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Installing Linux on top of a Windows install is a non-issue, the other way around can be a problem. I've been dual booting for years without problems. I keep mine on separate drives, though.

The biggest advantage of federated social media is that there's multiple servers. I know it can be a rough point for new users, but most people can just join whatever the largest server is and they'll be perfectly fine. You need to pick a server because lemmy isn't one website, and it shouldn't be one website. People should be able to host an instance if they disagree with another one's moderation/rules, and spreading the load across many servers helps to prevent large scale downtime when servers go down. All of these advantages can coexist with new users just being pointed to lemmy.world.

You as well! I don't necessarily feel bad on Valentine's Day, it's just a normal day as far as I'm concerned. I can definitely see it been rough for others though

I don't use loops, but I used tiktok for a long time and short form video isn't bad. You get some pointless/garbage stuff, but it can totally be great for sharing information, or memes. The point is whatever users want it to be.

I think it's important to think on what "succeed in life" means to you, really. Not some ideas others told you is success, or what a culture tells you is. A career? A relationship? Kids? I've found I'm a lot happier focusing on living in the moment, focusing on each day individually. I was raised with the mentality that I needed to get a career, get married, have kids, raise a family. I don't want any of that. Obviously I can't say what you want, but self exploration and questioning is important. Finding community with others is hard, romantically or otherwise, and the best I can offer there is that there's a lot of us that feel similarly to you. Even if you don't achieve whatever goals you set yourself, you can find a way to be alright.

No. The US was founded through genocide and colonialism, and while it's improved in ways, the US government has never had the well-being of it's people as a primary goal. Power, control, and the transfer of wealth and resources to a small minority has always been what this country has sought. I care greatly for a lot of the people here, but in the same way I see that same value in people all over the world, not just here.

My friend's daughter was very into goat simulator on my computer, it's a sandbox and you can't lose. We'd hear her cackling from the other room as she ran into traffic or tried to climb a roller coaster or something. I'd have to start the game and get her into the world, but from there she loved it.

My lease ends today and I've had two apartments reject my application. So I'm going to be sleeping in my car with my cats tonight. It's all pretty surreal. It really can happen to anyone.

I don't think it's fair to attribute his winning the election on people that didn't vote for Kamala. Young white men came out in droves voting for him - we cannot underestimate the political results of figures like Joe Rogan, Andrew Tate, and Ben Shapiro and the kind of rhetoric they're able to spread.

You get tired of eating microwave meals, and anything that leaves dishes I have to clean later is certainly not easier than going to fast food

Lack of time, lack of energy, or both. Cooking is exhausting and difficult when you're already tired from working.