People do solicit donations, as on just about every public forum. I really wouldn’t call it a problem on lemmy at this point, but a rule against it except in communities where it’s encouraged wouldn’t be a terrible idea. Somebody who is interested in doing it could start a Please Help community specifically for these requests, requiring some form of verification. Seems like running it could turn into a lot of work tho.

Mutual aid is a common term for people in a group helping each other. It doesn’t imply reciprocal transactions. But by all means, let’s ignore the topic and pick apart the exact wording.

I wonder if The Birds was the first horror story based on what would happen if ordinary things suddenly turned crazy and evil.

techieSMS, an Indian tech guy who has made all kinds of excellent walk-thru videos about DIY home automation, coding and related subjects.

To an introvert it’s almost ALWAYS bad advice. Sitting in the corner doing something by yourself is not a winning social behavior.

Yeah but the phrase refers to children who were raised by the parents, not the ones who got eaten by large birds and shat out in distant lands, which of course happens far more often than we’d like to think.

Given the solidity and protective purpose of a thimble, I’d call it more of a finger codpiece.

Occasional tables.

Same here, I don’t even drink coffee.

Thank you! Painting should be done this coming weekend, I will post photos.

American here. Apparently those doctors aren’t fleeing to my local clinic in Seattle. Routine appointments are scheduled months out. Last August I had a weird little heart thing where paramedics showed up and checked me out. They recommended taking a cardio stress test, which I couldn’t get until October, and discussing the results with the actual doctor was in fucking December. Because we have the Finest Healthcare System In The World™ (sunbeams, angels singing). Of course for really urgent matters you can get very immediate attention via ambulance and the Emergency Room, and then you owe them your house. Cuz Freedom!

It’s rectangles of 2-inch solid foam insulation glued onto a plywood frame. We carved the stones with knives and smoothed the edges with the side of a soldering iron. Then we pressed the surface of a big rock all over it for texture, and painted it with mod podge to seal it. Next will paint it gray and do some dry-brushing with black, brown and rust to give the rocks some variety. The “mantle” on top is an already varnished pine board salvaged from built-in bunk beds I made for my kids back in the day.

To me it means letting people know that Mint is free and comes with Libre Office, also free.

Props for succeeding in life in spite of childhood abuse tho. Or don’t disapproved people even get that?

OTOH my friend and I spent most of the weekend making this for his new apartment. The opening fits his little TV, so when he isn’t watching a show he can play fire videos on it.

Some idiots in America believe this, most don’t.

Yeah it’s actually a weak criticism. Such strength of character is rare but there are still many examples in real life. Oprah Winfrey and Drew Barrymore come to my mind right away.

Harry’s character is larger-than-life strong, but that’s fictional heroes for you.

The spell system is wack, which opens up all sorts of plot holes. Want Harry’s invisibility cloak? Accio invisibility cloak! Boom, Harry’s visible and you’ve got his cloak. I doubt that Rowling ever played D&D.

Several friends yes.