One is never truly boring or unfunny,

But rather understood by themself alone,

Where some may never get their humor,

But they shall sparkle on as the queer dear they are.

Also: Dresscodes overrated, embrace the all-black get-up.

You deserve all the wonderful days for being an amazing sweetheart. Very very sweet post.

So cuuuuuute! And very nice find with the jacket! I have some genuine London Fog Trench coats from a while back with some being about the same price too, never know what you can find thrifting!

Aside from specifically the GMS suite, which you can compile AOSP without, Google has contributed much of its own into the AOSP. I will concede that I do not know how much is GMS and how much is not, but even something as basic as push notifications requires Google or a workaround that has been made(MicroG) which effectively intercepts the calls.

Ah yes, the doting motherly bitty.

Accurate.

While Fairphone likes to pretend to be “different,” to iPhone and Android in their marketing, they are just another Android phone manufacturer and proudly show off Google, the Play Store, etc. in their advertising material. Jolla is only in the European market so is not an option for the Americans, to my remembrance.

For those who can, leaving the smartphone rat race entirely.

For those who cannot, Linux Phones need more good players in the scene(most are European, rip the American Market), but the fundamentals are there. There are options, but the only one that is Global far as I know that is not utter garbage(seems to be received positively) is Pine64’s Pinephone(which they charge an absurd amount for so-called “remote areas,” above shipper-priced dues when it comes to).

Custom ROMs, such as CalyxOS, are based on AOSP. Per their own website(which lambasts Google and highlights Samsung for some reason):

“Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is the core backbone for all Android phones that manufacturers such as Samsung build upon. Maintained by Google, AOSP receives contributions from developers around the world.”

By using a Custom ROM, and from developers contributing to the AOSP, they are supporting Google, agreeing to Google, and helping Google further their ends. Yes, your experience may differ from stockdroid, but if you think you are away from Google, Calyx admits in that one line that despite their platitudes, they are still beholden to Google. If Google restricts access to AOSP, which they can as they are who grants access in the first place, congrats, it becomes the high waters or a dead project.

Then the follow up will be: “I’m altering the deal again! Pray I do not keep altering it!”

Android is a bad joke that is only “open,” insofar as Google allows/has failed to prevent. The AOSP effectively is Google, to access the source you have to bind yourself to, you guessed it, Google. All Android phones require you to agree to Google’s terms regardless of if you sign up for an account or ever link one to your device. OEMs, even ones out of the Mainstream, lie in bed with Google and speak it as a positive that they maintain compliance to Google’s demands.

That said, the power-grab, while unsurprising and not unprecedented, makes the veneer of openness and the practical greater access control afforded to users compared to iOS underground at best, which is problematic. Android at least does have greater freedom compared to iOS, with very practical utilities that rely on the ability for indies to come into the scene and do so. But to kneecap the ones that keep their ecosystem afloat, Google is playing quite an interesting game.

The best solution is to leave Google and Apple entirely, but that is easier said than done for most.

Ah yes, HOAs. “We represent the best interests of how we feel toda–OI WHAT YOU DOIN’ CUTTIN’ YOUR SHRUB?!”

The people on there do not either, haha. But you are still very lovely dearie, never forget that.

Uniform Policy: Enforced and changed specifically to target people. I remember when my old workplace had a uniform ordering sheet, people ordered a particular uniform from said sheet, then when I tried, it was an issue and I was told “that is not an allowable uniform here.” Funny that.

Also, please be careful. We have had the conversation before briefly about VRChat, I want you to be safe. As long as you are just there to vibe with media though, you should be alright. Remember the block button and use it liberally.

Open secret of special places with a special link that provides an interface to view media in the deep waters.

Also, obligatory ugh VRChat.

“I’m at Soup!”

“What do you mean you’re at Soup?!”

“I mean I’m at Soup!”

“WHAT STORE ARE YOU IN?!”

“The Soup Store!”

“WHY ARE YOU BUYING A PERSONALITY AT THE SOUP STORE?!?!?!?!”

Sounds like a license revocation waiting to happen.

And as the other comment said, you may want to find someone else who, you know, actually cares. As you deserve to have someone who does, nobody should be without the proper channels they need.

cue the dead silence that follows the attempt at keeping said conversation going

“My radiance shines brightly, I have the high ground! Do not hate me because I’m beautiful, do not hate me because I am handsome, for I shall twirl away your comments as the worthless air they are!”

Short hair is cute–Cropped with volume or just short-short. That is a really silly thing for onlookers to bring up, but low-hanging fruit is what they prefer to go after, as dealing with reality is too difficult.

And AMABs are indeed unfortunately often forced, either physically or psychologically(abusing their psyche until they “want to,” do so as to try to pretend they gave their child choice) get their hair cut regardless of how they feel about it. My cis as cis could be cousin even, he just straight up preferred longer hair growing up and hated it cut, and it would harm him emotionally if a barber screwed it up(or if they were “influenced,” as I suspect happened in some cases) and made it too short. He was collateral of a society that wants to strike down even the possibility of someone living a life of their own beyond the “values they were raised on,”(gross).

Fur fluff pet fluffy~