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I’ve come across some pretty levelheaded people from that instance too

This was me (for some definition of level :D)

I joined .ml before I really understood the differences. Even once I realised the connotation, I didn’t switch until I realised that !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works was blocked on that instance. That made me think about what instance I wanted to join (based on what communities I was most active in) and then I switched over here.

So, there are definitely a mix of people on each instance. It makes me sad when I see people jump to conclusions based on instance, although I also understand it if 90% of their experience is of a particular type of person.

Thank you for the recommendation! After deliberating back and forth over whether to go with this or a DIY solution, I ended up buying this one.

I saw a tildes comment talking about this adapter. I’m thinking that, once we finish the first couple of refills, we can decide whether we want to get a bigger donor cylinder to refill them through this.

And then, if this ever does break, we can switch to a full DIY solution at that point, since we’ll then have more hands-on experience with the larger cylinders. So, we can gradually ease into a more DIY approach once we’ve shown we’ll stick with it, and have a bit more confidence.