Btw, your figurines, and the framing/setting of the picture, are pretty rad.

So you make these as a hobby?

Are all of the models you make similar characters just in different settings/outfits/poses?

What kind of printer do you use?

This happened about 16 years ago.

One of my buddies is a semi well-known photographer who was editing some photographs on his laptop while he was over at my place. One of the pictures he was editing showed the feet/toes of one of his subjects prominently, not the focus of the shot but they were easily visible. I knew he was going to post the picture to his socials once he was done as he did that for most of his shoots for marketing purposes so I joked, “I wonder if anyone would notice if you were to add an extra toe to that persons foot.”

So he photoshopped an extra toe onto one of the subjects feet and posted it. There were many comments about the photo but no one has ever pointed out the sixth toe on the most forward foot of the subject.

Every few years I check-in on that photo to see if anyone has said anything yet about it, still nothing. I do like/thumbs up that photo each time and then wait a week to remove my like/thumbs-up as an inside joke so he gets the notification from me on that photo as a notice that I am still keeping tabs on the outcome of my suggested joke.

In response he does the same thing to a very old profile photo of myself that I hate on an old social account I no longer use but check in with every couple years.

Him and I only get to catch up every several years when our paths cross but we communicate more through that thumbs/liking joke on those two photos more often, which is kinda fun.

Yeah, those are the things I miss too. It feels like being a bit outside of a bubble looking in sometimes.

And then those early days of Facebook, where it was actually useful and engaging, I miss those days too. But the world is a different place now and the slippery slope is too slippery for me to feel comfortable getting anywhere close to that slope.

Lemmy is the only platform I engage with. I closed down or abandoned all other platforms around the same time you did. My quality of life has greatly improved since, though I do still miss certain aspects sometimes.

Ok, if you find any info on that please post it. I’m going to be on the look out for it and do the same if I find it.

I’ve had a plex pass since before 2023 so this doesn’t affect me either way.

But 2023 doesn’t sound right for when the grandfathering ended. I do not doubt that there is an end date for grandfathering but for that to have happened in 2023 sounds punitive towards their users and not a good long term strategy.

Sure, enshittification and all that. I don’t doubt greed is the motive but they had to have known by ending grandfathering 2 years before implementing a policy like this would stir a user revolt and strengthen their competition. Especially with all the increased enshittification they have pushed out over those 2 years.

When did/does the grandfathering period end?

I hadn’t heard that aspect of it before and would like to know more.

Thank you for the info!

I believe if the server hosting the content has a plex pass then end users are allowed to stream from it without any additional subscription or membership. At least that is how it was several months ago when they announced this.

But you are right, even with the above being true, there will still be a non-insignificant portion of users paying to stream from servers.

This isn’t an attack as I don’t interpret your comment as being malicious, this is just an observation from an outside observer of this interaction.

You may be right about lonely people and just sharing info you have noted from your own experiences with them in your life but that is a brutal take down of @daggermoon@lemmy.world when they are sharing a major problem in their life.

Your comment may hold true for them but we don’t know that so it feels more like an accusation and victim blaming than being helpful.

Hey @daggermoon@lemmy.world, I’ve been there. It can be rough.

If you don’t have someone to talk to about it have you tried a therapist or other mental health professionals? I find this is one of the most important first steps of any life issue being faced, just talk about it with someone who knows a thing or two about the topic, make it a regular and consistent conversation.

I don’t know your situation but if you need it, this helped me;

Being social and maintaining friendships is a skill that can be worked on, no one can run a marathon on their first attempt, it takes training.

Starting small and working your way up. Saying hello to a stranger in the street or making small talk with a check out clerk at the grocery store is a good place to start. If you struggle with small talk then practice that first and work up from there. If you struggle with social anxiety then breaking through can be hard, some people struggle more than others. Training these skills sets do produce positive results.

*Be kind, honest and fair with all people you interact with. This isn’t a mask to put on, the ideal to strive for is to be those things as a person.

*Talk to people about what they are interested in or doing (learn about them) instead of focusing on talking about yourself.

*Respect others boundaries.

*Regularly check in with those in your social circle/community, don’t wait for them to check in on you.

*Get outside. Don’t just spend time at school/work & home. Find a third place where you can blend in but also be a regular. Cafe, bar, pool hall, library, gym, reading in the park, walk/hike in an area you like… whatever aligns with your interests and feel you could eventually become comfortable existing in that space but it is also a place where you are not required to be social. Eventually becoming comfortable with being in that space lowers anxiety of being there and you start to recognize the regulars and they start to recognize you. That makes socializing easier since you are now comfortable in the space and familiar to others who are regulars as well.

You get back what you give out. Do not expect to connect with everyone and not everyone will reciprocate your attention or interest but if you do it enough you will find those who do. Keep at it and you will find more and more.

Good luck and god speed!

Ah, so a meta list with locations of communities/subreddits/forums/etc that is platform agnostic. I see.

Aren’t communities/sub-reddits just another version of curated lists organized by topic?

Agreed on Kill Bill… a lot of people say their favorite of his are other movies but I think the Tarantino fans agree about Kill Bill. It is campy and melodramatic but epic.

It is such an interesting movie I think because it skates a unique line between ridiculous Hollywood summer blockbuster spectacle and a traditional story of revenge. The world he creates is saccharine/artificial but the story is something so simple and basic but we connect with on primal level. Going from a tragedy to overcoming incredible odds through skill she gets everything she wants in the end.

The emotions are so basic almost any viewer can connect with them. Binding those two elements together feels disjointed visually but also natural internally. There is magic in film when a director can do that in an elegant and graceful way. On top of all that the visual style, camerawork, sets, music, film grain, pacing, special effects, sound effects, lighting, casting are all excellent.

My only issue with the movie is how at the end during Bill’s Superman speech, he says that Superman is the only true superhero. He is Superman first and Clark Kent second, whereas other heroes are normal people with superhero alter-egos. He then specifically calls out Bruce Wayne/Batman. Not true, Batman thinks of himself as Batman, Bruce Wayne is the fake persona. It is what make Batman and Superman such great frenemies, they are two sides of the same coin, one of hope and one despair but still deciding to be good. They both have legacies their parents put on them that they are responsible for living up to without their parent’s guidance.

It’s a small thing but it bugs me every time.

Lion’s Mane supplement or just straight up Lion’s Mane mushrooms?

How did they end up helping? I hadn’t heard of this use of them before.

I’d like to know a bit more if you don’t mind. I’m sure some others in this post may want to know as well due to the topic.

I’m a bit of an amateur mycologist and grow Lion’s Mane from time to time.

Congrats btw! Don’t discount your own effort by attributing your ass getting saved by Lion’s Mane. You put in work too I’m sure. Hope you also recognize that.

Thank You!!

It’s not lazy to ask someone who seems to know something about the topic within a discussion thread about said topic. You know more than I do on this.

I understand how you may not want to take the time to answer someone’s question but also you could have replied with the link you eventually did instead of saying “Seriously?” Within the context of calling others lazy you could also qualify under the same term since you took the time to respond but not with the answer.

With search being what it is nowadays I wouldn’t know if I am getting a good result to find out the answer since it is of a technical and specific nature I may or may not even know if I am familiar with to begin with. It could take me much longer to figure it out, or I will give up and not be interested in finding out more about a field you seem to have an interest and knowledge about and I am demonstrating I want to know more about.

I think it is fair to ask for more information from someone who shows more expertise in the topic before searching.

Thanks!

Agreed!

I don’t know what this is but it is a topic I am somewhat familiar with and it is somehow significant enough to be a headline.

Curious minds would like to know more.

I’m with you, stranger!

Dives out of sight

Mind if I hang out in this void space with you until things die down out there?