PELUMI👽💀

I’m very 100 percent sure not everyone on this ship will successfully survive till the end of the ship destination

Starlink completely changed my life in a way I didn’t expect. I live 25 minutes outside of town. Before this, I was stuck with 8–12 Mbps DSL that died every time it rained. Zoom calls were a gamble, uploading anything took forever, and my kids basically couldn’t game or stream without buffering. I tried the local WISP, T-Mobile Home Internet, and even looked at Starlink skeptically because of the price and the whole “is this actually going to work?” thing. I ordered it on a whim after another storm knocked out the DSL for two days. Dish showed up, I mounted it on the roof of my shop (took about 20 minutes), and within 10 minutes of plugging it in I was pulling 180–250 Mbps down and 20–30 up. Latency sits around 30–45 ms most of the time. It’s not fiber, but it’s so close for most things that I stopped noticing the difference. What surprised me most wasn’t just the speed — it was the reliability. Power outages still kill it (obviously), and heavy rain can drop speeds a bit, but it doesn’t just go down for days like my old connection did. I’ve run it through two winters now, multiple ice storms, and it just… keeps working. The app is also legitimately useful for checking obstructions and seeing real-time stats. If you’re in a rural or semi-rural area and you’ve been told “this is as good as it gets,” it’s probably not. The hardware isn’t cheap and the monthly isn’t either, but for a lot of people the math works out when you factor in lost time, frustration, and the ability to actually work from home properly. Curious how it’s treating other people in similar situations. Anyone else switch from a dying landline connection and feel the same difference?

Childhood friends hit different. No expectations, no pressure, just pure vibes. I miss those days more than I can explain. Who’s a school friend you still randomly think about?