I have always liked to eat fish more than meat.
After emigrating to Germany I have noticed that meat is really expensive here. Still I bought a piece of meat.
Once I bit into it I was so disgusted by the taste that in that moment I decided not to eat meat anymore.
For me personally it was a great change, amd I'm really loving the lifestyle. I have lost weight and I feel better.
I'm also aware that it might not feel the same for everyone given that I wasn't much of a meat fan from the start.
Oh there are a lot of small things I had to give up because of rising costs of living. TBHany have been a positive change.
The whole situation has made me more intentional with my money, and I like that.
I think that the Cross-post from the above perfectly sums um the situation.
The Watchmen were hugely influental to the comic books as a medium and an art form, plus having a decent movie definitely did help.
I find FRIENDS to be unwatchable nowdays. I do understand that it was made for a different time and a different audience, but seen from todays perspective it's absolutely horrible.
I would say that Seinfield fits the same category as FREINDS, but not everyone will share my opinion.
MIne was from 2007. So not as old as yours. Yes, there are many things connected to it, but you can't imagine what a feeling of relief that is.
I switched to Proton too
I'm in a very similar situation like you are. I too have started to be annoyed with the Big Tech products and the Internet in general.
I have switched to Lemmy, shut down my gmail account and opened a Proton Mail, and switched from using Google search engine to Qwant.
I too have switched to Linux Mint, and I'm loving it. TBH my IT colleauges talked me into buying refurbished Thinkpad laptop and told me to install Linux Mint. Boy am I glad I did that.
The next step for me is switching to Fairphone :D
That is a really noble reason to do so. Especially if you loved meat so much.