feel the rain on your skin!

i know right 😭 definitely an otter in spirit, rather than in practice

i know it makes me sound stupid but i was just very young the first time lol, barely remember it

the first time i was VERY young to be fair, only one was relatively recent

I can confirm this - I have nearly drowned a few times, and it felt like I couldn’t move. The natural reactions just took over me, and to be honest felt quite counterproductive. Until I was helped, I felt completely frozen, only moved by the water, until someone helped me, it was terrifying.

One of the worst parts was because I had got water in my lungs, even as I was helped above the water, I tried to breathe, but I simply couldnt. I thought I was going to die and I couldnt communicate it because, like the article says, breathing first, speaking second. It took what felt like multiple minutes but was probably like 10-20 seconds before I could actually breathe.

I’m very grateful for those who have saved me, and I clearly haven’t learned my lesson because I still love being in water :P

i think this guy must like star wars /j

i wonder if this guy likes Lord of the Rings…

Not perfect, but its okay and I’m feeling pretty good about myself currently. Theres just a few personal things I want, and to be able to sustain myself in the future and be able to get a place.

that’s not how it goes

didn’t make sense not to live for fun

Just in case there is someone on this site who isn’t a Trekkie somehow

Thank you for the explaination, I am the one and only Lemmy user who hasn’t seen Star Trek :P

I was, unfortunately, someone who used to use LLMs quite extensively. I kinda just liked using it for fun and thought it was kinda convenient.

It took me‎ longer than I’d like to admit to stop using it. I knew why it was bad but it just felt like I couldn’t stop. It really becomes an addiction, it’s terrible.

When I first stopped using them, I did feel that brainrot. I was unable to really do anything creative for a little bit, but it eventually wore off after a few weeks and I was able to start drawing, writing, whatever creative things I wanted to do.

It just takes a little time,‎ try not to slip back into using AI, you got this :)

hi, homeschool victim teenager here!

i do like the flexibility i get quite a bit, however i lack motivation, have awful grades and have become a vrchat frequenter to fill the social void. take with that what you will

I embedded a guestbook hosted by Atabook - it’s hosted by the same people who own Nekoweb, but you don’t need to use Nekoweb to use it :)

preach brother, still playing wii and wii u games, it brings‎ me joy

And every night I will be with youuuu

There’s some nice indie-web oriented tutorials I’ve come across on YouTube, but I started with the classic copy pasting from w3schools :P It also helps to use inspect element in your browser on the sites you like, helps get a better idea on how things work.

I’m too young to know what things we’re like in MySpace times but I can only imagine the resources have only gotten easier to find :)

FWIW, I’m someone who’s never done it, and I can barely move my middle finger independently of my other fingers. It barely has more range than my ring finger.

This has been my favourite part of the internet for the past few years since i discovered it.

For those interested, most people make their sites on Neocities, as mentioned by OP - though I personally prefer Nekoweb. Both are great places to get started for free though, you can’t go wrong with either.

The basic HTML and CSS you’ll need to know is quite simple and fun to learn, so even if you don’t continue maintaining your site, I think it’s a really good creative exercise.

If you do get involved in the community, it’s a really fun way to get to know‎ people, (whether like-minded or not so like-minded) and a great creative outlet!

My website isn’t as fancy as some of the indie sites I’ve seen,‎ but it’s been a really fun thing to come back to on occasion and use as a creative outlet.

I’d love to see some other people here’s sites!

i think we should riseup ;) against this age verification crap