Before June 2023, I was a mod on several Reddit communities for about 13 years and outside of Reddit since the turn of the century. I just kinda stepped back once the Reddit BS happened.

10 months later, my happiness and over all quality of life has improved. Not only am I no longer stressed (bye bye moderation based nightmares!), but I have way more time to dedicate to my passions and goals.

I thought that dedication to holding together a few niche communities and battling the “bad guys” defined me and gave me a sort of immortality.

I was VERY wrong.

Our great grand kids won’t be trolling reddit archives, telling everyone how “cool” grandpa was.

The greatest thing I ever did to improve my QOL was step away from moderating and leading communities on the internet as a whole. Doubly so if they involve political talk.

You can get a fresh batch of 50 or so stolen credit cards on darket for less than $20 in stolen XMR

This won’t prevent a thing.

The best way to do it is to go into therapy.

You don’t have to go to therapy for the rest of your life. If you want to just work on one thing, like discovering why you can’t get into a long term relationship, then that could be as easy as 6-8 weeks once or twice a week for a half hour.

You don’t even have to leave home as nearly all the independent therapists do therapy via video call.

I used to run a therapy business that focused on sex ant trauma with my ex-wife, and people coming in with your issues was about 1/3 of the business sometimes.

Another thing that’s great about independent therapists, is that will work with you on a sliding scale so that each session won’t break the bank. We would get reimbursed by grants and the government, so it doesn’t really harm the therapist in any way.

Check out Psychology Today to find a good therapist near you

Humanity had its chance and we failed

I’m literally doing everything in my power to make that AI come to life.

Humanity needs the singularity to continue to exist another 100 years.

I took up social media marketing for YouTubers and other influencers. I helped people build an audience, brand, and advised them on what to avoid and how to grow.

It made me a good amount of extra monies and it’s kinda fun. It’s like they’re a tamagotchi.

I’m also able to take those same skills now and use them in my professional life.

So it’s exactly like it would taste like Baja Blast from your local taco bell… only this time after 3am after drinking or getting high.

It’s almost not a flavor but a feeling

I always thought Nukaa-Cola Quantum would taste like Baja Blast fresh from the soda machine from your local taco bell.

It sounds like we’re staring to catch up to the Fallout universe.

It would be nice to have one of those nuclear potatoes to run my house.

People have a lot of family over there. A lot of folks are really upset.

I wonder how much more before people have an extreme reaction to him personally.

I used to belong to D&D groups that were open at a local comic store till like 4am.

We’d rent the space from the store at a good price, have pre-made characters for those that wanted to jump in.

If you don’t have something like that local, I can imagine it wouldn’t be too hard to start

I was accused too. Till they saw my 11+ years of old comments, then they thought I was a sold account.

I don’t know if it’s scary or stupid.

Every day. Its helped me with the depression of my recently passed father

I know several people who are afraid of getting dental work because they are afraid that they’ll get assaulted while being put under.

It’s not so much now, but during the 80s and 90s there was an epidemic of that happening.

This is literal insanity.

Are they going to put Mexican Americans in internment camps next?

Reddit was an essential part of the internet. Thankfully it’s been mostly archived.

Losing the data from Reddit would be a catastrophe on the level of the library of Alexandra.

The people who run Reddit know all of this and thus the reason they want some much money for things like the API.

I’m glad that I don’t use Reddit anymore, unless forced.

Even when forced, I feel dirty.

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I was a bit over 12 if I remember right.

I don’t miss it at all.

It looks like he Musked it up again.