Yeah, I just don’t bother with using anything from the Play Store. I just want my phone to not be expensive spyware. But there’s a decent chance that I’ll eventually end up needing something that requires the Play Store, even if I was able to avoid it so far.

Fairphone is good, yes, but it’s also like 500€, and that’s too much for a phone IMO - I’m not saying that they’re not worth it, but that’s a lot of money for something that’s so easily lost or broken. Even factoring in Fairphone’s superior repairability, it’s a hard sell for me.

Haven’t looked into Jolla for a while. But these are the first two sentences on their website:

Jolla is a Finnish company specializing in privacy-first OS and Edge AI solutions. Founded in 2011, we continue the legacy of Nokia and MeeGo, driving mobile innovation into the human-centric AI era.

Can’t say this inspires much confidence. Probably still better than Google Pixel, though, so I’m going to look into that some more.

Yeah. I even installed GrapheneOS on my phone, but I have such a distaste for smartphones at this point that I barely do anything with it beyond basic necessities. TBH I don’t know what I’ll do for my next phone, I don’t want to keep buying into this ecosystem, but Fairphone or the various Linux phone attempts are expensive and I need a little more features than what a “dumb phone” provides.

I wouldn’t call laptops “smart”, though. It’s too easy to install Linux on them.

It’s been the way of things lately … smartphone, smart home, smartwatch, wearable tech, machine learning … so much wasted potential. And even if you build your own solution without big tech, almost none of the people you know will do the same, often even if you literally give it to them for free.

Too hot and humid outside :(

how would you know?

Good Guy’s Dick?

What is it even supposed to mean in this context, anyway? Never seen or heard it used in any way other than the political one.

Going to bed at the sensible time of 10 … am.

Well yeah, but if that’s the only kind of war that a military is planning on fighting, IMO it’s a bit much to call it “evil”.

What about defensive wars, though? Occupations are often quite brutal, as well.

Or make each other worse!

You don’t need to be particularly hot to not be a femcel, lots of kind-of-ugly people are in relationships. It’s all about the social skills and being able to find people you gel with. And, considering the character in the post, not having crippling psychological issues.

Songs? I prefer weird rhythmic noises.

At least 50/50 they’re not washing their ass properly in the shower.

Considering current temps, more like “sweaty girl summer” …

Taped to the floor 😈

IME, a lot of the time it doesn’t even do a good job of distracting you. Aspirational purchases are an easy way to waste tons of money.

German is currently going the opposite direction, because job names are visibly gendered in German and they generally follow traditional gender roles. I kinda hate it, people would naturally start assuming that a doctor etc. can be female if we consistently used the generic masculinum (which was widely used until gender became a big topic 10-20 years ago). Now you have to say awkward stuff like “Ärzte und Ärztinnen” (doctors and doctresses) or “Ärzt*innen” all the time. Wish we’d at least widely adopt a form that was truly gender neutral, in contrast to e.g. Spanish German already does have a neutral grammatikal gender. e.g. das Ärzty/die Ärztys (Entgendern nach Phettberg).

A lot of my buys are aspirational, as in “if I buy this I’m going to make more music/work out more/draw more/cook more/etc.”. Usually I just end up on some streaming site eating unhealthy food … I could definitely do that cheaper.