The longer I spend on lemmy, the more I feel seen

Do you have a threat model? It’s a good layout of what you deem essential in terms of privacy and what you are willing to compromise. Better than going down the rabbit hole of privacy.

Zero regrets

They only blocked online. Can still play single player on linux.

What vpn are you using? Could always split tunnel.

I installed leechblock extension. I was also finding myself scrolling shorts and clicking youtube videos aimlessly. Set leechblock to only give me 30 min a day and unused time rolls over. Turns out, I don’t need it as much as I do.

Whatever you say you fucking dumbass 👍

Really just depends on the context but generally it isn’t what you think it means and it’s simply your personal interpretation. You have to assume people are well intentioned or you start having trust issues. Most people don’t see themselves as the asshole and I guarantee you do shit that pisses other people off even if you mean well.