It took me a while to figure out. Like I knew Southerners can be mean and judgy, but I didn't think about how until I traveled to other places and saw how much more straightforward people are. It's nice when kindness is kindness and there's no underlying meaning.
Proudly have never had that said to me lol
It's a subtly, yeah. There's a lot of reading between the lines along, which is annoying if you're not used to it.
Growing up in the South is learning to be mean by way of looking nice.
Like...stale or just...weird? I don't know how to describe it. If it only smells like glass or cleaning such, it's good. Anything else is bad.
Gotta smell the inside of a cup or bowl when taking it out of the pantry. If it smells wrong, I have to wash it first. I don't know why.
Not really. They never wanted a large instance and didn't want to become a Reddit replacement. I see them more like a federated Tildes, honestly.
Wouldn't they deny your money because of the dates? You'd have to ensure you only have cash from pre-2003.
It's available in the UK as well. They don't follow EU privacy laws.
Same. 30s, healthcare, no linux. Not even tech savvy at all, but I can follow directions well enough.
Roleplaying in AOL chatrooms. I remember joining this group who roleplayed as vampires and hanging out in the "local tavern." I was only 9 and in hindsight half of what people were doing was hooking up, but it made me love writing.
Later on, I really enjoyed LiveJournal and staying up way too late reading fanfiction with my friends on AIM/MSN messenger.
Early Google. When AskJeeves fizzled away but SEO and ads hadn't taken over.
Or Prince of Egypt which has one of the best soundtracks and great animation. I'm not a Christian but even I know about the damn plague that got those little Egyptian kids.