Most “pranks” are just a) terribly unfunny, b) actually bullying by another name, or c) both.

If we could just keep the rare good ones I’d be all for it, but alas!

I’m sure anyone reading this in the UK is already aware of MSE but just in case: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/savings-accounts-best-interest/#easyaccess

A quick glance suggests most of those really high ones are time-limited bonus offers, but other places are doing quite high interest in general e.g. Marcus is paying 4.75%.

Starting my day off with this absolutely cursed image, thank you OP.

People! It’s only the best game ever made, go play it immediately.

OP, you got tons done since I last saw this, excellent work! So excited to see it in its final form.

One thing you could look into is buying a kit, whether online or from a local craft shop. Something quite small would be best, so you can get the satisfaction of completing something and then decide if you enjoyed it or not.

You don’t need a ton of stuff to get started, as the other comment says it’s really just some fabric, a needle and floss and then some kind of pattern. But buying it as a kit can be good for absolute beginners just for the convenience factor and knowing you’ve definitely got the right stuff.

I know it’s a different culture around tech everywhere. But where I am, this doesn’t seem like an unpopular opinion so much as an accepted thing. People who came to the internet quite late tend to go iPhone because it feels simpler and keeps them safer and that seems fine to me. Good that there’s an option for everyone.

Unfortunately that link doesn’t help much. Currently among the list of “recommended instances” (followed by a claim that it “doesn’t matter” which of these you choose) are a French-speaking instance, a crypto instance, and an anime instance. Hardly welcoming places for your average person, unless you happen to be a French crypto bro looking for porn in which case you are definitely well catered for.

OP might not have all the details worked out but their point is a good one, and it’s an issue on Mastodon as well. It’s all well and good having a one-liner description about each instance but it can be quite a trawl to find the actual important info you need to make a decision.

A couple of the apps do have this “multi community” feature, if you’re a mobile user. Summit definitely does, Raccoon (the one I’m replying from now) technically does but it’s pretty broken so I’m hoping that gets looked at soon. And tbh maybe more of them do now, it’s been a while since I checked!

Yeah I’m trying to remember how we used to do it (the last time I went through a normal checkout with a full shop was probably 10 years ago) and this seems right.

Gotta have the heavy stuff handy so you can put it straight into the bottom of the bags. Anything else is wasting time!

If you’d asked me a few hours ago I would’ve assumed half stitches first was easier for most people but maybe I’m in the minority, judging by reactions so far!

Definitely works best when you’ve got big blocks of quite different colours, I wouldn’t want to try it on anything with confetti! But mostly I like it because I can concentrate for half the time, then just “colour in” mindlessly for the second half 😄

If you’ve ever wanted to be a Flosstuber (who knows, maybe you secretly already are?) this whole experiment would make for a great video, that’s all I’m gonna say! 😄

Aren’t we all, my friend. Aren’t we all.

It looks SO good, though! I know stitching on black has had its ups and downs but the way it makes that umbrella pop…oh yes.

Hey I see what you did there!

Just catching up with Wednesday stuff now because I’m running a day late just in general this week. So completely on board with the idea of taking a bit of a break 😅 Are you back to reasonable size stitches for this one?

The fools!

Entirely fair.

I’ve not “used” it but for some reason they’ve decided to include one of my accounts in their gaming feed so I checked it out.

Just seemed like a too-broad-to-be-useful repost bot, although apparently there are real people “curating” too. Why they’d repost my inane ramblings if it’s actually human-curated, I do not know.

I do however know quite a few people who blocked them already since it just looks at first glance like complete spam. Like most Fedi stuff, they could probably do with communicating better what it is they’re actually trying to do.

What on earth is a butter spreader? If someone’s invented a device even better than the spoon, I’m in!

ITT: A lot of people not trying it before they dismiss it.

A lot of people have commented about butter being hard and I’m wondering if it’s a location-dependent thing? Those solid butter blocks are a thing here (UK) but I don’t know anyone who uses them as a normal daily butter for spreading, they’re mostly just if you’re cooking or something and it doesn’t matter that it’s a big solid lump.