moments like this is what makes life worth living

Mojang broke Minecraft SMP for versions up to 1.16.5. Their new TLS certificate is being rejected because of old trust store in bundled Java 8. Use different trust store or just update java 8.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1nxagcd/fix_the_authentication_servers_are_currently_down/

Wife Chie

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I got married in Minecraft once… and I still think about him.

A long time ago, I used to play Minecraft Pocket Edition on random servers with people from all over the world. I made a few friends here and there, but like many of those fleeting online encounters, I eventually lost touch — usernames forgotten, servers shut down, memories fading.

One day, I got invited to a Realm. I joined in, and it felt a bit overwhelming at first. Some of the players already knew each other, while I was just the new stranger. The owner of the Realm barely showed up, so it was mostly just the rest of us figuring things out.

Then someone — a boy — typed in chat: “Anyone want to team up?” I quickly replied yes. He sent me his coordinates, and I traveled to his base. I was still finding my footing, so I built a tiny house nearby. But before long, he moved in with me. Even though it was just a game, sharing that small space — our Minecraft beds side by side — made it feel… different.

I was terrible at mining and too scared to fight mobs. While he went off collecting ores, I took care of farming, food, animals, and decorating the house. We had two cats that eventually had a kitten. It honestly started to feel like we were a little couple building a life together.

Unfortunately, a group of players — mostly just jerks — started harassing us. They found our base, griefed it, and destroyed almost everything. We grabbed what we could and fled, our cats following us.

He led me to another little house — I still don’t know if it was naturally generated or built by someone else — but it was really cozy. Sadly, the cats disappeared along the way. We assumed they had died in the fire or got lost in the chaos. It felt like we had lost our little family.

We made that new house our home. Underneath it was a massive hidden base full of strange modded features and items. We cleaned it up, decorated it, and made it ours. I built fences for safety, started a new mini-farm, got some new animals, and we even found a kiwi (thanks to the mods!) as a new pet. We made three little graves for the cats we lost.

One day, after playing solo for a while, he told me he had something to show me. He brought me to an area he had decorated like a wedding venue, he used amethyst for it too, the one we mined together some time ago — there were modded armors made of glass and crystal, and we both wore white armor. He gave me a flower bouquet… and a ring (also from the mod). Then he asked me the question.

We got married in Minecraft that day. Just us.

After that, the Realm started to get buggy. Maybe the host had issues, maybe it was the mods — we never figured it out. Eventually, we both couldn’t log in anymore. There was no backup plan, no Discord, no contact. We just… stopped playing.

I still have screenshots of our wedding and the adventures we shared. It felt like a real breakup. Like I lost a husband I never truly got to know in real life. He was kind, funny, patient — the kind of person who made the game feel magical.

I don’t know if I’ll ever find him again… but I hope he’s doing well.
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Do you also sneeze when looking at a bright light?
(Tho for me even something as bright as 70% brightness monitor in a dark room is often enough to trigger it)

OMG I am so moe

I remember being really surprised to find out that this is a somewhat common thing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_sneeze_reflex

Omg is this a Zero Escape reference!?

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I don't know if it actually helps. Telegram congratulated me as an owner of a popular channel anyway. But hopefully you do not see ads here.

from Mineralka