I do it when I’m asked, and sometimes even ask people to say hi/send a hug if I’m with someone and they’re talking to a mutual friend or family member on the phone.

Sometimes you just want to tell them “hey, you matter to me :)” even if we’re both busy or there is no need to catch up on what’s been going on in our lives (and a quick hi is enough).

I mean if they don’t use it for anything else it’s just a funky food bowl for the cats

We can have a little suspension of disbelief to ensure the joke lands

I generally prefer text messaging, but there are instances when a synchronous communication method has its merits:

• when playing video games with friends, or just shooting the shit after dinner, a voice call (usually on Discord) works best.
• when I need to vent to a friend about more serious stuff, I prefer a voice call as well (this is mostly just so there’s no screenshots but also my messages would be so longwinded)
• when something is time-sensitive or requires immediate back and forth (e.g. I’m at the supermarket to pick up dinner and I want to ask my SO what they want to eat)
• video chats are reserved for calls with my mum (we usually chat for like 2 minutes so that she knows I’m okay and to check if there are any news), my SO when they go abroad for work, and seldom my nieces (because they are lovely girls and I love to chat with them)

Once again, texting takes precedence unless it’s one of these instances, which all consider people I’m comfortable around. I still dread sometimes having to call someplace to make an appointment.

mood, tbh

I don’t understand, why did you post a picture of a pride flag?

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It’s their Magic Mouse. You can’t use it while it’s charging (since its port is on the bottom) and it also has questionable ergonomics since it’s very flat and thin (but most mice also have questionable ergonomics as well so there’s that)

I’ve had a Kindle Paperwhite in the past and now I have a Kobo Clara 2E (that’s the BW one).

I prefer the Clara because:

• it is not an Amazon product, and I even bought it at a local retailer
• it works with epub files for books — even if Kobos have their own kepub file extension, calibre has plugins that deal with that
• setting up calibre-web on my home server and having the Clara connect to it was very simple

They both have water resistance and warm light. The Paperwhite’s screen is a bit bigger, but the difference is not monumental.

In the end, they are similar enough both in terms of specs and price that depending on your use case you will be fine with either one, but if anything I mentioned above is an important factor to you then I hope this was helpful :)

The bottom of the gym ad says “Ottawa sign rentals”, so I’d say it checks out

It’s in Porto, in the riverside area.

who is this diva though

She has also been in a number of high-profile productions way before Shrek 5, such as HBO's Euphoria, the Dune films, and MCU's Spider-Man films.

In my country (also Western Europe), we only get them if a film passes the three hour mark. We saw the extended versions of the LOTR trilogy a few months back and they were a lifesaver for a quick bathroom break!

And they know it themselves (warning: also a TVTropes link)

After falling, the tree trunk was still connected to the stump and was starting to rise again.

Only when the lumberjack chopped the remaining bit did the trunk fall for good.

And the story is only one of many great things! The game art is gorgeous and the soundtrack is full of bangers that serve their purpose well to complement the story.

I love Ace Attorney.

Yeah, even physical pc games often just have a download key inside and no disk, and computers haven’t had disk drives for a while.

(I know you can get external ones, but even cases nowadays don’t account for the ability to have them as an internal component)

I did manage to snag a copy of House Flipper 2 (it just had a Steam key, no disk) for 6€ a few months ago when the lowest historical price at the time (according to IsThereAnyDeal) was in the 20s or 30s, so I’m very much in the camp of physical releases in any platform. There is much more choice for consumers, game preservation arguments notwithstanding.

I did feel this today and so I empathise, as the Lidl close to my place got new shelving and they reorganised the whole store.

I felt very out of sorts as my routine hinged on me going through almost all aisles in an S pattern, and I took longer to see if I had everything I needed.

It will take some time, sure, and I’d say that the categories are better organised now, but it was still a bit lame.

Yeah, the headline is talking about the Billboard Hot 100, a chart of the 100 most popular songs of the week.

The news about her songs being in the “top 10” just means that all her charting singles appeared for the first time in one of the first 10 positions.

I just checked the chart on the Billboard website and it’s now at number 12, but it debuted last week at the first position.