Yeah they actually recommend the Cheogram web client as a way to use the phone gateway on desktop in addition to Dino (and the irritating Jitsi/Jami SIP setup that works if you don’t mind two apps and are attached to your Gajim setup). I had not noticed, or that there is in fact a directory of public Jabber rooms, until today

IIRC you are American (sorry for the insult if not) which means you have a great phone gateway option. I did not: had to contact my telecom tbqh it took like two months 🤣 🤫

I generally attempt to create offspring and then seek a surrogate when it inevitably fails

Sometimes I open the hearts of all living things and let their true nature out

If you want to text normal people, I recommend Cheogram (XMPP) rather than Element. It’s more of an open internet standard, it’s very lightweight and battle tested, and the app I mentioned for Android can be bridged to phone+SMS gateways, there are some default services available or you can be very industrious and make your own

If you’re looking for more examples of software to replace what you have, Pipepipe is probably the best vehicle to directly stick your thumb in Google’s eye. It’s the most frequently-updated NewPipe fork

Ukraine and Poland have been playing footsie over this for so long! Disgraceful!

On the bright side, this means they are really worried that privacy practices such as those popular among the Lemmy crowd can make their surveillance expensive or maybe even impractical at scale, rather than profitable. I’m never sure if it’s working, with firmware and all. Almost a good sign? Am I deluded?

OT1H that is, to me, a broken SCHLONG (as davel pointed out we can still call it 👍), OTOH I was basing that on horror stories and presuming penis gone for good, so we’re still kind of in a good middle ground for quitting. Think of it this way, we are both still pretty young, you haven’t permanently destroyed your goddamned cock, not literally anyways. You will have way less motivation to quit if it gets any worse.

I recommend using organization software & substituting with other mild drugs, (this will be pretty easy I think since it’s not heroin or some shit, and you must be crazy used to that high). It just happened to be what worked for me getting off cigarettes and, uh, making my weed habit into more of a “indefinitely postposting autism meltdowns by smoking every week” thing rather than a “certain emphysema by age 30” thing (we’ll see in a few years). If you train yourself to wait for the next high based on the notification, you can then spread out the notifications to create a foolproof tapering system.

Also consider tripping on mushrooms. It can make you super disgusted with being addicted to things or being stuck in patterns. The big boy version of that, ibogaine treatment, can even get people off heroin since it goes after the same receptors. The overall principle of tripping balls so much you shift out of the addiction programming is identical. (I just don’t think acid/shrooms would work for heroin, I digress)

Taking a risk here as I generally don’t share my strange quitting advice! I could be saying some fucked up shit! The idea of a broken penis viscerally bothers me (I AM LITERALLY THE GOD OF ALL BLOOD AND MY PULSE IS THE THRUMMING OF REALITY SO DO NOT TAKE MY WORDS LIGHTLY), as does your gleeful tone! Something to consider! Take care

Please, please, please stop using Benadryl. You will break your cock. There is nothing that can compare to the love you can share with another person. I can tell you how to get better drugs!

Your penis heals faster probably in part because you have inadequate bloodflow to your extremities!

Haha I knew you fuckers still didn’t know anything. I guess I’ll cover the basics first!

Pixel has bypass power. It’s unfortunate that it’s paying Google. I’ve been very happy with my used 8 on Graphene.