At least ROG is just three letters that don’t mean anything to people who don’t already know what it means.

Should’ve included a clause that gives WhatsApp back to the sellers without returning the payment if they walk back from it. Put your money where your mouth is.

One of mine is like that. The dentist said to just ignore it unless it gives me trouble, or if I’m planning extended stay in the developing world, then I should get it removed before I go, just in case.

Going some 20-25 years back I recall some of my friends from English speaking countries using it as gender neutral, and I guess once I wrapped my head around it, that’s how it’s been for me. But your mileage may certainly vary.

Long distance relationship, started reading to my partner on the phone call before bed last night. One of the best things ever.

You can make it work using ReVanced. Pretty straightforward process too. I do go back to reddit for some stuff where Lemmy hasn’t hit critical mass yet, but they get no participation from me.

180cm tall guy, with longl back and short legs. Actually knowing it’s impossible to find pants that are short enough has made buying them easier. Once I accept I need to take them to a seamstress to have them shortened anyway, I just need to find a pair with the right width.

Sadly no such simple solution for most shirts out there being too short.

Putting in effort does not mean it was strictly necessary. And I’ve never said you shouldn’t put in effort. Just that deep friendships often are low maintenance and will weather even long silent periods. High maintenance relationships will not.

I’ll give you an example of what I mean. A couple of weeks ago I saw one of my best friends throughout my life for the first time since covid. He’s never been much for messages and calls, so staying up to speed that way has always been unreliable anyway. But I always made sure to visit when I was visiting our hometown, where he still lives. But since he remarried they were traveling a lot and he wasn’t often at home. When I wasn’t getting replies to my messages I started to wonder if I’d done something to anger him. But I kept sending messages whenever I were coming to town, and dropping a box of chocolates at their porch every Christmas, since they were never at home when I went by their place. Well, the last time I rang the doorbell they were home - and what ridiculously bad luck it is that it took so long to catch them. They were in fact packing for a several weeks long trip. Anyway. We picked up where we last left off. No, not angry at me, they just got used to a bit of a hermit lifestyle during covid. He said that apart from one visit from his sister (and they literally share a backyard), I’m the last the person to visit them.

Anyway. That’s a pretty weird and extreme example. But neither of us, in our friendship, is the kind of person that requires constant attention and reaffirming the friendship. We were separate for a very, very stupid long time. But that didn’t erode the friendship we’ve had for the past four or so decades.

I’ve had high maintenance friends, mentally needy, those whose friendship requires constant sacrifice for upkeep. They can be good friendships. But in my experience they don’t last.

Friendships take effort and work absolutely, but once you’ve made friends for life, they stick. I feel you’ve misunderstood what I was trying to say. People that are in constant need of you serving them or they say they’ll stop being your friends were never your friends to begin with.