im worried about Mozillas ability to keep growing Firefox. They laid off a lot of their firefox team a few years ago and have been dipping into more commercial interests… we really need Mozilla to be the FOSS counter to big tech.

this is a classic 😊

I want to live in that world.

Agreed - you can tell a lot about someone by how they treat restauraunt staff.

Lemmy is open source. The developers are working on this for free (minus some sponsorships). PR’s are always welcome to help add new features you want :)

Oof. I don’t know how you do it. I can deal with a dry heat but humidity just slays me.

Agreed. Feels weird how normalied addictive social media behavior has become.

I think a big part of it is that when we are young, all of these are new experiences to us. And as such, they carry a lot more emotion and stimulation.

As an adult, you’ve experienced many things. To some degree, your brain is likely acustomed to it.

Something that helps is breaking out of your routines and experiencing new things. I’ve heard our neural pathways described as the grooves that form on a hill when sledding. When you first slide down the hill, you’re making brand new grooves. Each trip is different and unique. But over time, trails get established and you end up using the same worn trails over and over.

Experiencing new, bespoke things is like breaking out of the trails and making a new one.

At least, that’s my understanding! I’m not a proffessional, just someone who can relate to what you’re describing :)

When I was little, the Gremlins movies terrified me! Not sure why since they’re super campy, but 🤷‍♂️ kids are weird.