Survivorship bias. Right-wing propaganda. These people, they’re not deep thinkers.

I can’t speak for Romania specifically but I’m sure it’s like anywhere and especially America – there is no such thing as a merit-based society / meritocracy, flaws with that alone aside.

From one human to another, yes I feel valued within my family. Beyond that? Not so much.

I’ve had you tagged for some time for past discussions I found dubious and recognize by sight your name now but don’t stop posting what you believe; I still want to hear what you say unlike others who just seem like trolls or bots. I often agree even. I don’t want an echo chamber; I want ideas challenged in both directions.

haha yeah, been there. They’re swarming with either human or computer Pro-Russian/China bots and venture out oftentimes to spread more propaganda.

Yes. It’s the same reason I migrated my party banner from Republicans to Democrats over the decades. No longer wanted to be associated with the prevailing winds of those coalescing beneath it.

But also, I didn’t ask them to move; rather, I posited the question of whether or not they could.

I joined, Lemmy.ml was the main/recommended instance. Now you all hate it.

Hated for good reason, as you point out in your second paragraph partly for tankies and China/Russo propaganda bots.

Though it raises a question for cases like yours: is account migration to another instance possible?

I’m pretty sure Flying Squid did exactly this with his family but he’s been off Lemmy for over a year now. Not sure if he responds to dms or what not

Pizza flavor one was the only one worth eating back in the day but I haven’t eaten them in years.

Haha oh yeah I played lots of medic and scout but mostly engi!

I launched TFC and went into a dead 2fort server not long ago. That was a major blast of nostalgia I can’t even begin to describe. Dustbowl, Well, Avanti, Badlands, etc. Good times and I think my first online mp experience.

That and Battlefield on bonus.com back in the day.

The night we met - Lord Huron

Arms of an Angel, Sarah McLaughlan

Youth of the Nation - POD (kind of like Adam’s Song).

World at Large - Modest Mouse

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (based on Anne Franke).

To Build a Home - Cinematic Orchestra

There were some others already mentioned. Very powerful.

Damn, that means Atlas Shrugged is out too.

I truly don’t like to say these but I’ve been exploring the optimal places to live, adjusting for everything like fascism-avoidance and climate change tolerance, to nuclear risk mitigation.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst right…?

Not really incel in that I didn’t blame or resent women or anything but I was pretty low self-esteem (this years and years ago). Got my first job, started exercising, eating better, and literally within like 6 months of committing to just focusing on my own self-improvement and being comfortable with my own independence I met my future wife lol. That self-confidence may have led me to saying yes to invitations I otherwise either never would’ve received in the first place or never would’ve accepted.

So a combination of a) Being comfortable with yourself, by yourself, and not actively looking but rather letting things organically happen naturally, b) active self-improvement, and c) putting yourself out there a bit by way of hobbies and work, etc.