• @[email protected]
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    33 days ago

    I want to fall in love one last time before I die. (Terminal cancer, age 41)

    All that other shit is meaningless

  • @[email protected]
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    215 days ago

    I just wanna play an in-person campaign of DnD with like… 4 or 5 other people, and a good DM.

    That’s all the adventure I need. But no friends and a strange work schedule tell me I won’t get it.

  • HobbitFoot
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    54 days ago

    I want to drive across Europe, Australia, and the Americas (not all in a row).

    It would be nice to do Africa and all of Eurasia, but some shit would need to get fixed first.

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      64 days ago

      I’m Australian and I want to drive across my country. But with a twist.

      I want to grab my best friends, all fly to Perth (Far western Australia) on a friday. We each have $5000 and the weekend to buy a car and prep it for the 3900kms back to sydney.

      Do our own stupid little top gear adventure.

      • @[email protected]
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        53 days ago

        Yea, but you need a 4th guy in the backup car when the dumb shit you do breaks one. And he can carry the tools to fix most things along the way.

  • SavvyWolf
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    135 days ago

    This isn’t the most glamorous or exciting thing, but I want to go to a furry convention sometime.

    … I’m really typecasting myself here on Lemmy, aren’t I?

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      34 days ago

      Sounds like am amazing goal. People on the internet can hate on furries all they want but connecting to like-minded people in the real world is really nice. I hope you get there.

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        75 days ago

        Basically, “furries” are animal people like in Disney’s Robin Hood and Zootopia, and the fans of those creatures. There’s some sfw art at [email protected] if you want to see. Humans in media are boring. :P

        Personally, I’ve seen it to be a very open, accepting and welcoming community. So I guess I romanticise being with a group of like minded people, which is something I’ve felt lacking in my life.

        … Annoyingly, due to its history as an lgbt-friendly splinter group, it’s who a lot of the bigots started targeting when it became socially unacceptable to be honophobic online. Grumble grumble.

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          14 days ago

          Just don’t trash the place like that one furry convention.

      • @[email protected]
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        35 days ago

        Wait, for real?

        On the chance that you’re serious, this should tell you way more than you’d ever want to know about furries. (And if you aren’t sated by the time you’re finished reading that article, there’s a link to the page “Furry Convention” in the first paragraph.)

        • @[email protected]
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          45 days ago

          I knew it had to do with animals, but didn’t realize the fursona or expensive costumes. Thanks for the explanation. Seems a little odd, but harmless.

        • @otp
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          Sexual Aspects

          See also: Yiff

          • @[email protected]
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            Don’t post the Down The Rabbit Hole documentary on Furries. Don’t post the Down The Rabbit Hole documentary on Furries. Don’t post…

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aF2GxWi7Ag

            Dammit, I posted it.

            (I’m sorry SavvyWolf… For everyone here, that documentary doesn’t paint an entirely representative picture of the furry community as a whole.)

    • I'm back on my BS 🤪
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      Same! I looked into it myself, and it’s nearly impossible to pull off. Since I have no experience sailing, it would take me at least 2 yrs of training. I’d have to start off by volunteering as a hand on someone else’s sailboat. I’d also have to get a dingy to practice on.

      Eventually, I’d need to find a reliable person that would also like to try this adventure out, is dedicated enough to develop the skills necessary, has the financial means to pull it off, and isn’t tied down by other responsibilities (eg house, family, etc.). We’d also need to get along extraordinarily well since we’ll be together for ~2 yrs in a small space and deciding where to go and what to do jointly.

      Then, we’d need to drop ~$80k on a sailboat and another ~$20k on renovating it. Once that’s completed, we’d have to take a few shorter trips to test it out, such as sailing around the Caribbean.

      Lastly, once underway, things could still get pretty bad. Mechanical issues aside, we’d have to worry about safety out in the open ocean. There could be violent assailants or storms. There could also be political unrest of unwelcoming area where we dock and resupply.

      Basically, this adventure is really difficult to pull off because it’s not just sailing and living on a boat. There’s a lot more to consider.

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        23 days ago

        As a more manageable and not quite as expensive option: a shorter sail might be most of the adventure you need.

        I live in Boston and at one point joined a sailing school/club out of Boston harbor. They had mostly 35’ boats but a few up to 49’. It was so much fun learning to deal with open water, complex boats, crew cooperation.

        However the one thing I wasn’t in a position to do …. They organized cruises on the bigger boats: form a crew and sail to the Caribbean! While it’s nowhere near around the world, something like this is a couple weeks at sea and seems like a really cool adventure

        • I'm back on my BS 🤪
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          Good idea! I have been at sea for over a month at a time, but that was with the Navy, so definitely not the same as sailing for pleasure. I know I really liked the peace of the sea. I can’t imagine how much nicer it is with the freedom to go anywhere there is a shore.

      • MaggiWuerze
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        Look up Wilfried Erdmann, he was a famous single sailor who has circled the world a couple times. He has books on the matter where he speaks about the experience as well as the preparation and what kind of yacht he used. Very well written and interesting if you’re into that topic.

        It shows that you can do it alone easily enough and that you don’t need some crazy high end yacht.

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        It’s easier than you think! You can get your basic keelboat certification in about a month at a training place. Usually only takes four weekends. Once you have that under your belt, you’ll be able to rent at places and get some experience. The fundamentals of sailing don’t change, though with a bigger boat you will need to exercise some caution.

        You can do it!

        • I'm back on my BS 🤪
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          24 days ago

          Thanks for the encouragement! I keep an eye out for opportunities and let people know I’m interested in case something shows up ⛵

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            Sailing is a liberating and exhilarating experience. I love it very much, and I’m sure you will too.

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    • Travel around my country in a camper van
    • go parachute jumping
    • go wingsuit flying
    • hang gliding
    • learn to sail a small boat
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      At least the last point is something you can do relatively cheap at most larger lakes or coastal cities in a weekend course. Sailing isn’t that hard.

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    I want to go to a Taco Bell in every country that it’s has them. I know Japan, India, New Zealand, and I believe the Dominican Republic have taco bells.

    I like taco bell, and traveling. I would enjoy myself. They probably have unique menu items.

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      33 days ago

      “Play with it while you have hands!”

      What I’m trying to say, is: just do it, anything you feel like. Things only get more complicated later in life.

      • Call me Lenny/Leni
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        23 days ago

        But I don’t feel like anything in particular. If someone were to tell me to “just do it” a trillion different random things have equal potential to come to mind. Should I tour the toothpick factory because that’s “a thing to do while alive”, as opposed to trying out at the tiddlywinks championship? That’s the issue, nothing that I would expect to be able to do draws me.

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          That’s sounds vaguely like “anhedonia”. You can try refreshing your interest in the hobbies you used to like. Joining your friends / relatives in their hobbies. Staying in the nature is always great, as long the nature is not hostile at your place. Staying around people, interacting with them, observing their lives, problems and joys. You’ll find something that suits you.

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      Does caving also include going into caves that have been explored and secured before? Or do you mean full on diving into the unknown? Because ive seen too many video essays and read too much H.P. Lovecraft to even think about that.