Goes to show that even something as small as how we dispose our waste can affect the ecosystem. We live in a giant enclosed terrarium and every single decision has an impact. Great to hear that we can foster the ocean just by dumping some trash back into it!

Tons of people do it though? I do personally, and then there’s more professional outfits like story corps.

Because you completely missed the point of talking with the elderly with your statement. It’s to make a connection with another human and share a bit of the human experience. An LLM for this purpose would be an abomination.

This might be one of those things where self hosting isn’t worth the pain, like email.

I’ve been using Kagi for several years now and have been very happy with it.

There’s a difference between being ignorant and stupid. Kids are amazingly quick learners and can think outside the box in ways that adults can’t fathom.

If that’s the primary thing holding you back, I’d say it would be worth questioning your position.

Only on Lemmy could someone get so down voted for having the audacity of wanting to live!

Don’t let the doomer/antinatalist types get you down.

And I assume you only stream from the finest non proprietary platform owned by a cooperative of saintly patrons? What platform do you use?