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@raining_night
When we're younger everything is shiny and new, and we have to try stuff out. Other kids our age are also trying stuff out, so we strike up relationships with them.
As we get older, (as in older than 30's) we become much less interested in trying out new things, so meet fewer people.

e.g. Wife knows someone at work whose husband plays at an open mic almost every wed. night. "You and your husband should come. He can bring his guitar and participate too." We did, and I did. I had a good time, went back several times. Cataracts make driving at night difficult, so as winter came on, and it got darker earlier and earlier, and the temperatures got colder and colder, I found it harder to work up the ambition to go out.
The applause is nice, but sharing the embodiment of the song is primary. Making new friends isn't even a part of the reason I'm there. Sure, I make conversation here and there, but not with any intent to form new relationships. If that's also true for most others there, it's little wonder new friendships don't get formed.

"It's difficult to make friends..."
Maybe because we're not even really trying? Maybe friendships are "worth it" when we're younger, but as we get older, they seem more trouble than they're worth?

@_lunawinters @raining_night
Ever trying cycling? any bike, just riding if you have a safe place to do it.

Great exercise, relaxing. My favourite.

@Vishsai @raining_night

That's my experience too. People get busier, you meet them in work situations only, it's acquaintances mostly, and even those we lose as we move on, change places or jobs, etc.

@raining_night age just a number, you can still try

@raining_night I get you brother. Think as we grow older we more selective on what bullshit we can and can't handle. Though if there is something else am all ears.

@raining_night relatable af🖐️

Little FYI;

I am NOT earning ANYTHING from mstdn.social 😉 In fact it's the opposite, Every week I work about 40-50 hours for a company so I can earn money and pay for the servers, domain, media storage and email services and don't get me wrong. I'm VERY happy to do that ❤️ and I will NOT stop doing that for a long time!

We do get donations and that's a BIG help! But still I need to pay much from my own pocket so keep that in mind. We are not a company, we are not Twitter, we drive on #love! ❤️

A British Ad which very well defines what is happening in India.

https://youtu.be/2jCfHAW9izw

Is there even a single thing happening in India right now that I can genuinely feel proud of?

I am struggling here.

#cat #memes

Leaves #photography #mastoArt

I like this minimalist shot showing everything I want to show. I don't there's an explanation needed.
Taken 2015-05-11

hot take: Tusky's block list is shitty and all the forks to remove it are deserved

@freemo @raining_night
A relevant quote from an awesome The Guardian article:

"Aside from the energy required to manufacture and maintain those devices, the data they produce will live in the carbon-intensive cloud. Data centers currently consume 200 terawatt hours per year – roughly the same amount as South Africa. Anders Andrae, a widely cited researcher at Huawei, tells me that number is likely to grow 4-5 times by 2030. This would put the cloud on par with Japan, the fourth-biggest energy consumer on the planet."

Full article, long read warning (it's worth it!) here:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/17/tech-climate-change-luddites-data