Myrhial

She is absolutely beautiful. And full of tortitude I bet.

I've yet to get discord nitro. They're nice features and I use the platform a lot. But knowing I'd need to set up a new category in my budget for it? Ugh nevermind. I'll be here with my boring profile and asking server admins to directly add my favourite custom emojis.

Never had a reason to subscribe. But my notes are all text and I just need it on my PC and phone. They keep trying to push their subscription though, with their offer that will soon expire but also has been bothering me for many years no matter how often I decline it.

Sugar is antibacterial, hence why honey can stay good like forever. It's a cheap way to increase shelf life that also makes people really like the food because we evolutionary seek that stuff out. It's not right though. We work long hours so convenient foods should allow us to buy back some time. But when they're all like this, you end up either having to do it yourself or risk your health. There should absolutely be limits. But with food costs as they are, who is going to fight for that? The alternatives are more expensive, or you reduce shelf life. It's much better regulated here in the EU but we too are still not there, obesity is still on the rise.

For some people it isn't a choice, it offers accessibility. Even for someone able bodied the convenience of it can be in increase in quality of life. We should of course be careful at what cost that comes. But speaking of costs, it's certainly made these things very affordable.

Europe is rather big and diverse. I'm in Belgium and we still use a fair bit of gas stoves and gas boilers. So if that's the case for you then you should get them. If you're 100% electric and not in an appartement building, or one that's no longer connected to gas then probably not.

I'm in an older building with a common boiler room and we also had a gas leak detector installed when the installation was renewed. It's a small cost for the possible trouble avoided.

I'd like to request an option to see avatars next to user names. Makes it a little easier to recognise them.

Also, I like using the option to hide read posts so there is never a stale feed. But within communities this can backfire. For example I had seen this post, then looked through the history of posts some more, and when I realised I wanted to come post a suggestion here, I had to use the history to come back to it. This might be a limitation of the "mark as read" option of Lemmy itself. But if you could think of a way to show/ hide read posts when viewing a community that would be excellent.

Responding to indicate interest in a setting like this. It's a logical extension of the existing setting for posts.

I get it. I always found a dishwasher too expensive for what I'd gain from it. Doing dishes manually for one or two adults who are diligent about reuse isn't that much effort. But after being gifted a second hand one in excellent condition, I am very happy to have it in my home. The running cost is very reasonable. I'm unsure if I would replace it if broken. But for now it is serving me very well.

Is it possible for discuss.online to have a reference list somewhere of dead/offline communities? If someone tries to like a post on them, or comments on them, could the user receive a warning that this won't be sent through? Ideally, could there be some indicator on each post + the main page of the community that this community is on a dead instance? Always nicer to have that before someone spends an hour crafting a really good reply not knowing it won't be going anywhere.

My partner said that when he'd move in with me, he'd pay his share. His logic is that he's currently paying a landlord and he'd rather pay me. That way I get more financial room to loan money again (I own my apartment, but have a mortgage), and he'd pay less than current rent, allowing him to expand on a down-payment buffer. Ideally this way we could upgrade to a small house in time, suitability split, and I keep the apartment to rent out or I can sell it.

There is power in combined finances, but you need to take into account what you'd do on your own. That said, I would prefer to be in a situation where I could just let him move in for free, as life is expensive enough already.

But I also believe that it is essential to a good relationship that each carries their reasonable share. I grew up with my mom fully depending on my dad for finances as she was a stay at home mother. I loved she was always there for us, but when my parents grew apart, she really struggled and dealt with a lot of guilt because she couldn't provide for us as before. This is why I've always made sure I could make my own way. My apartment isn't the greatest but I'm thankful every day I can benefit from ownership.

I think the current defaults are fine. I only ever use dark mode but some people use both. Respecting an existing preference is the way to go imo.

Compact is a preference, it can feel very cramped but some people have strong feelings about utilising screen space (honestly some non compact stuff is really silly, so I get it).

Vaporwave is neat if you like it but not generic enough for a default.

I think there is a good balance in the number of choices. I wouldn't add to it unless it's something distinct. I honestly wouldn't put time into making a site theme. You could do just a colour scheme but full themes are hard. I say this as a web developer based on my own experience. Also, from that, I've found that if users are happy, you're doing a really good job. Because if something is wrong or feels off you'll hear it fast.