the_itsb (she/her)

Omg!! 😍 They’re like a sunrise on clouds!! Incredible!

I don’t need anymore roses in my garden, but also - I kinda need this rose in my garden.

You can reset your voicemail, which on some carriers will result in callers getting the, “This voicemail box has not been set up yet,” outgoing message (which will not let them leave a message). From the quick search I did, it looks like it’s a pretty carrier-specific process, though, so you’ll need to search " reset voicemail" to get anywhere.

Does your carrier’s online account management allow you to block numbers yourself? That will prevent them from leaving voicemails. If they don’t let you do it yourself online, you’ll probably have to call, and regardless, there might be a charge per number - the last time I looked into it, it was $10 to block a number for my Verizon account.

I love this! I feel this too.

I’m 41, so a lot of my age-peers are running up against the cumulative effect of decades of neglecting their bodies and starting to curse the aging process, but I’m secretly kinda loving it. I made a conscious choice to be more active in my 30s, and now I’m in the best shape of my life.

I have much less energy and so many fewer fucks to give, and this means I’ve had to learn to be strategic and learn when to cut out things - including relationships - that aren’t edifying.

I’m a traditionally cute petite cis woman, and I had fantasized my whole life about shaving my blonde curls off and freeing myself from those golden chains, so I finally buzzed it this spring, and it looks great. And I am in stealth mode all the time now!! Nobody ever recognizes me until they see me with my husband, it’s hilarious and awesome every time.

I know myself and my own capabilities better, so I am better about not getting myself in over my head, and I’m more able to ignore skeptics and naysayers. Most of the time, I no longer feel the need to be overly polite and accommodating to their desire to give me unsolicited advice, which is awesome.

I am having a tremendous amount of fun getting old, and I think you will too! I love your attitude. ✊

they are showing “Porky’s Butthole”, which is what he calls the “That’s All Folks” ending to a Looney Tunes show

Ohhhhhhhhhh 😂 omfg, I love this guy. I was able to understand him pretty well - a version of that dialect is still spoken by some of the older people here in Appalachian Ohio - but I could not figure out what he meant by “Porky’s Butthole” and lost interest after the rant started circling back on itself, and didn’t think to look at the comments there.

There is a dude at a tire shop here who has an even thicker accent with more colorful language, and the bits I can understand are fucking hilarious. He absolutely cracks my husband up - people who don’t care to listen closely enough to understand him often think he’s got some kind of disability, and meanwhile he’s cussing their idiocy and poor driving. 😂

It sounds like you’ve never had the experience of being the woman used as a lesson, and I’m really glad for you. I’m sorry you think my lived experience is weird! Blessed be.

This is kinda my take, too; after reading OP’s post, I was left wondering how much time they spend on here and what they’re doing outside it.

I know everyone’s ability and opportunity to be engaged with the world is different, so I hope this doesn’t come off as a “touch grass” kinda thing, that’s not how I mean it at all. For people with difficulties communicating or mobility issues, sometimes being online is the best way to engage with the world, and I totally get that. However, I think it’s unwise to put all of our social eggs in one basket; we need multiple platforms for communicating and outlets for expression and connection. What ways are you connecting with people outside Lemmy?

When I’m feeling sad and disconnected, I like to work against it by sowing the kindness and understanding I would like to be reaping. This is pretty common advice - it’s not unusual for someone going through a rough patch to be told to try volunteering for something they care about - and for me, it is almost always Super Effective.

So, maybe posting on a social media board could be fulfilling, if gone into with the attitude of finding a way to contribute instead of trying to find what is needed.

Idk, maybe that doesn’t make sense, I’m not fully caffeinated yet and out of medication and I know I’m not totally with it. But hopefully I’m getting the gist across: posting/commenting would ideally not be your primary (or only) way of connecting with others, posting is usually not satisfying, but empathetic/meaningful commenting can be, and if there’s not already a meaningful reply to something, try making one and see how it feels. It might feel better than you expected to be that first meaningful comment even if nobody ever replies; sometimes heartfelt expression can be its own reward.

Maybe push him to try and become friends with a female coworker.

Please ask her before you use her to teach a lesson.

Oh totally. I guess I was thinking of it as something a community member might be delighted to make, like all the other fun bee-themed imagery.

I’m a little disappointed that the article didn’t clarify whether this will also apply for business taxes. I assume it will, since they mention the goal of everything being paperless by 2025-2026, but an explicit statement about exactly which classes of taxpayers will be paperless next year would have been nice. I did not enjoy printing and mailing a fat stack off to them for our tiny little home business LLC.