I’m originally from the Orange County area and don’t wanna live in California again. My family is still all out there so I can visit when I need to. I left because I couldn’t find even a waiting job and moved to the Pittsburgh area and am pretty happy. I’d kill to live in Seattle or Portland but I have a whole life out here now.
I’m super happy you found happiness tho :)
If only I had the money I’d live and die in the PNW
Wow! Thanks! I’ll definitely be saving this comment for reference for a while. I appreciate you!
Okay that helps a lot I was always wondering what the instances were. How do you go about browsing different ones? Finding one that suits you? Is that possible?
Oh that’s actually really cool
How is that different than subreddits? Not tryna be argumentative about it it just sounds like Reddit and subreddits. I got banned on reddit but have grown to hate it and other than the constant US hate subs which I’ve slowly but surely come to block I like it here much more. Just wish there were more communities that weren’t political
I have no fucking clue what federated is and no one seems to ever explain it lol. What does it mean?
As a kid, yeah. I moved all over the country. Mainly because I was addicted to drugs and was kicked out of my house, but it eventually turned into a lifestyle.
It’s definitely not all glitz and glam. You won’t feel like you’re in a movie. But it will give you skills almost no one else has. As well as a level of empathy most people also don’t have. I’m very glad I experienced it but I’d never recommend anyone else do it unless they have a fallback.
Thank you
Ok so are there any specific apps for the fediverse?
Is mastodon the app that has it? I’m still pretty new to knowing wtf it even is
Sweet thanks!
I noticed that too. I’m American but don’t give a shit about politics because it’s just too upsetting.
Go to the communities posting about it and click the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner and block the sub. I had to do this over the course of about 2 days while subbing to ones I enjoyed.
Still learning how to navigate this site and find communities I enjoy, but for the most part I’m not seeing the politics anymore. Hope this helps at least a little
Hmm, I’m not sure because CA is one of the only states where tipping culture is still very much a thing but servers aren’t allowed to be paid nothing (well not “nothing” it’s usually like $3 an hour but their paychecks after taxes are always $0.00) and have to at least be paid minimum wage.
The issue though is that getting one of those jobs…even a job at McDonald’s (at least when I was growing up and living there) is incredibly hard. Sure they’ll take your application…and add it to the bottom of the 5 inch stack of them. I no joke once spent 12 hours straight in this typical California shopping area and applying literally everywhere. I didn’t care what it paid or the kind of business. I did this quite a few times but never a full 12 hours.
The only “consistent” work I found was telemarketing but the turnover is like insane and it’s soul crushing. But if he got lucky then more power to em