MelonYellow

I went snorkeling in Hawaii last week and got to see the cool fish and turtles! So that was fun.

Very wholesome movies. I recently vacationed in Peru and had a lovely time. Count me in for Paddington 3!

Late autumn sounds perfect actually and it coincides with my birthday. I enjoy the immersion so I'd go for at least a month, hopefully longer if my job can allow it. :D

Oof, 41°C / 106°F with 80+ humidity is brutal. I can just imagine little to no winds and that air just sitting. I plan on visiting Japan someday but am definitely avoiding going during the peak summer months.

Thanks for this! Been meaning to watch it.

That's crazy. I went on a tour on this same glacier just a month ago. Wondering if I was at the same ice cave because it was very accessible, had two entrances like described, the drive and hike times are about the same. So very unnerving!

When we were there, our guide even said to be very careful, to not talk loudly, and especially not to linger at the entrance. Because of his experience and also being trained in glacier search and rescue, we felt in good hands.

We were only a total of 3 people. You know nature can be unpredictable, but I can't imagine 23 people in a fast melting ice cave was ever a good idea. Iceland is most likely going to have to change the law and ban ice cave tours in the summer.

Seems more trouble than it's worth.

Anecdotal, but I think there's some kind of immunity component. My parents grew up in a mosquito infested country. When we visited said country, us kids were bitten up while my parents were fine. If it was genetics, you think it would've been passed on to us. The locals commonly joked that mosquitos like "new blood." You could see tourists with itchy red bite reactions while the locals were fine.

Damn that might be mine too. We didn't get to have video games when I was little. Then I discovered PC gaming via Runescape😂

He can really do everything:)

The heck -Slimey is alive and well! Here he is playing the tuba

Tildes is a good example of a healthy community that allows for differences while encouraging good faith discussion. They police for tone instead of wrongness and it's been working out over there. People are generally happy with the discourse.

A lot of it is in site design, too. There aren't downvotes, because they're not needed. There's a lot of proactive moderation coming from the community by using comment labels. Labels help push comments up or down, and some require you to type a reason why, which encourages thoughtfulness instead of knee-jerk hivemind reaction and pile on. The only publicly visible label is the "good" one, so it keeps things positive. The "bad" label alerts mods and has a cooldown time limit, so it's less likely to be abused. I believe once it's used on a comment, the person can no longer reply to it, which helps avoid negative back and forths.