pialainen

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[–] pialainen 8 points 2 years ago

For me it was sitting in traffic watching people on their bikes around me in Toronto. I had biked everywhere as a kid and for me too it was the best way to get around in university, but as an adult I got caught in the rat-race car-commute grind. I'd be driving to get downtown and right near me would be people on their bikes in the summer. At stop lights or whatever I found myself staring at them wishing I was on a bike, remembering how free it felt when I was younger. Took me a few weeks to muster up the courage, and once I did I couldn't believe it took me that long. :). Wouldn't have it any other way now!

[–] pialainen 6 points 2 years ago

There are a few books and series that I go back to every couple of years - they’re my old dependables when I want to sink into a story that I know I’ll enjoy.

[–] pialainen 3 points 2 years ago

Nice Berrios

[–] pialainen 2 points 2 years ago

It’s all good - wrapped my head around how the language stuff works. :). Thanks for asking and thanks for doing what you’re doing!

[–] pialainen 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Leaving this here in case someone else has the same problem, but under settings I had misunderstood "Warning: If you deselect Undetermined, you will not see most content.".

In my case I had to deselect it - just wiped it out using the x on the right.

 

So here I was checking to see if the Blue Jays Lemmy was being updated, and when I went there it says "No posts". I checked from Lemmy.world and the posts show up fine (ie https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]). I checked my languages (made sure undetermined it selected) so I'm stumped - any ideas?

[–] pialainen 1 points 2 years ago

The Twice Born by Pauline Gedge. I used to love her books when I was younger and this trilogy sat on the shelf for a lot of years until I finally cracked it open on vacation the last week. There's something that hits right for me reading fiction about ancient Egypt while lying in the summer heat.

[–] pialainen 1 points 2 years ago

I used to. I'm also a music nerd and when I started commuting, I'd wear my headphones with the volume low to offset the stress of traffic and stuff and just make the journey more enjoyable. But after a few years, I enjoy the sounds of the city and nature around me now.