There's still good stuff, but less of it and fewer amateurs sadly. The "amateurs" that are there are all promoting their OnlyFans. The year or so after the sweep was pretty clear how much they lost.

There are various reasons people may treat you as if you're younger. I would bet the primary reason is no matter how much you think you've grown up, those changes have to be seen outwardly for a while before people that knew you as a kid will accept it. It took until 24 or 25 before I felt people had stopped treating me with kid hands. Keep in mind as well that as people get older, younger people start blending together a bit and a 20 year old does not seem as mature from a 30-40's perspective. It's similar to how younger people often have a hard time telling apart old people's ages and they all seem "old". The final point I'd make is that swearing isn't something all adults do and is not related to maturity. It can be a sign of familiarity between certain people though. Swearing around family members is either something that comes with time or never, really depends on your parents/relatives.

Trying to push these issues in an "I'm a big boy now!" manner will generally backfire and get you treated young for longer, because it's a very childish thing to do. I am not all-knowing so I don't like giving absolute advice, but personally I think the best thing you can do is not worry so much about it and continue acting in a responsible manner. If you show yourself to be mature, others will realise and treat you as such. If they don't then either you're not as mature as you think or you should find someone who you can have a more level conversation with. It's not so bad being young, anyway, "the grass is always greener" and you will miss it when people always look at you like an adult!

Plenty of mature adults are furries and are treated as adults. This is not helpful advice.

The random office PC with an older i7, no GPU, and two hard drives I was using idled at around 70W. So... it goes either way.

Edit: This was a "standard" ATX tower PC and reading your other comments it sounds like that isn't what you're referring to.

My friend who never watches anime always goes on about the same point and I just have to laugh because there are maybe 2 shows matching that description out of 100 in a year.

My understanding of most people's opinion is that the visuals are stunning but otherwise whatever. It's definitely mine. Avatar 2 has one of the worst written and worst paced stories I have seen in a long time. But it's still almost worth the watch solely to admire the visuals that over-shadow other movies by a mile.

You didn't list one of the main uses of a downvote: lowering the visibility of poorly made or unfitting content. If you believe that a post or comment does not contribute to or belong in the community or discussion, your only recourse in most places is to downvote. Yeah ideally mods would remove every such post but that ignores the fact they are few in number, often absent, and generally follow their rules to the letter instead of moderating on vibes.

Glad that he eventually got it fixed.

Fortunately, Lifeward eventually capitulated and Straight was able to get his exoskeleton repaired — but that was only after an intense campaign

Still, these are the issues that make me question why anyone is excited for products like brain implants. The longer we can go without commercialised body modifications, the better.

I'll be that guy and say this isn't crappy design and shouldn't be in this community. We've already got posts filling top of all we don't need more where they don't belong.

I don't think this happens much in real life, I would assume most people use contacts. Though it is a commonly used format for fake text messages meant as memes.

I have used Windows for a decade now and keep using it because my workflows and the application support are there. But as someone that uses Linux on my server, has tried out Linux desktops, and uses WSL, I can confidently say that I am gone if they start charging me a subscription. It will be annoying as hell but just like leaving Reddit I am willing to give up some niceties to keep my money and my morals.

This isn't meant to be a criticism of your post, but as someone who fades in and out of this situation I want to say: "go outside" is not overly helpful advice for people in this situation. I've tried going outside but without a goal to fulfill or any idea of how "normal people" have fun, it's a struggle to make it feel any less empty than being at home. Obviously it's not your job to write a book-length guide on how to live a fulfilling life though, so carry on.