Yeah this is a normal phrase in British English too. Today you learned!

Oh no, my condolences.

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%.

Making things, mostly.

Lots of crafts like knitting, crochet, cross stitch, sewing, felting, origami, faffing about with clay, etc etc. And gamedev which I basically think of as the same sort of hobby because it’s just making a different sort of thing.

Making YouTube videos about all of the above, in defiance of the algorithm gods.

Reading any and all scifi I can get my hands on, plus the Discworld series just over and over again endlessly on a loop.

Also the amount of time I spend on Mastodon and Lemmy probably means it counts as a rather lame hobby at this point…

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.

If bright colours were your goal you may have picked the wrong pattern, haha. Great progress though!

At least they’re just a few stitches each! I mean, how wrong could metallics possibly go? 👀

Andy Serkis and Liv Tyler

But he looks nothing like Dav…o wait.

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!

Teach me your ways

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?

You’ve had some well-meaning but ultimately not quite accurate answers in this thread so just to clarify:

You can follow, post to and interact with Lemmy communities from Mastodon, because they’re treated the same way as a “group” on Mastodon in general.

You can NOT follow and interact with Mastodon users from Lemmy, because Mastodon accounts are individual “users” and Lemmy doesn’t have the concept of following and interacting with users, only with communities. If Lemmy ever does add a feature to let us follow other users, then in theory following Mastodon users will also become possible.

As a European, I’d read about this phenomenon and assumed it was just a sort of vaguely reminiscent hint of a taste. Because surely nobody would be eating it if it tasted strongly of vomit.

Was given a free sample of Hershey’s in Chicago once. Didn’t taste of anything at all it was just weird and waxy. So much for that!

Yeah I made it maybe halfway down the street before the taste kicked in. For any other non-US folks who think it’s an exaggeration, it is not. Literally tasted like I’d thrown up in my mouth, not just a bit like it but literally like vomit.

My minor life advice is do not accept handouts of Hershey’s chocolate!