I often use tho and other abbreviations as a way to show tone and personality in text. So like, if I’m being very casual and lighthearted I’m more likely to use tho, but if it’s a more serious conversation or I’m typing out proper thoughts then it’ll probably be though. For me it’s similar to how if you put a period at the end of your text then it’s kinda passive aggressive, but using periods just in the rest of the text as normal punctuation is fine

So that’s what that is. I haven’t heard of the call screening thing til now but lately half the time I call clients I get this weird answering machine telling me to say my name and what I want and I never know what to say so I just launch into my usual voicemail spiel until it cuts me off and the client answers

Gotta say, I think I prefer just leaving a voicemail for clients

The best way to answer this is to see a psychologist. They can actually diagnose you. Just bc you’re self aware doesn’t mean you can’t be one or even that you’re less likely to be a narcissist. There are some that are self aware and use that knowledge to their advantage. If you truly think you might be a narcissist then seeing a psychologist is the best thing to do. Your doctor might also be able to make a recommendation

Thanks I’ll check it out!

That makes sense. I like privacy but I don’t mind having an account if it means I have a genuinely better experience on the internet. Thank you!

Thank you for the response! I use nebula and have been getting into the fediverse little by little since I discovered lemmy. I even got Linux on a laptop a few months ago. Every time I switch to a more open source or consumer focused service I just find it so much better, which has led me here to trying out new browsers and search engines

Thank you! SearXNG is like a self hosted thing right? I’ve only vaguely heard about it.

Thank you!

Quite a few people have suggested that so I think I’ll end up doing the free trial then a month on the lowest tier and see how things go. Thank you!

I did see something about that but I thought I misunderstood bc it sounded too good to be true! Thank you for the reply!

Thank you!

I looked into the Orion browser a bit but it looked like it had a lot of ai stuff. Currently I use Firefox on mobile but I’m open to changing it. Thank you for the response!

Short and sweet lol. Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you

That’s awesome! Thank you!

Honestly this is the best way to advertise it to me. Thank you!

Thank you for the response! I think the first time I heard of Kagi was actually about their LinkedIn translations lol

Yeah I have a browser add on that lets me block sites but being able to say “I want to see more of this” instead of just “never show me this again” sounds very nice. Thank you for the response!

This is really helpful! Thank you! I didn’t realize people could report slop sites. That’s a huge plus in my book

Do you know, if I type in a website in the search bar and go directly there, does that count as a search bc it uses the search bar, or does it only count if you actually load a page of results? Like if I go directly to YouTube.com or I just search YouTube and then click on the result, are those both considered a search, or just the latter? I would assume only the latter, but I’m not certain. If they both are considered a search then I’d definitely be concerned about having enough searches