so cute!

im a 90s zoomer cusper and we used vhs well into the mid 2000s. its not just millenials or gen x.

probably half our vhs tapes were recordings of tv broadcasts or other tapes. the one i remember most was a recording of rankin-bass rudolph, commercial breaks and all. (and it technically isnt piracy, as the US supreme court determined in 1984 that private home recordings counted as fair use.)

what a coincidence - we grilled out yesterday!

aside from veggie burgers, i'm echoing the top comment: don't sleep on grilled vegetables. peppers, zucchini, mushrooms, corn on the cob, eggplant, etc.

in my experience modern "dumbphones" are still just smartphones with bad hardware.

what actually helped me with phone usage and doomscrolling was completely deleting all mainstream/algorithmic social media, being extremely aggressive about blocking problematic domains with DNS (so it can apply to all my devices, not just my smartphone), rejecting unnecessary apps, limiting notifications to only specific people/times, etc.

tl;dr being mindful and intentional about how you use all technology will have a bigger impact than just replacing your phone with a different one :)

planet earth III's second-to-last episode ("human") is focused solely on humans and our relationship with nature (good and bad), while the final episode ("heroes") is specifically about conservation. more is sprinkled throughout, such as the wuthathi people protecting raine Island in "coasts," so i recommend watching the whole series.

the green planet is by the same team and is just like planet earth III, except it's about plants instead.