I’m not OP, and I’m not an artistic person, but at one of my lowest points, I found pleasure in learning graffiti. The culture, the do’s and don’ts, because I also wanted an outlet, and I’ve always colored between the lines. I wanted a voice, to be heard, and to say “I AM HERE” at the same time.

I’m a nobody in the graffiti world, but its a hobby anyone can do (but should not do).

Graffiti has a lot of meanings. When a spot gets covered by layers of graffiti, it’s a message to the local government saying “do something about it” such as abandoned vehicles or neglected buildings. Graffiti can bring attention in a good (artistic) or bad (challenging authority) way.

And sometimes, it just means “look what I can do”

They’re cinnamon :)

Derailments arent just flying off the rails and destroying a town, it could just be a misalignment

Or, just stop games from selling in-game content?

Every skin is a texture or model swap, every “exclusive” always exists in the files, every in-game currency is fabricated.

Games try really really hard to make you pay for something that is copy and pasted

Stewart’s just a growing boy!

Fuckin THERE WE GO.

New clickbait scheme

lol I did attach the picture, but submitted before it uploaded. My net is shit. Aaand now it just wont upload

I’ve updated the post to reflect this.

Do what you want, then stop when you aren’t having fun. You can come back to these later when the impulse comes again.

Do something enjoyable then. I know that’s easier said than done, but list things that you’ve always wanted to do, and do as many as you can. If you need, lower your expectations, or budget, or whatever so that those goals are achievable.

Maybe not by definition, but in terms of operations, yes. If it wasn’t operated like a private company, it wouldn’t need a union.

And guess what union is probably the largest in the US?

National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

The DMV isn’t federal, it’s at the state level. Some states have private licensing companies.

Many “government” entities in the US are private for-profit companies: Postal Service, vehicle licensing, electric companies, water companies, which control the very infrastructure of everyday life.

Capitalism.

The strategy is to get you onto a different platform to make instant messaging easier. They are just “advertising” on Lemmy.

Once you’re on a chat platform, they will likely attempt the “Romance Baiting” (formerly “Pig Butchering”) scam: make the target fall in love, then persuade them to send money for things like “travel expenses” or “family medical bills”. Also involves buying crypto.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam

It’s not a good idea to send them pictures of your face. They can use it for identity theft.

That…seems like a language i could learn, and could probably be taught in schools as a second language.

I feel like the only reason we use English as much as we do is tradition. Time to break tradition.

How to avoid getting scammed:

• DO NOT SEND MONEY
• DO NOT ACCEPT MONEY OR CHECKS
• DO NOT GIVE CREDIT CARD DETAILS
• DO NOT OPEN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WHILE SOMEONE IS CONNECTED TO YOUR DEVICE
• CALL THE INSTITUTION THAT THE OTHER CLAIMS TO BE AND VERIFY THE INFORMATION THEY PROVIDED
• DO NOT PAY FOR SOMETHING YOU KNOW IS STOLEN OR ILLEGAL TO PURCHASE
• BE AWARE OF COMMON SCAM SCRIPTS AND TACTICS
• IF YOU FALL IN LOVE ONLINE, MEET THEM IN PERSON
• DO. NOT. SEND. THEM. MONEY.