PapaSkwat

I was born in the 70’s, grew up in the 80’s. Stranger Things did not feel like the 80’s to me at all. They definitely tried to nail the look and stuff (sometimes it worked, sometimes not), but the whole thing just seemed to be made by someone who watched a couple of 80’s movies and said, “yeah, let’s set it during this time!” rather than actually lived thru the 80’s.

I was in my 20’s in the 90’s and that’s the time I miss most. OMG the girls, the music…that was a great. Fuck the 80’s…bring back the 90’s!

I’m a new Linux convert. And I love it! But you’re right. Also, in the past, when I tried to convert (when it was more difficult), the Linux communities then were um, less than helpful.

I remember back then not being super comfortable with the terminal, and they were like “Fuck off and come back when you know how to program simple shit, you fuckin’ newb.”

So I put it off for a long time. Now I love going into the terminal and learning new things. And it doesn’t seem like linux communities are as elitist as they used to be. But yeah, back in the day, I had such a bad experience with them, I actively boycotted Linux stuff. I was just a young office professional and needed my computer to work without a lot of tweaking.

I love it all now though! And I have plenty of time to tweak because I don’t work. Even tho, to be honest, it’s all pretty easy to install these days.

And that’s awesome! :)

Fair enough!

Fair point. I was wrong to be snarky without knowing where you lived.

I’m replacing my google pixel watch with a pebble.

And you make way more money than the average US worker.

Why did you censor ‘fuckery’ tho?

Yep! Lemmy poster have no fucking idea how hard things were back then. They cry about Trump and think the world is gonna end. That’s all they see. They have no fucking clue that these, by far, are some of the best times to be alive.

I’ve seen people on here bitch about only making $85K salary. That’s still higher than the average salary in the US. And more than I ever made in my entire life. And I still managed to own my house. Lemmys have no fucking clue how the real world works. lololol

Yeah, I don’t know why everyone in this thread is bitching. You can go back to that lifestyle anytime you want. Delete tiktok/facebook/messaging app/whatevs on phone. Put music on it. Only call people. It’s really easy to NOT have subscriptions to everything.

You can just not subscribe. I don’t have any tech subscriptions at all, other than just my internet company and my phone plan (which is the cheapest phone plan). That’s it. If I try something and it looks cool, then I see I’d have to “subscribe,” then I just delete and move on.

It ain’t that fucking hard. From the whining from babies in this thread, you all couldn’t have fucking handled the 90’s. LMAO

A skilled/educated American worker should be able to retire comfortably at 50 without having to worry about how they’ll afford healthcare.

I did that, and I’m an unskilled American worker. Never had a tech job in my life.

It really is an amazing time in tech if you stop accepting a products as they are, and instead what you want them to be with your own modifications.

Yep, but that doesn’t fit the doom-and-gloom outlook that most of Lemmy has. You’re post is totally right on though!

I quit the whole rat race. Early retirement with pension. It’s way better on this side of things. And I never had the nice tech jobs that made most of lemmy rich anyway (even tho you all complain about being poor–$85K+ is rich for most people, guys). But at least I don’t have to work anymore. :)

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I may have to start doing that too. I don’t like knowing that if an instance I’m on get mad at me, they can just delete all my stuff.

This. Is. Beautiful.

I want one!