We’ve been using Element (Matrix) for our household group chats and it has worked perfectly. That said, I do have a whole ass IT professional in-house to set up a dedicated server so I cannot speak to ease and such.

I think most people don’t want to self host though. I can’t speak to the ease of signing up and using the available public servers.

In terms of functionality as a chat program it’s great.

I’m guessing without context this is an anime.

There’s a reason anime fandom is to be avoided at all costs now. Oversexualization of women in general AND the pervasive loli/childish “”“adult”“” problem.

It’s way too much of an issue.

Holy cow! What an incredible feat! In the AUSTRALIAN ocean of all places???

I want to make a joke about a get-out-of-chores for life card but honestly I’m just so impressed by his determination.

It’s unclear if he used a public phone - do they still have pay phones in Australia? Or did he flag down someone with a cell phone? I think this makes a case that public beaches should have pay phones in case someone needs to call emergency services.

Just wow. Kid deserves a medal.

Oh that’s why it was familiar, thank you.

Lol my current computer chair is a reclining loveseat. It has its drawbacks but I mostly love it.

The original Bedazzled (1967) is hilarious and worth a watch. The dynamic between Dudley Moore and Peter Cook is brilliant.

Don’t worry, she doesn’t resemble Ivanka so she’s probably safe.

I like Element well enough. It works for my needs.

I thought pt meant patient?

I grew up near the ocean and had frequent dreams of drowning. We had 3 tsunami evacuations before I was 17. Not to mention severe untreated depression that started when I was 13. I was 100% convinced I wasn’t going to survive high school, one way or another.

So, same longlivemysugardaddy. Same.

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I worked retail for over a decade.

TIL the Spanish Inquisition only ended in 1834. Jfc.

There are sooooo many neurodivergent service members.

If you watch the whole video one of the ICE kidnappers was hispanic. The step dad (?) of the girl calls him out. Wild.

You know how TV shows all look like soap operas nowadays? It’s because of goddamn motion smoothing and it is on by default on most TVs.

People who can’t tell are monsters. Blind monsters.

This post is for those of us willing to put in the work to turn it off and restore balance to the universe.

In addition to what other people have chimed in, the Salvation Army used to (might still? Last article was in 2014) not pay female workers directly. They would make out their paycheck to the worker’s husband. Because women are property.

I’ve personally been affected by Salvation Army practices. See, they used to deliver toys to disadvantaged kids around the holidays but those toys come with strings. Not only did they show up to my house when my parents were clearly not home they literally dangled toys in front of me and my siblings I was babysitting and refused to give them to us unless we said we would accept Jesus.

We were not a Christian family. In fact at the time most of us were part of a different religion (my dad was always agnostic). They cornered a gaggle of known non-Christian minors when they were alone and vulnerable. They manipulated and forced me to say I accepted Jesus so that my siblings could have presents.

Fuck the Salvation Army.

Poor Colorado fed to the wolves

Word.

Works for Master’s too. Until they show up and say “what if we did…” and expand your scope again.