cries in Australian don’t think I’ll get any here…

STOP BULLYING MEEEEEE.

Jkjk, it’s meant to be a midweek treat for my workplace. Thursday is the middle of the week for us. But yes. I know fruity Friday works so much better, so I just act Extra Gay those days.

Fun fact, pineapple was originally on this one. But the pineapple I bought, when cut open, was genuinely the most disappointed I’ve ever been in a pineapple in my life. Poor thing was so pale I’d have thought it had seen a ghost (if it had the eyes or mind to be spooked by one that is).

But coconut! Ohh you’re right, if I manage to find one I aught to try it.

Adding onto this, you can’t really overhaul your entire life unless you have a place to live.

I’m speaking from the other side, I spent some time homeless, and I agree with you. Some people do need more than just a place to live. They need mental health treatment, they need assistance with their drug dependency. They need professional help.

But, it’s also impossible for someone to consistently get professional help unless they have a consistent place to rest their head.

Because again, I am agreeing with you, but the part I disagree in is the order of where mental illness comes in. Because I reckon for a lot of homeless folk, they start off fine, and then the trauma of the situation sends them completely mentally loose. I was lucky to have the internet and my friends to keep me stable enough, and even I have plenty of screws lost now.

It’s a hard issue to solve, and I genuinely think it’ll take decades of actual effort (not half measures) to see some actual gain. And homelessness is literally ingrained into an economy of winners and losers. Because it is a lot more than just stop making people homeless at this point.

Yeah, I think reddit is going to die (if only due to the process of enshittification and the consequences of going public) but the idea of a mass exodus is a bit of a dream. Anyone who has had a conversation going on in one channel, and then have a mod tell them to move it to a more appropriate channel should know this. The conversation doesn’t move, it just stops 9/10 times.

But we shouldn’t be preoccupied with reddit as a community. Give what you can to Lemmy and enjoy it for what it is, not wishing it to be reddit.

Ace Attorney games, I believe the newest trilogy that’s set in the past?

Man, maybe I should dust off the old account and do the good ol “taking Tumblr screenshots and posting them on other websites” work myself.

Same. Replacing doom scrolling on Reddit with posting on beehaw.

Hell, even if people move back to reddit, I’ve made the choice to stay on Lemmy, and give a small community everything I’ve got.

Oooh, I’m presuming New Zealand then? Honestly, learning about possum fibre was a shock, when my coworkers told me about their possum wool scarf. I still think it’s a bit weird to wear the screaming bastards haha.

I just realised… I can buy possum fibre…

All I’m seeing is a place to upload video instructions to the tutorials I’m going to post here. Heh.

Oh trust me, I’ll be spamming the instance with my pictures like a proud parent with a child. I was inspired by finding this website that documents the different dyes different eucalyptus trees can make. Gorgeous browns and greens galore. I absolutely want to post my adventures into spinning and yarn for each step.

Beware. Drum carders come PRICY. They last for life though. I’m going to get into it, but I’m looking into dying (and making my own plant based dyes from my own garden!!)

Edit: not the only way to process wool though. Processing raw fleece is a lot of work from what I’ve read up on it. World of wool is probably your best bet.

I’m going to stay on beehaw where at least they require an application to join. We need smaller and more spread out communities anyway to avoid astroturfing.

Please post your spins! I’d love to an get a proper community going (and I’d love to drool over pictures of yarn…)

I got this specific wool from here. I’m lucky to live in Australia where Merino are just about everywhere, so I get some wool from here too. But that one is quite local.

World of wool is by far the biggest and the cheapest option for finding wool though. Even with the shipping included. Plus, it’s the only place I could find Angora at a price that didn’t make me want to die.

Weirdly enough, there’s a LOT of fleece on the Facebook marketplace, just more unprocessed. That might be an option with a lot more work involved if you’re up to it.

Also, a good place to look is wool and sheep shows. Iirc, there was one in Maryland not too long ago. They generally pop up all around the place though.

God tell me about it. I’m still fresh myself, and tried making a skein without a niddy noddy. I lost 70g of plyed yarn 😭

My first wheel bobbin got completely over filled when I was plying. So THAT screwed up too. One skein was underspun and just fell apart. But!! Who cares when I’m having so much fun :) (apart from all the swearing and rage…)

Honestly, just keep at it. It clicked for me after a few on and off attempts over a few weeks.

Hey! Spindles are great! Once it clicked for me, and I moved on from the park and draft method I was having a blast haha. There’s a book called “Respect the spindle” all about this. I’ll write up my guide to be more general and welcoming to spindle users. There’s the saying that a wheel is more efficient by hour, but a spindle is more efficient by week. Alas, I’m not a knitter. I might jump in soon though, hehe.

I’m with you on Persona 5. My favourite in the series is Persona 2. Plays like complete ass but some of the best writing I’ve seen in a videogame. So it balances out. Then Persona 3 came out and they changed direction with the games, and… Well, I guess it makes more money and being told you’re the best is a lot more fun than the weirdness of early persona.

Weirdly enough, I could never get into Stardew Valley. Whenever I play it, the path to complete optimisation is just so annoyingly clear. Something ALWAYS needs to be done to be optimal. So I always feel like I’m not doing it right or I’m falling behind. My personality just does not work with Stardew Valley even if I really truly want it to.