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They want to stay by themselves? That's fine by me. But then they should also stop exporting their Hollywood and streaming turds (as well as their shit food). That would only be fair. And maybe also stop behaving like if they owned the entire planet?

That’s a good tip, thank you.

You're welcome.

Eh. Maybe I will remove this post so as not get reminded more of my stupidity.

Maybe it could be very useful to someone else reading it.

Nah, cheers on ya lad. Helps hearing sanity amidst equally purposeful chaos. Good people in France, good people in America, good people all over.

I would be tempted to say 'Amen to that' but since I'm not a believer and, more importantly, since I know how 'Amen' is frowned upon but this time by another bunch of self-proclaimed defenders of the good values (aka censors), I will simply and enthusiastically say +1 ;)

I don't think I need to spend that much money on my current hobbies. But I obviously could

• A real lot of pencils, a lot of Bic and a lot of paper to write with (and to make paper planes, too). Like a good chunk of a lifetime worth of supply :p
• A lot (but already a little less) of top quality watercolor paint (that I don't need to enjoy my hobby watercoloring), too many top of the line watercolor brushes (that I don't need for my hobby either) and a lot of excellent watercolor paper (that I may enjoy using but still don't really need for my hobby ;)
• The entire line of Caran d'Ache 'Luminance' colored pencils and the entire line of Faber Castell 'Polychromos' colored pencils, in multiple examples. But why would I need that many colors when I use maybe 10 or 12 regularly?
• I do a lot of scratch building also using... cardboard. SO, a 1000€ would buy a few decades, centuries?, worth of cardboard and fresh hobby blades too. But since I mostly used recycled cardboard from old packages and parcels... I won't need to buy those.

Back when I was making scale models (plastic planes and tanks) I could have easily spend that In a couple hour in any hobby shop worth shopping at, buying a few fancy model kits, too much paint and some of the fancier tools, plus reference books. Or on a single camera lens, but that is another hobby I quit practicing. Or on some rare books... which I also quit collecting. It looks like I won't be able to spend much money :p

Like with every single other day of the week: I welcome it and do my best with whatever it gives me.

Some parts of the US population are so intellectually fucked up, it's hard to believe witnessing it from the outside while also knowing perfectly well how fucking smart and bright other parts of the exact same population are at the same time.

But fear not, dear USA, you're not alone in that dumbefuckery shitshow your're putting on for the world to see as we have the same kind of morons thriving around here, in France, too. They too like to (try to) ban and forbid stuff, they're just a tad dumber than your own dumbfucks.

Once they will realize banning books is not enough, I suppose they will ask for laws allowing to take them out of our private home, and burn them, to show how bad those books are. Like some other absolute assholes already did some 80/90 years ago.

I'm sorry for being so negative. It's just... They're exhausting. I wish they would take some rest, once in a while.

We have people telling us the earth is flat. Them saying so doesn't make our good old planet any flatter ;)

I mean one can find excess absolutely anywhere, that doesn't demonstrate much imho.

I'm real sorry for that.

It may not be what you were looking for for but have you considered writing about those lost pictures that were dear to you?

I mean, you may not have the pictures anymore (and like you I would think it's best to not ruminate too much about that but also to start doing backups now, not some day in the future), but you may still remember some of those pictures? And that may be worth writing that down because those memories can also vanish with time and age, unless you put them down on paper (or in a computer file, if you prefer a keyboard to a pen).

Don't try to make literature, not yet a least, just put down (your memories of) the images as they pop into your mind, without order but with all your emotions and the memories they trigger of related events and persons. Let it flow freely, it will always be time to put some order into that later on... or to not put any order at all. The idea being to help your brain dump things without filtering anything, as this should help you get a lot more memories than what you may think you had.

Photography, the technique of taking pictures, is 200 years old but people have managed to keep memories of their long gone friends and families, or of events, since... almost the dawn of humanity which has been around for a tad longer than 200 years have I been told. Writing said memories down is one way to do that. As is sketching and painting, which could be other options for you to explore, maybe?

I know too well how bad one can feel because they lost all their important stuff because of no fucking backups, believe me. Hope this suggestion can help in any way.

As many as I have days to live.

(Not the OP but an old dude myself ;))

• "Klaatu barada nikto"
• "Anál nathrach, orth’ bháis’s bethad, do chél dénmha"

The first one is a classic. The second one may not be as familiar but still is a great movie ;)

I'm not hardcore anything but I quit using Reddit and have not looked back. I also don't use any other social, even tough I own other accounts I have not logged into for many years.

Why I don't see myself hardcore? Because there is no hate, or anger and no desire to preach anyone to switch either. I respect people's choice. I disagreed with a few of reddit decisions & their policy change back then and took my decision accordingly. I posted a goodbye note explaining why I left reddit and switched to Lemmy. The same with X, Facebook, or whatever: when I realized I could not trust those services, I told people around me and moved away.

I don't date/wed a religion, or a god. Only a person.

That being said, there would still be the obvious limit that I would have to like (and be liked by) the person which, as far as I'm concerned, would most probably exclude some of the more... extreme religious beliefs.