@streetfestival @the_q I’m glad you get it. I love “be more buy less”!

Many of us don’t need nearly as much as we think we do. It takes a bit of growth & calming down tho, which is hard to do with all the noise

Media hypes us on the “cost of living crisis” and while I agree basic needs price goes up which sucks, but half the problem is really a “cost of confirming crisis”. That is, wanting to live in a very specific and often sub-optimal way just to be at least “on par” with everyone else.

@the_q Oh don’t get me started flexing on how I sleep on the floor and no longer own a car

@return2ozma

Or some just like cooking and don’t give a damn about consumerism?

I’m not exactly struggling with finances. I cook all my food because I like to and have time. I hardly buy stuff because I unbrainwashed myself from consumerism.

Half the reason I semi-retired in my 30s is because I need little to satisfy me after de-bloating my mind.

I have a baby son and a wife and plenty of time to spend with them.

All of the people I know who have more money than me do not have any of this.

There’s a tendency to think social isolation is bad or think something is wrong with us for doing it. IMO most people who go out and party all the time are also just “socially isolating”, by putting up a front, drinking etc, with no real deep connection. No vulnerability and openness. If you have deep relationship with family you are probably better off.

Your wisdom could be telling you not to waste your time going out with shallow folks. Having 1 or 2 deep friends is nice.

I mainly use FreeTube on PC and NewPipe on phone, not to avoid ads, but I just find it a much nicer and more peaceful experience (free of recommendations, Shorts etc).

I actually do pay for YouTube Premium family subscription, but its mainly to protect my less tech-savvy family and friends from ads, and to avoid seeing ads on my Android TV projector.

@nostupidquestions
It is great! I just wrote a post about it: https://vijayprema.com/using-lemmy-from-my-existing-mastodon/

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- ntfy
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- TheLounge (IRC web client)
- Cockpit (server manager)
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