Move the fediverse to the gemini protocol?

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Doing nothing. That might be the biggest loss in the last decades.
There is just this overtone of restlessness and tension that didn’t seem to be present prior.

Also connection with your local community. 50 years ago, it was basically a given. It was part of life.
Now, not so much.

People should definitely do this more often. Makes it so much nicer to receive an actual physical card from someone.

Postcrossing also still exists, nice to send some postcards to random people around the world.

I think it’s good if you can do many of these things. No judgment if somebody can’t. But I feel it’s good to know these things.

And who knows, if things get more expensive and uncomfortable for a while, you will know how to deal with it easily.

I think being good at estimations and having some intuition when something doesn’t match up for a restaurant bill or grocery shop is helpful though. And I don’t think a lot of people would get out their phone to double check the calculation.

But yeah, having this magic rectangle in our pockets is pretty nice.

I’d like to learn this. I used to wear shoes for more than 5 years in the past, but nowadays they don’t seem to last even a year. Maybe I should search for better brands. But replacing the sole should be inexpensive and that’s usually the only part that really wears down much.

Well, that’s what I thought too. My family used to, and still does cook almost every meal. Only eating out for special occasions. But asking around with colleagues in the place I live now. It’s surprising how many order takeout or go to a local restaurant for dinner.

I wonder if it took quite a bit longer for people to reach their destination. Because not everyone would be as good at reading maps (compared to simply following gps instructions) Maybe that made it more common for people to arrive at different times. or plan longer trips because the driving would take up a bigger part of it.

Also, when driving alone, I can’t imagine holding your map. So you would still have to stop from time to time for long trips. And actually memorize the big lines of how to get to your destination.

That’s true. I learned cursive first, but never really properly. Then learned print instead. Now my writing is a mashup of cursive and print, with the same letter in a single sentence sometimes using different writing styles. Great!

Oh dear…

Attention spans.

I never learned this. I always just browsed around and read what caught my attention. Maybe if I was doing research, I would have had to learn it.

Surprising how fast it can change. I feel like knowing basic mending is still very useful today.

Glad about that. I can’t imagine living in that kind of environment for long

I, for one, have a great attention span. I can easily spend several hours browsing lemmy shitposts.

I feel like it’s still important to remember the numbers of some important contacts, so you can actually call them using somebody elses phone if yours dies or breaks. But I suppose not many people would bother

This is definitely dependent on the person writing. Some cursive is illegible, others is totally fine.

This one depends on where you live, I suppose. In some european countries it’s still quite common to learn to drive with a manual.