Fighting with Windows 11 introduced me to Linux Mint, which works perfectly! I’m not an OS geek, so I really don’t care about the OS – it’s just the thing I deal with on the way to Firefox.

A lot of the comments so far are trying to stay with the negative connotation to exploitation. You exploit your comfortable shoes to walk further each day. You exploit the microwave oven’s ability to more quickly warm your coffee than the stove.

This is the same with discrimination. You choose the raspberry danish over the cheese danish. This is you practicing discrimination, and it’s fine.

Any evil in it comes from abuse or impact to yourself with respect to others, that second definition of exploitation in the OP.

Yes. When somebody else has a better take and I want it to be the top comment, I will downvote mine.

Barbershop quartet singing (ala The Barbershop Harmony Society). Instant friends and such satisfaction to hear yourself lending a note into four-part chords. (It’s the basis of my username.)

Working out with weights

Unfortunately, I’m finding Lemmy 2023 just as shallow as Reddit 2023.

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Lemmy.world announces blocking communities via Discord

I can’t even verify if this was posted on their site.

• Discord is currently up. It’s usually up.
• https://lemmy.world/ is currently down. (Cloudflare - bad gateway.) It’s often down.

For those looking for a Lemmy weight loss community, visit !loseit@discuss.tchncs.de and help us grow one!

This is too severe and unhealthy.

Your body is burning not just fat tissue, but lean tissue as well, and likely so fast that it can’t replace it fast enough to keep up. Even with 5000 Fridays, you’re taking in 8000 a week which is less than 1200 a day, less than some old short inactive grandma would use to lose a few extra pounds (not from 270).

Weight loss puts increased demands upon the body. Gallstones, malnutrition, dehydration, and electrolyte imbalances can happen when those demands exceed the body’s capability to cope with them. More minor side-effects include hair and nail problems, irregular female menstrual cycles, constipation, dizziness, fatigue, and headaches.

I just saw your post. Wanted to say hi. I lost from 298 and also lost pretty fast, but didn’t need to go all that severely. I also had a few goal-weight adjustments but I’ve kept it off basically for 8 years now (170s now, at 5’11 male).

The movie is a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

Thank you for this. I used it to explain it to my spouse today. It did help. I remember liking Tom and Jerry, quite a lot, and I never did take them seriously. This was a good perspective for me.

I do have a sense of humor, but I do have trouble with liking movies or TV where I have nobody to root for.

like Seinfeld or Always Sunny

That helps. As it turns out, I didn’t care for these either. At least I know I have a type now. Appreciate it.

I heartily recommend Fox News*, but otherwise I’d suggest looking up hashtags of things you’re into and following people who like what you like. And follow other people on your own server too.

I love it!!

Excellent! Consider me subscribed!

I worked at Intel Corp and there were many assessments and mitigations made, including some fixes. It was certainly a non-zero effort!

I have a few accounts that know my email and I didn’t get such a message.

Seems to work on my end…

How have I been on Reddit for 15+ years, totally aware of Reddiquette, and never saw that video? Thanks!

I get no posts on either side.