Oh definitely, these things are not opposites or anything like that, it’s more of a philosophical difference… in vibe? lmao

The way I thought about it is, that “why” is the motivation behind choosing what to do, and “result” is what those actions lead to. These are not necessary the same as you can easily make mistakes in your judgement and cause effects you didn’t think of, or even lie to yourself (and/or others) and choose to ignore what you don’t like. Whatever actually happens is still the reality of the situation, so I think that ends up being more important than the motivations behind it, as people often lie about those. And being stupid isn’t really an excuse to do shitty things, either!

Though in most cases we don’t get full story anyway, so I guess judging based on either doesn’t really matter, yeah.

It’s the ‘why’ that really counts with this angle.

I’d argue the results are what actually counts, even more than the why. If what you gain by ghosting is more valuable than the alternative (for example being physically safe vs. hurt feelings), it’s fine. On the other hand if what’s gained is only like two minutes of saved time…

Never - but if the tutorial is too boring, I just give up, quit the game and never open it again. If the tutorial is that tedious, I won’t enjoy the game either, so it’s just a waste of time. There’s always more important stuff than some annoying game that won’t even let me play it

I’ve encountered a ton older folks using them around here, for example reading books or even just using them for bank stuff instead of a computer or a phone. The bigger screen makes them a lot easier to use, especially if your eyesight isn’t as good. I guess that tracks with “fallen out of fashion” though

There’s a lot of history nerds here, but I still probably know more about classical latin than most, though I’ve given up on that now. I had Roman literature as my major in university, before I got seriously ill and was forced to quit my life

They’re omnivores so good quality catfood is fine, it shouldn’t be your visitor’s full diet anyway. I bribe my neighbourhood corvids with dog kibble, since it’s what I always have in my pockets! You could try something like fruit or berries if you want to offer some variety, but the catfood and peanuts might be preferred over those. Going extra mile could be something like dried mealworms I guess, but it’s easiest to just use what you already have around.

If the visitor is not living nearby, it might come only when it happens to be close enough for other reasons, and sometimes they have seasonal things where they just go elsewhere and won’t show up for a while. Just be patient, it can take a long ass time to form trust with them, but once they learn you have food offerings regularly, they will keep visiting on their own terms. They also gossip, so you might get more visitors over time

Animals are one of my special interests, so I have a lot of knowledge about keeping several types of animals (especially dogs and parrots). A lot of people that have pets don’t actually seem to look that deeply into keeping them, or even consider too much before getting them, which leads to a lot of problems and rehoming situations.

The most important thing is; before you get yourself any animal, look up and read about their needs first, there’s so much that has to be considered, since they’re living feeling beings and you will be responsible for them.

• What is the healthiest diet for them? How often do they eat? How much does feeding them cost? Where can you get their foods?
• How will you deal with their shitting/peeing, or the mess they’ll make? How will you have to protect your house so they don’t kill themselves or destroy everything?
• Do they need special lighting? Certain temperatures or humidity? What sort of cage/toys/other things they need, and how much will those cost?
• How much space do they need? (Never go with the recommended minimum!) Do they need to go outside every day, and how many times?
• Do you need to get multiple for them to have company and be healthy? Can you keep multiple of them or will they kill each other?
• What things should you teach them?
• How much time do you have to spend with them everyday? What will you do if you have to travel?
• How long lifespan do they have? What will happen to them if you die first?
• How will you take care of their fur/nails/beak/etc.?
• Do they need a specialist vet and are there any close by? Do you have enough funds to pay for their typical vet care and sudden emergencies?
• Where can you get this animal? Are they legal where you live? Are there any rescues for them, do you have to find a reputable breeder? How can you avoid getting scammed or supporting unethical practices? (Never buy anything wild-caught!)
• Etc…

I have single transverse palmar crease on my other hand. It’s estimated to occur in around 1,5-3% of people, so that’s pretty interesting I guess

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And that’s completely fine, something like that is just a matter of taste anyway. But trying to smear his reputation and spread false shit about him just because someone doesn’t like him? That’s not cool at all - and even worse if it’s just because he’s not a hateful piece of shit!

Also fuck JK Rowling, that terf bastard deserves nothing but a kick to the shin.

Yeah I’m trying to avoid MS if possible, especially since I probably have to try to make the jump to linux eventually with how things are going. I probably need to at least try Visio though, to see is it able to do what I want, so far I’ve had no luck with alternatives for it.

For example draw.io doesn’t seem to work for this (I’ve tried before as well), since I really need easy auto arranging for the nodes for it to be usable enough - and I haven’t been able to do that with it. So far the only thing that I’ve found to work even relatively well for what I want to do has been this even with it’s many limitations, since it allows to just pulling the lines wherever and it will auto arrange everything. When the trees grow to crazy sizes (over a hundred etc.), it’s almost impossible to make things work without the auto arranging, otherwise I wouldn’t even need the tools I’m looking for…

Thank you, I’ll look into those!

I wish there’d be a proper family tree generator, I’ve been searching for one for so long. All the things existing now seem to be old and made to create actual existing family trees with lots of limitations, but I’d really need a tool to use for world building and that kind of stuff. To allow you create profiles with a lot of data for the characters in the tree, so you could view the info in some easy way, maybe by clicking to open an info window, or something like that. To be able to easily link them to each other with other things than just family relations (like friends, lovers, enemies…). Being able to properly put a picture on the profiles so it would show there in the tree, not just a name. Just being able to properly view the whole family tree at once by zooming in and out would be so nice, and to link it with other family trees etc…

There are games that have some family tree functions, but I don’t need nor want a gaming experience. I want to do these things freely, not with having to play some shit to be able to unlock something, or to have family trees generated around just played characters. I’ve tried using mind map generating stuff as well, but they have limited features, and it’s difficult to just create branches with them since everything is supposed to link back to one single thing.

If anyone knows about something like this existing somewhere, please do tell me!