I see people who are showing concern borne of experience, and with marked consensus. If you’re confident they’re wrong about your situation, it still may be worth reflecting on what they’ve learned and to limit your ambitions - or at least, consider building things on a more conservative timeline than you were imagining. Have big dreams, but start with biting off an amount you can certainly chew.

If I was alone, get satellite internet and set up a solar powered remote working squat in some remote desert outpost. Far from the impending water wars.

Since I have family I’ll just uh probably still drink. My kid’s a handful.

It’s very twee, but it has ironic capabilities.

I like rhyming slang. Mostly for torturing my fellow Americans. I also enjoy clunge, jobbie, and being “sick to bastard death” about things.

The Australians have my heartstrings though, when it comes to inventive slang. They’re not here to fuck spiders, tell you that much for free.

They haven’t. I saw Short Circuit 2 this year again and it’s really unfortunate how much the appalling racism sullied an otherwise charming film. It was especially dear to me as a kid because there was a Johnny 5 animatronic at my science museum, and it encouraged in me a lot of hope for the future. I miss having that optimism.

Yeah no, it’s not the best. But I’d still curl that monkey’s paw any day

Y’all paying what rent should cost just to have electrons

It’s the worst thing about Lemmy and all it really does is make me more hesitant to squander potential friends by acting shitty, and less liable to spend hours chatting.

At that age it’s less about the math imo and more about the maturity levels and clear communication/mutual good intentions.

19 bucks

The Aventures of Baron Von Munchausen is fine for kids.

Yes there’s some tasteful nudity, but if I’m being real it’s less than any of us are comfortable with in the home.

That’s the bulk of them because that’s where the big money is. It sounds like you’ve got a pretty clear sense of what you’re looking for. Have you checked DeviantArt?

Perhaps you’ll have luck at Artstation?

Good people like to have relationships with other good people because they share many of the same values, and they support one another in their aims in life. Sharing a life with another good person reinforces one’s positive traits, and creates a firmer, more coherent self image.

Oh, you said evil people? My bad… Same answer though.

Nightmare difficulty: your M.O. isn’t highly targeted terrorism/assassinations of oligarchs

The Odyssey for sure, for a given value of “west”.

Find a way to scrape user data from a popular WhatsApp group and their algorithm will probably ban you

I do wish I was better at it, or at least that I had fancier editing software. Openshot is okay I guess, but the transitions and effects are a little rudimentary. Might just be a skill issue, I’ll admit.

It’s been good. It’s making for much more focussed, curated, and varied media consumption since its the bulk of all TV we catch during the week. He sees a lot more art and a lot more quality cartoons (not to mention in order) than other kids who just watch whatever the streaming platforms put in front of kids.

Ever since he was very little we’ve wanted to be thoughtful about what we show him. I really like to mix in old crash course serie as well, and I’m really wanting to hit the media literacy one soon. He already is beginning to understand the problem with ads and in-app purchases in mobile gaming. It’s important work to inoculate against all these media vectors so they don’t grow up assuming the way things are with modern media is normal or acceptable.

tbh it already is, they’re just not into it enough to put in the effort. And that’s fine, it’s easier to enjoy it as a hobby with an audience of two. But if it was possible to throw it up for everyone without getting sent to a DMCA gulag, I would be happy to do so.