• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
      5·
      3 months ago

      It was smol and shitty to begin with, so it ran more full cycles because of that too.

      Now it’s all bloated & leaking, even caused damage to the surrounding capabilities.

      But I know it’s doing its very best & I can’t fault it for that.
      I wish I could buy it a lonely cabin it deserves, in a secluded area with only nature & various unnatural eldritchy monsters around.
      It wouldn’t be much, but it would be a peaceful life.
      We would call shit(re)posting socialising & finally be relaxed.

      • DillyDaily@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 months ago

        Both the battery and the charger are old and broken in my brain.

        If it’s too hot out the battery drains faster, if I’m playing music the battery drains faster. If I’m having to swap between conversations, bye bye battery.

        Sometimes the charger works fine but sometimes it just doesn’t charge no matter what I try, and the battery stays low even if I leave it plugged in alone.

        Some days there’s a process that’s absolutely and inexplicably guzzling power, but the next day that same process barely takes up any processing power.

        Some days it just doesn’t turn on at all, and then on rare occasions I can’t get the damn thing to turn off, it’s just blasting notifications and I’m trying to sleep.

        Related: personally I think “old phone battery” is a much better metaphor than the “chronically ill spoons” metaphor that is commonly used to explain the impact of chronic illness.

        • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
          1·
          3 months ago

          Oh yeah, when the charge in the battery falls to (below) zero it takes forever for it even start charging again.

          Normies say ‘take a day off’ and then expect you to be 100% next day.
          It could take months.

          And yes, some precesses or people can cause a memory leak or overburden CPU with nonsense.
          Those are either emotional vampires (which is the better option) or just people that live to produce stress in others (eg your averagely successful mid-corporate boss).

  • intensely_human@lemm.ee
    111·
    3 months ago

    Notice how it’s the guy in the jacket saying everything.

    The one person who doesn’t just hang out, but gives a little micro sermon on how hanging out is wonderful, is the one who wants the group to be a cult.

  • spicystraw@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    I know this is probably an unpopular opinion, but here goes…

    I have this friend who I used to invite to every social outing. Without fail, they’d turn me down, just like in that comic. After a while, I just stopped trying. I mean, you can’t expect me to always chase after someone who clearly doesn’t want to be included, right?

    Now, here’s the kicker. I sometimes get comments from them or mutual friends saying they’re not getting the chance to join because I haven’t considered inviting them. And honestly? It makes me bitter.

    Look, if you don’t want to participate, that’s fine. But your constant rejection has consequences. Consequences you brought on yourself and shouldn’t be my problem to fix. I’m not a mind reader, and I’m not going to keep extending invitations that always get shot down.

    Maybe I’m the asshole here, but I feel like there’s a limit to how many times you can reach out before you just have to accept that someone isn’t interested in hanging out. And when they complain later? That’s on them, not me.

  • sachamato@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    Reminds me of that movie with Christopher Lee, about a sorcery cult on an island. Can’t remember the name of it! Wonderful movie based on sorcery tales collected by the writers and Lee himself. :)