Ms. ArmoredThirteen

Hell yeah! My first game was a text only java program where you killed skeletons and dragons, gained levels, and movement was done by typing a wasd key then hitting enter lol. You still making games at all?

It’s been hitting -20c where I’m at currently. I love it, I’m so happy I moved here, idk what it is about the cold but it makes me happy and bundling up to go outside is fun

Maybe no trafficking any individuals

So I’m trans and would regularly get searched by TSA. Flying out of Seattle though TSA would often clock me and split the line to go through the metal detector instead of the scanner which was way less likely to trigger a pat down. I suspect having trans people as TSA agents will help other trans people while traveling. That said it’s not like they’re going to take it down from the inside or something and I still think this person is a bit of an idiot. I want TSA to disappear but if it is to exist then I hope it’s forced to allow trans people

Unless I’m missing something about how to use it the text tool in Krita is terrible though. Been designing cards with people the last few weeks and we ended up making the general design and layout in Krita then brought things into GIMP to add text

Parents are in such short supply these days, makes sense they’re at a premium. Most people don’t have more than two and a lot have less than that!

Looking like how my grandpa looked shortly before he died. Granted I’ve said that before and the bastard is still here but here’s to hoping it goes through this time

For real holy shit. For the same reason it’s important to have journalists in war zones, this needs documented so people can see what’s happening. We absolutely can not let fascists be the source of truth for what’s happening out there.

Plus idk about this situation, but at least when I was in Seattle SPD would immediate behave somewhat better when I would start obviously filming them harassing someone.

I did, I had been for years, and y’know what all I have to show for it is I’m more likely than ever to get killed in the streets for being trans. Fuck that I’m aging and can’t be fighting forever; what good would another dead trans be. I’ve fucked off to Europe and once I stabilize here I’ll help others do the same. The US can burn I didn’t choose to be born there and I’ve never considered it my home

I was under the impression I needed a personnummer for the bank account? It’s worth a shot with my passport at least; being able to transfer funds here would save me so much headache and fear of the USD collapsing. Might make that my quest when I wake up find a bank nearby

I should fucking hope so lol. Doesn’t matter to me anymore though I switched to Arch btw

It has not been easy and I can’t deny my privilege, if we’re to be honest. I’ve moved on a student residency permit which requires me to prove I can financially survive the entire time. I’ve saved enough from working in tech to (probably) pay for the full 30 months tuition and living expenses.

I sold, donated, and trashed everything I owned except what could fit in a backpack and two suitcases. I’ve left my family, friends, partners, and a well paying job. I’m alone and scared and I’ve never been more stressed in my life. I can’t speak or read Swedish well at all and it makes everything more complicated and I get embarrassed about it.

The legal process was in the works for nearly a year making sure I was lining everything up correctly. It could have been done much faster but I was also in the middle of recovering from a major surgery and going through a divorce.

Now that I’m here I had to get biometrics done to get issued an official residency permit card, I took that and a bunch of other stuff to apply for a personnummer and ID card. It took a couple weeks to get the permit and the ID card will be over a month. Then I can take that card and get a Bank ID. Without a personnummer or Bank ID I basically only exist as a ghost. I can’t get a bank account, be on a real phone plan, get proper medical, hell I can’t even sign up for a grocery store membership. I don’t know how I’m going to pay rent because they want me to wire the money, my bank only does international wires over the phone, and my prepaid phone plan can’t do international calls.

I’m in a bureaucratic nightmare for an indefinite amount of time while I watch my savings evaporate. So far it’s worth it though. I feel safe here, the people are kind, I can see myself one day feeling at home in a way I never saw while I lived in the US.

2.8 million minus one; I managed to get my trans ass out of there before it was too late for me. I’m fucked off to Sweden now

I’m doing my part! Moving to a new country in a few days, part of the prep for that was to ditch my Windows desktop and I’ve been setting up a Linux laptop. Arch with KDE Plasma is so far the most enjoyable experience I’ve had with an OS

I’ve tried at various times to switch to Linux in the past. I’m enough of a turbo nerd you’d think it would have been easy for me but it was never quite there for one reason or another. This latest attempt though hot damn it’s all smooth sailing. I’ve even converted one of my friends to Mint and making progress convincing people who don’t want to use Windows 11 to just make the switch

Fuck me I’m almost out of here then I’m getting a foreign bank and transferring everything. At least if Sweden’s money tanks I can tank with my neighbors instead of watching the USD and my life savings evaporate disproportionately to where I’ll be living

Hell I was racing to get my own vaccines because who knows what they’re going to be pulling

I was trying to tell you last night but not even the storm could wake you sorry fam

House size and media consumption are going to be big factors here I think. You get four people trying to stream, game, listen to music, whatever it is people these days use phones for, etc; it’s going to really add up. Sure lots of people barely use the internet and are getting sold way more than they need but it’s not uncommon anymore for multiple hd things to be simultaneously happening in one house

Hell yeah this is incredible! You’ve been such a consistent part of Lemmy, I put you up there with Picard maneuver for staple community members. If you do stream I’d love to watch :3

Jfc, do you have a source on that? I’m going to be so fucked if that’s the case

Nvm think I found it: https://taxfoundation.org/blog/us-remittances-tax-big-beautiful-bill/