In some places it’s iffy legally leaving kids home alone, so because of that I assume many parents also just do the commuting part with them to be safe. There are also many places that are not built to just let kids or bike to school.

I am skipping meals, and a lot of my clients’ budgets have gone down the drain.

What exactly are your concerns?

“Why aren’t people outraged about…” They are, is always the answer when this question is posed here.

Probably the same reason people want to give homeless people food instead of money, to try and limit the opportunity for poor decisions.

Go watch and report back.

I’m a bit out of the loop with studio purchases, but were they going under originally and needed to sell? I have to assume anyone selling their company knows it’s on borrowed time.

This is really good! Please keep posting your work so we can enjoy it.

Of course. I’m sure many more words will keep being invented for concepts. Social media to me is more about being a real persona with identity and connecting with people and having followers. It’s also designed to keep you on. Most of the fediverse is about anonymity and we don’t have enough content for doom scrolling.

Forums, chat rooms, irc, email and other forms of communication existed way before facebook and it were not labeled social media. Social media is its own beast. I would not categorize Reddit and like platforms as social media.

Similarly in terms of words, I saw an article ranking fast food places and basically listed every brand chain restaurant as fast food. Terms should have meaning.

This has honestly become a pet peeve of mine. At this point anything that has an internet connection is being called social media.

You already seem to be doing more than most people. In terms of the gym. You already spend countless just watching a screen, have you tried doing the same but being on a bike? At least you’d be making better use out of that time. Trying to trick your brain is usually a good way for me to start on things.

4 years from now when there is a Green Lantern movie, the climax will take place in Rushville and somewhere in the world, I will be hearing a feint scream.

Mamdani is for sure drawing in even more people.

I would say you are not familiar with the city and if you have any connections at all, start by finding people who will let you couch surf so you start getting the lay of the land and the feel for the different boroughs.

If you really have no money you’ll probably end up living in the worse parts of the Bronx or Brooklyn, which can be dicey. The places to most people want to be are Midtown (Manhattan), Williamsburg (Brooklyn) or Astoria (Queens) and they can be very pricey.

A lot of people are being priced out and now moving to Jersey City, which is very close by to Manhattan. Depending on what school you go to, living in Jersey may rule you out for certain types of aid for living outside of the state. I had college mates that went this route, they eventually dropped their chance at aid and all roomed together in Hoboken. Keep in mind a con with public transport between states is that it costs more.

The thing is many people want to come to new york. Colleges are very particular about handing out free money given the amount of people who apply. I’ve seen many people come on a whim and having a bad time. Even if you get aid there is no guarantee you’ll keep getting it each semester and you could wind up in a bit of a bind.

I would say to not move to nyc for the sake of moving there. It sounds like you’re trying to force your life to fit into the idea. If you’re still hell bent on it, you’ll need to make some friends first that will let you move into their apartment ( so room mates), until then, the rest of your list does not really matter. You will have a really hard time trying to juggle going to school, working and affording a life.

Insanity laughs under pressure we’re breaking

Queen - Under Pressure

A gift shop at the gun range, a mass shooting at the mall

Bo Burnham - That Funny Feeling

(Honestly every line in that song is golden)

Yeah, this would be too niche to have something atm. It would need to be an artisan community where people would post handmade crafts you can purchase.

I mention it because lemmy is very anti advertising, even for self plugging hand made crafts. Ultimately I’d love a community where we can support small artists.

I wonder if there are there any active fediverse communities where people share their handmade works they make like this. I’d love it if you kept posting your work.