This is more of a broad suggestion, but try to look for a discount grocer in your area. Where I live we have one called Grocery Outlet, they sell a lot of generic and near-expiration products for a bargain. Whenever I go, I’ll find things I like that are around half the price they’d be at a typical grocery store.

Bethesda is like low-hanging fruit for this topic. I love their games but there’s so much “it just works” type stuff.

Like in Fallout 4 you can use a critical with a Fat Man, and even if your mini-nuke clearly does not hit the target, you’ll still get a hit just because you used a critical.

I would probably recommend trying Imgur. You need to link a phone number to the app when creating an account, but that actually helps cut down on bot traffic a lot, so it’s pretty much all real humans who will see your posts.

One user on Imgur that I see post often will put up a whole gallery of wholesome memes, then a random Go Fund Me link at the end just to help them get attention. I can’t say how effective it is, but it sure does get visibility once it hits the front page. Maybe try something like that but with some pics and info about your kitty?

Good luck, I hope you get the help you need!

Imo it feels like the reddit migration has died down, but a good chunk the users that have stuck around are actually engaged in their communities. I’ve been seeing more instances created too, which is cool because it means people are hosting their own.

More recently I’ve noticed that Sync actually plays embedded videos now, which is probably the best update since its release. It’s feeling a lot more user-friendly and that should help it keep growing organically.

The only times I use reddit anymore is browsing with old.reddit a couple times a week. I don’t even login to that site now because I don’t engage with anything, I just check the news and stuff then come back to Lemmy.

You can put them in a microwave and watch cool designs appear as you destroy them. I remember my siblings and I used to do this with old demo discs that were destined for the trash anyway.

(Disclaimer: this is more of a joke, not an actual recommendation)

I like to use old.reddit when I browse it now. I saw others mention it, and after giving it a try, I can see why people like it more than the ‘updated’ reddit.

Your concerns are valid. That’s something to be expected as the platform grows, but it’s alarming nonetheless.

I see an obvious exploit with this: congress members enlisting family members who would rather vote ‘No’ just so they can get more votes for their own choice.

You might think “nobody would enlist their child to fight a war that they’re against” but I promise you, there are people like that.

Imo blocked users get less engagement, therefore it helps to some degree. Also, unlike reddit, it’s somewhat difficult to browse the Fediverse without being logged in. I’d guess that if any problematic content does slip through, it reaches a much smaller audience than if it were to slip through on reddit just because of how things are decentralized here.

edit: I tried it again and I now agree that it is easier to browse with an account. I saw a lot more content than the first time I tried it ~2 months ago

Fettuccine with Alfredo sauce, chicken breast, and broccoli. It’s simple and delicious, while pairing excellently with an appetizer salad too. Bonus points if garlic bread is included

I like to frequent a nearby pond + trail and every time I go I’ll see dogs there looking so happy. It makes me want to adopt a dog just so I can take them on walks there too.

I saw those too at first but I’ve started seeing some normal ads more recently. The Sponsored Content box still shows up once in a while tho

You’re supposed to be looking for your kidnapped son, but that’s kinda hard in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Might as well just do whatever you want and hopefully run into him ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It should be the sole responsibility of parents or guardians to control any restrictions like this. I’m not a parent myself, but if I were, I wouldn’t just let my child have a device with unrestricted access to everything on the internet. To me, it makes more sense to just have content restrictions on children’s devices than force all adults to go through extra verification steps to access porn.

I like to get food from small restaurants and food carts. The only times I’ll ever go to chain restaurants anymore is if family planned dinner there or something.

You can start small with making comics by downloading a free drawing app and just experimenting. The one I use is called ibis Paint X but there really are tons of them.

What I do is when I notice I’m just scrolling for no reason, I’ll switch apps and try to draw something instead. Sometimes I like what I draw and other times I don’t; the important thing is to just spend time doing it.

The Conway Twitty classic “I See The Want To In Your Eyes” cutaway. It was so unexpected but enjoyable

I got shampoo in my eye while showering the other day. It was just a milidy painful inconvenience, but felt so stupid because it hadn’t happened in years til then.

Dang that’s lame. Once I had a teacher ask me for one and I was gonna give it to him for free, but he insisted on paying the $1 since he was just a cool dude.

Highschool money making hack: Take note of the vending machines and what they sell. Figure out what they don’t have that people want, then buy it in bulk at the store to sell at school for profit.

At my school they didn’t allow soda in the vending machines, so I made bank selling cans of Coca-Cola and Mountain Dew out of my locker for $1-2 each. I remember earning enough to buy an iPod and that was pretty much all I was doing it for.