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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • USA mobile carriers have been charging for tethering since devices implemented the tethering feature. Android enforced it through carrier firmware. I don’t remember how apple enforced it.

    I remember having to jailbreak all my iPhones so I could get it for free. As iOS started feeling more limited, I bought a galaxy phone from Europe because the international phones didn’t have the carrier firmware.

    Then T-Mobile was the first big carrier to offer free tethering - I switched to them from AT&T. And now more carriers are offering free tethering because it’s losing them customers probably.




  • I could never find a use for Sandshrew or it’s evolution for any stage in the game. It can learn TM Dig early on, but since you only get one TM Dig, it’s better to put it on a good rock pokemon like Geodude or (my fav) Rhyhorn.

    It has high attack and learns Slash pretty early, but it doesn’t get a STAB bonus for all the normal-type moves it has (when your pokemon type matches your attack it gets 1.5x damage). Its main advantage is against electric types, but again ground/rock types will always be better and you can get Geodude early.

    There’s a daycare near cerulean city that will level your pokemon for you in case you’re trying to fill the Pokedex, but you can also catch Sandslash much much later on.


  • Started questioning a few years ago in my early 30s. In my small hometown, gender norms are heavily ingrained and body dysphoria just isn’t a thing that people talked about.

    I’ve never liked looking at myself in a mirror. As a kid I would play with and put on my grandma’s jewelry until my family started making fun of me. I had a major obsession with any video game where you could be a girl.

    If I had known earlier and transitioned, I probably would’ve been so much happier. But doing it now would just complicate too many things.