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  • Copythis@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldOmegle shuts down for good
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    11 months ago

    This is sad! I have so many great memories on Omegle.

    I have a logitech g920 race wheel. I used to set up my phone as a Webcam and use OBS studio to make it look like I was a YouTuber and I’d go on there and stream BeamNG.

    I met people from all over the world, and had some super deep conversations with people. It was like free therapy.




  • I found out my wife was pregnant about a week before shit really hit the fan. We were completely prepared, had money saved up and everything.

    The covid hit. We both lost our jobs, and unemployment wasn’t nearly enough to cover the bills. I couldn’t find another job anywhere.

    We lost everything. Both of my cars got repoed, I get eviction notices every single month because rent is behind. We pulled out credit cards for food because we don’t qualify for assistance.

    Slowly, we both got jobs, I got lucky and jumped right back into my career that I love, and we’re still trying to get on our feet. The credit cards are killing us.

    Oh, and when our daughter was born, she had to be life flown to another city because she almost passed away (long story). 150k bill. After insurance.


  • I never let it stop me. I started working at a print shop, and the huge copier (xerox 1000i) kept jamming. I’m talking huge jams, this thing is about as long as 2 Mazda miatas.

    The fuser belt tore on me at like 4 in the morning during an emergency print job, and the technician wouldn’t be there until about noon, so I broke into his parts cabinet and figured out how to replace the belt. I had it up and running about an hour later. The fuser on that machine is about as big as a Brother desktop multifunctional copier.

    He did come in, and scolded me for repairing it, but was fascinated I did it (it’s a 2 week training in New York just to work on those).

    I ended up bugging all the techs to hire me and eventually, they did! So now I work on photocopiers, and I absolutely love it.






  • I absolutely love spending time with my kids, don’t get me wrong.

    They’re seeing the abuse and it’s terrifying. Luckily she sleeps in until about 2pm on weekends, so I use those mornings (including this morning) to take them to the park and spend time with them.

    I’ve been trying to leave but she keeps threatening to take them away. I don’t know what to do. I’m going to call a divorce lawyer on Monday.

    I do absolutely everything for my kids. I cook dinner every night, I bathe them every night, I get them ready and take them to school every morning. I am a man so I’m terrified the court will rule in her favor and she’ll take them away.

    At night I’m reminded of how horrible of a person and father I am. I’m so tired of it.

    Edit: I also absolutely love my job. I work on photocopiers. I feel like I help the community and make people happy. My job almost feels like a hobby to me. I am high functioning autistic and my obsession is anything mechanical, so it’s the perfect job for me.