The Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot.











Nah, I’m just kidding. For real, Come Into Me by The Mavericks.

My recommendation would be to find a local instance - one that’s closest to you - and sign up for that. I’m not in Atlanta, but I am in Georgia, so I signed up for the yall.theatl.social instance (the server is in Atlanta), and I couldn’t be happier. It’s a smaller instance, but I converse regularly with the admins when I have a question or a problem, and they are accessible and always open to suggestions.

I like it so much that I also use the theatl.social Mastodon instance as my main Mastodon as well. I throw them a few bucks every month to help with costs, and I’m happy to do it.

I would agree with those who say smaller instances are the way to go.

It’s not. The post says $100 or less. This is definitely less.

This is not exactly like the one I’ve got, but it’s pretty similar.

https://a.co/d/dLLvkYh

It attaches to your existing toilet & seat.

A microwave sandwich griller. I saw one recommended on another of this type thread, so I gave it a try. You can’t believe how great this thing is. When I worked in an office, I had grilled sandwiches several times a week, and I still use it at home all the time.

https://a.co/d/4VSmebm

That’s a Cadillac of bidets. I’ve got just standard ones on 2 different toilets in my house, and I didn’t pay more than $40 for either of them.

the things that PieFed offers that Lemmy doesn’t (like tags) aren’t visible from Lemmy

I’m far from a PieFed expert (I’ve only just started using it a little) but this is the main disadvantage.

1. Found this through a Google search: Piefed has a few nice features that Lemmy and Mbin lack:

• instance blocking
• comments combination, posts only appear once
• keyword filter
• topics (admin-managed feeds)
• user-managed feeds, public and private
• tags
• flairs
• multi communities

2. Yes & yes. They’re built on ActivityPub and interact with each other, though the things that PieFed offers that Lemmy doesn’t (like tags) aren’t visible from Lemmy. And Lemmy can subscribe and interact with posts from PieFed.

3. Yes. There is a way to export all your details through the Lemmy settings and import through PieFed settings, and vice versa.

4. App support is sparse at the moment, but the Interstellar app (https://interstellar.jwr.one/) for Android works with PieFed.

5. Can’t think of anything.

I would have never even thought of wanting to buy it before, but now that they tell me I can’t, it’s all I want to do. C’mon, how much? Everybody has a price. C’MON, TELL ME!

Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.

Oh I most certainly did.

I’ve told you once.

You…. you are up to no good. I can just feel it.

You’re missing the point. In this one case a boycott is pretty pointless. Those who can’t afford to go are effectively already boycotting, and those that can afford to go, don’t care about the prices because they can afford it. So how is a boycott going to make a difference? For every show I boycott, there’s two more people ready to buy the ticket and replace me.

Yeah, I know that’s how it will go down. I was just making the point that, if he says he’s not doing something, then he is absolutely 100% doing it. Whether it’s a third term, or a never-ending second, he doesn’t intend to go anywhere. No matter what drools out of his mouth.

If you’re not prepared to make a sacrifice, that’s OK, but at least have the honesty to admit you just don’t care enough about this particular issue.

My point was, if I make the sacrifice and don’t go, somebody else will buy the ticket. So it’s not that I don’t care enough, it’s that it won’t make a difference. There simply cannot be enough of a boycott from the general public to make any difference to Ticketmaster’s bottom line. Only government intervention and anti-monopoly enforcement will, and that isn’t going to happen either with politicians in Ticketmaster’s pocket.

In the end I’m missing out on something that could be my last ever opportunity (in the case of the Micky Dolenz concert I discussed earlier), while not losing Ticketmaster a dime.