a Twitter style centralized messaging board intending to scale to tens of millions of users. You can't scale like that off good will and patreon donations.
You're comparing apples to oranges.
Just don't fucking get me involved.
What does this even mean? Are they pinning you down and force feeding you booze through a funnel?
Don't drink or smoke if you don't want to. I guarantee that nobody cares what you do.
Except it is not.
Lol. It is. We live in a capitalist economy. That's not up for debate, it's a fact.
I mean ya, sure. I have no particular love for capitalism. That is the economic system we currently exist in though, for better or worse.
I'm not the one complaining about having to pay for goods and services. If lemmy required a sub I would evaluate it against competing products and make a decision.
I would not, however, make a post complaining about a company trying to fund its operations.
Air and naval bases my dude...
Eh. It would imply those people are mysterious or difficult to understand. They're not, they're just stupid.
Nah. Being cheap is a frustrating personality trait.
Source: obsessively cheap, penny pinching father. Just pay for the damn nuggets like a normal person.
Man, that is not what most 15 year olds are saying. You have an idealized fantasy in your head. Most of them are just spewing obscenities, racism and stupid incel/manosphere shit over discord. Just like we were over IRCs, ventrillo and TeamSpeak.
Most kids are fucking stupid.
Nah, I was a shitter at 15. I know now that the thoughts and feelings I had held no real water and I was just an idiot. Now, with everything I've learned and experienced, I would absolutely tell my 15 year old self to sit down and stfu.
I honestly can't tell if you're trolling me or you're deranged.
We all love our children. We can also, all of us, except you apparently, admit that having two toddlers running around screaming is not serene or zen. Neither is having a diaper explosion in the car seat. Neither is having a baby throw up directly into your open mouth. Neither is dealing with a temper tantrum in the super market. Neither is getting two hours of sleep before work because your baby is teething. Neither is speeding to the ER in the middle of the night because your child has a high fever and they're barely responsive. Neither is finding your toddler shoving crayons up their nose, and when asked why the response simply being "iuuunnnooo".
You seem like an agreeable person all things considered. I really don't understand why this is the hill you've chosen to die on. Kids are a lot of work. It's tough sometimes. This is not a cosmic mystery.
I doubt that you're a parent. Any parent, anywhere on this planet, can admit that handling children can be exhausting and frustrating work at times.
So you're either: an idiot, or a liar. Take your pick.
I buy my cars solely as transport. I usually buy the cheapest thing I can find that has the amenities I want (AC, Bluetooth, heated seats) with the best gas mileage I can get. Typically ends up being a Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla.
I don't give a shit about cars. I'd rather spend that money on home improvements and my family.
Kids are exhausting? Really? Wow. Dont know what sort of kids you've been around.
Tell me you don't have children without saying you don't have children.