First time I've spent £500 using Google Pay. Tiny bit disconcerting how easy it is. Must remember it's real money.

Pokemon packs are getting pricy

@lungdart switch 2, so not far off

Any real difference in terms of "must remember it's real money" compared to paypal / credit card?

@jiraTicket it was via a web page on my phone, as I already had pay set up on my phone there was no need to enter a card number or sign in, it was just fingerprint authentication. Basically even less user friction to spend a not insignificant amount of money.

@atheist Congrats on your new console.

I should probably be able to get one by the end of the year.

@atheist we pages trough the phones are the best. Especially if it's snek.

@retoor we pages indeed

wtf man

that money buys you a kit of 4tb nvme ssd and 64 gb of ram

or 3 hdd's 8tb each

or an iMac Retina 5k + display conversion kit that makes a good 5k external display, exactly the same quality as apple's studio display

or a pixel 8 pro

@kiki yeah I spent 3 grand on my laptop in February, it's great. But the switch 2 has windwaker. I was obsessed with it as a kid. When that was announced as on switch 2, I knew I was buying it no matter what, no matter the price.

My phone is a few years old now, I've looked at upgrades but they're basically new black rectangles running the same software as the old black rectangles but only slightly faster. I used to be on the bleeding edge of phones, now it doesn't matter much.

The last 4 years I've just been focused on recovery. This year I'm trying to focus a bit more on me, on being defined by more than just my health. Spending time on hobbies I want to do instead of putting every ounce of energy into activities to push myself to recovery. Basically I've spent the last 4 years ADHD manic, focused solely on my health.

@atheist my god you're rich

@kiki for 4 years I've basically done nothing other than work and exercise. No dating, no holiday, no hobby unless the hobby is exercise, all healthy eating cooked at home. In that time I paid off most of the debt from not being able to work for a year and saved up a bit of a cushion. Spending a bit on me. Definitely not rich and the money would probably be better put into savings, but can't spend it if I'm dead.

@atheist wow, it seems like someone got over intense trauma, or a bad life-changing event. one doesn't just decide to live like this one day. I hope you're alright

@kiki lol, I'm the one that had bleeding lungs 😜 but ye, I suffered severe lung damage. A lot of the medical stuff is mostly either "resolved" or "stable". I lost like 25kg at the time and that took 3 years to get my strength back. My aerobic fitness is shit but my anaerobic fitness is OK. Trying to improve. Trying to get over anxiety. Trying to push myself.

@kiki as he should be.

@atheist good about the non-dating part. Don't do it if it's not the right time. Don't waste your own and someone else's time. I've been more single than not - but was always aware that it many times just wasn't the time for dating so never was sad about the fact. Exercise is lame tho, go coding :p But when it comes to weight, it's really important to be on track indeed. I recommend a few months amphetamine, probably healthier than being fat :p On the other side, I'm doing it for twenty years and counting. Still less of waste regarding money than alcohol tho, which I successfully stopped on. Often have beers for days untouched in freezer because I just forgot about it. Very proud. But now I work a few days a week again on recycling business (community service, giving back to community 😁) I often really enjoy a beer after work. But only then. Now sitting at my personal beach. My park has one.

@retoor I'm a serial monogamist, came out of a 6 year relationship in 2019. There was someone since but she was dealing with her own stuff and then I nearly died, I couldn't be what she needed and she couldn't be what I needed. That is one of my few regrets, she's the one that got away. She's now settled, we still talk occasionally cuz she was there for me for a lot. I'm really happy for her but also a little bit broken hearted at what I've had to miss out on. Would be at her door on the drop of a hat. Not holding out, just wishful thinking.

but Google is into being evil now

@retoor the weight is tricky as fuck for me. I'm 193cm and 105kg, I'm more fat than I used to be because of health stuff but if I even look at some dumbells I put on some muscle. I used to be 90kg and pretty lean like 10% body fat, now I'm more like 20%. But the best way for me to lose bodyfat is jogging. Which I can't. So I'm stuck with a bit of podge. I'm also kinda cautious about weight loss after shit I've been through. Took 2 years to get back to a healthy weight.

And because I'm more muscle than I used to be because I can't do cardio, I do more weights and get more muscle...