u/captain_jacks_nephew

I'm working on both my knowledge base and my ability to dictate my arguments. I find the easiest way to learn for me is to debate with others and do research when I've been met with a point that I'm unfamiliar with. Please keep civil, and if my tone comes off as anything but please let me know because I'm trying to work on conveying my tone properly.

***disclaimer

I can debate forever on any given topic if neutral ground is not met, and am curious as to why people who think differently from me think the way that they do. Please do not confuse my curiosity of your and explinations of my views for trying to change your views as that is not my intention.

I haven't had what I'd describe as a best friend since middle school, and obviously things change when people grow up. I(25m) consider L(32M) my best friend. We work together so we see each other at work at least 3 times a week at work, we go to the gym together 3 times a week, and occasionally we will make dinner or go out for food or play video games. Out of everyone in my life I definitely spend the most time with this person.

L is pretty quiet, he does talk but mostly only when talked to. I, on the other hand, never shut up. I text him very frequently, and he occasionally responds, but I know he reads the messages cause if I reference them the next day at work he's up to date. He says he isn't bothered that I text him a lot so long as I'm okay with his lack of texting, which I am because I know he's reading them.

I know I shouldn't question if he actually likes me or not cause he wouldn't hang out with me or deal with my shit if he didn't, but lately after the gym when we go get food he's been spending a lot of time on his phone instead of talking to me. I usually have no problem bringing up anything to have a conversation about but if he's on his phone it just feels like I'm interrupting.

It doesn't bother me if we don't talk when we're playing video games (separately but in the same room) cause we're both doing something, but when he starts going online when we're eating dinner it makes me feel like he doesn't want to be there. That and the fact that I always have to initiate a conversation.

When we're at work he'll always come up to me to comment on something that just happened or tell me something he heard but outside of work he has never once asked me to hang out, it's me initiating every time.

Now, at first I didn't mind because I knew he was a recluse and it just felt like a win to get him out of the house and back to the gym (he's a former body builder and its been years since he's gone, he really needed the push to go back) but after a while it feels like he's only hanging out with me because I'm so pushy.

Idk.

It's possible this is mostly bothering me because I'm going away for the summer and I'm scared of things being different when I come home.

I know almost nothing about website building asides from having taken a couple coding classes (that I got nothing out of except for how, should I say, grammatically(?) code works) but I really want an actual alternative to facebook.

I want my groups, I want my events, I want my market place, I want my friends list and reels, I want a simple app I can download and have my friends download that doesnt have multiple servers or a bunch of hoops to jump through to figure out. I'm certainly not offering a job or anything like that as I do not have the funding for that, but like it'd be nice to create something better? And I'd like to do something about it however I am unfortunately not technilogically inclined.

All the fake posts and censoring and ads, the shitty algorithm and everything I'm over it, but my community uses facebook events for invites to everything that goes on, and I have groups I like being a part of, and I like reels (alrhough I refuse to get on tiktok)

Ig is great for sharing pictures and reels, but its not the same with text posts and there's no groups or events. Bluesky is basically Twitter and I never liked Twitter.

And please don't tell me tk nust stop using social media, as much as id never like to be on social media again I really dont want to miss out on whats going on in my community and quite frankly I miss memes.

I've had mine since they came out, I used it a lot when I got it and never had an issue with it, a few months ago I went through the pictures and videos I had and the camera worked fine. Put it in a drawer and now I'm soon going to a place where we aren't allowed to have our phone so its advised we take a camera if we want pictures.

However, when I pulled out the camera to pack it I realized it now won't turn on. No light when plugged in or anything so I assume it isn't even charging. Took battery out put it back in did all the basic stuff and nothing.

Could the battery need to be replaced even though it spent most of its life just sitting? Did samsung brick out old devices? Help please