I have a kid who turns seven very soon. They remember some of our previous dogs, but very vaguely. I’m waiting for them to ask for a dog, then I’ll decide.

I also have three cats. Two of them are around fifteen years old. I’m going to have a lot of processing to do distressingly soon.

Thank you. It’s been a few years. I’m okay but, much as I miss having a dog in my life, I don’t think getting another one right now would be a good idea for them or me. I’m sorry for the loss of your friend.

Dogs can’t be amazing; that’s blatant propaganda. If they were amazing, I’d want another canine friend and I can’t handle losing one right now.

I mean, it ended Seinfeld.

I think that’s how you get the populace to talk about The Simpsons for an entire summer.

Yeah, but we need paperclips! How else do you reset things?

That seems like it barely qualifies as an image.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=J66wMU51ZSI

I had a GeoCities account, but I got my start on Angelfire. I think.

Well, I was previously tempted by a PS5 and it does run pretty hot sometimes.

You have effectively summarized an old Dilbert comic.

Is that how you make black lights?

You should watch Carol and the End of the World.

My wife, who has ADHD but is otherwise absolutely not the target demographic of Lemmy, has three and appears to appreciate them.

I’m certainly not a fan of roaches, agreed there.

Where I grew up wasn’t the city, but neither was it very rural. Still, during the summers I could look at my neighbor’s yard and see what seemed like a field of blinking fireflies. We went out and caught some of them a few times, and with no major difficulties because they were so multitudinous.

Admittedly I haven’t been to that house in years, but still - other than the one in my story above, I don’t remember the last time I saw one in person.

I have to keep my window a little bit open because I use a window AC unit. Unfortunately, the build quality isn’t great and the unit is old, so there are small gaps around it. Unsurprisingly, bugs get in and, I guess because I live in a fairly rural area, the diversity is kind of impressive. I would be very surprised if nothing had climbed on me in my sleep. Just a few days ago I was laying in bed reading and a moth tried to fly straight up my nose, then into my eye. I don’t think either of us enjoyed the experience.

A week or two ago, I got an irritated spot on one of my eyes. I don’t know what caused it; maybe it was another moth. Anyway, I kept track of it but didn’t worry too much because there were no other symptoms. Then, one late night or early morning, I was trying to sleep but having no luck. As I laid with my eyes closed, I kept seeing flashes, but when I’d open my eyes there would be nothing flashing.

I was worried that my eye irritation had finally come to fruition and my retinas were detaching or something. That didn’t help with the insomnia … Eventually, though, I happened to open my eyes just as a lightning bug (or firefly or whatever your region calls them) flew right past my nose, blinking merrily.

That was a relief!

Apparently they were originally supposed to be compute, but someone didn’t think the general audience would understand that, so they changed it to batteries.

There is technically one scene outside the coffin, but I don’t think it violates the rule. To say anymore would be a spoiler.

I discovered this movie a long time ago while browsing a TV Tropes page on the same premise. If this comment section doesn’t offer enough ideas for OP, that might be the next good stop.

It probably has a Bluetooth adapter.

Thank goodness.