Agreed!

My struggle is to not get bitter/angry at these situations. I have to keep reminding myself that there are about a billion other ways in which I am ignorant of things that are equally important. And that just a few years ago, I too, was completely on the big tech bandwagon (but only reluctantly so).

Your pain is so very relatable, pal 😢

I’d be happy to step up if no one else is interested!

Very insightful! Thank you for this comment @msage@programming.dev

I support the proposal to defederate.

Thank you admins for your efforts, and also for soliciting this feedback before taking the proposed action!

https://www.mumble.info/downloads/

Not really Canadian, but it may or may not have some Canadian contributors on the team.

Also https://mumla-app.gitlab.io/

Both are free (gratis) and open-source, so I think it should be okay for me to comment about them here.

Back before 7cups went to shit I used to volunteer there as a listener, taking chats from peers about their mental health.

A few lines into the chat I’d often get asked if I’m human. “Barely”, I’d think to myself, and then I’d reply with a simple “Yes”.

Sometimes the person would go on to request that I chat with them as a friend, and not as a professional. Which, of course, I’d struggle to accommodate as much as possible while simultaneously trying to explain that that’s just how I communicate 🫠

I posted a very similar question on here recently. I would have to say, for me, the biggest hurdle in finding a play partner would be just finding a group/scene where folks are somewhat likely to be open to dating. But of course as a demisexual this still excludes dating apps and other such scenarios more geared towards immediately quenching a thirst.

I like the general suggestion that was given on my post: Find fun things to do as a way of meeting people. It eases the pressure, and one is more likely to be open to connecting when already having fun 😀

Along similar lines, I must say how frustrating I find the fact that there are very few examples of narrative-driven, long-form pornography (like movies).

But I also realize that there is barely any market demand for something like that. eg. I don’t often watch porn, and I almost never buy movies 🤷🏻

Good suggestions, thanks!