Instant gratification? I kind of know what you mean. But at the same time, do you want to waste time only to find out something where you know it will never work?

I do have a list of must-haves, and I think most others do too, but I try to keep my list short and reasonable.

For example, if she's not open to having kids, I need to know that as soon as possible. Because if not, a long-term exclusive relationship isn't possible.

Length obviously affects file size, but resolution is the really big one, with an almost exponential effect.

All else equal, a 4K video (3,840 x 2,160) will use 4 times the space as 1080p (1,920 x 1,080).

1080p uses 2.25 as much space as 720p (1,280 x 720).

720p uses 2.25 times as much space as 480p (854 x 480).

Also, 60 frames per second, as smooth and nice as that is, will use twice the space as 30 FPS, but 30 is still pretty smooth. Old TVs were only 24 FPS.

My suggestion would be to downscale the video to 480p, 30 FPS. There's probably free tools that can do that.

Because of network effect, I'd probably advise against any kind of niche or specialized dating web site. Especially if there's a monthly subscription to send and receive messages, and there's no other value proposition.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect

There's plenty of fat people on general purpose dating web sites.

But as always, with online dating web sites in general, keep your expectations low, and have reasonable standards. I'm skeptical of the fact that dating web sites are one of the few business models where satisfied, happy customers stop buying.

Also, keep an open mind. For all you know, you might meet your next significant other at a baking class, in the library, at the bar or night club, or even at the grocery store. Or potentially through friends. Maybe you work in an office building, and over lunch you see someone who works at another company in the building. Or after a concert. Point is, you never know!

I wonder how realistic you are being, and I do want you to find someone. You even seem like someone that probably quite a few men might be interested in having by their side.

But, I think you have to understand some men may have jobs where it's not convenient or always possible to text super often throughout the workday. It doesn't mean they're ignoring you. There's also time zone differences.

If you're expecting a 10 minute reply time at all hours of the day, that's not reasonable.

What? Guess I must be more unaware than I thought. I've lived in DFW for years and never heard of such things, at least not on a monthly basis. That and I don't even know what would really go on at one - I can just go to a bar whenever.

Every 2 years there used to be something called the "CurvyExpo" in DFW, but that's not quite the same thing. I think it's more a convention for companies to showcase their clothing lines and cosmetic products, provided they're plus-size friendly or specific. Maybe also a place where amateur models can flaunt their stuff. Either way, it seemed like a place where men of any size would probably feel very out of place.

And sure, COVID may have put the kibosh on a lot of this stuff, but not forever. All that stuff will come back. Video conferencing just isn't the same and most folks get bored and tired of "cabin fever."

One store that sells literally everything I could want or need, at reasonable prices?

I don't think it's politically, or legally possible. Even if it was, free market forces would force it to adapt or go out of business quickly, because apparently I have a lot of esoteric tastes, some of which are sufficiently out of the real-life mainstream, even if possibly within the media mainstream.

But, even if it was somehow possible, possibly in some sort of alternate universe, guess what? I still wouldn't want it.

I'd like to have some variety in where I go. How dull would it be if I only ever shopped at one place, even if it was theoretically possible?

I don't think there's any official guidelines posted anywhere. The next best thing I can really do is just share some observations over the years.

I know some might consider categories of pornography, but I would not. Very often, the categories are incorrectly applied.

As far as I can tell, assuming average height (give or take a few inches or centimeters), it seems the defacto minimum is at least 200 lbs, but that I don't often see the term applied to women under about 220.5 lbs or so.

I know, 220.5 sounds oddly arbitrary, until you realize it's not. Or well, it is arbitrary but not oddly arbitrary. You see, 100 kgs is about 220.5 lbs.

So, a longer term goal of exceeding 100 kgs might be a good goal to shoot for.

200 lbs is a nice milestone, which is around 90.8 kgs. But you know, there's also a wonder psychological milestone about 100 kgs, where you cross the barrier into 3 digits, and how you will always need 3 digits to represent that.

This is pretty much just my opinion, but I think it's not too far off of what most folks would probably say.

Really? I think it would be worthwhile to make a dedicated thread to cover this.

Of course, please be as specific as possible. What sections, what pages seem wrong, etc.

I wouldn't do it if I were you. Munchies' answer is good, but gonna add some more things.

One is that for some reason, soda seems to stay in the body for longer than water does, for some reason. And when that happens, you'll probably end up eating less.

Most soda in America also uses high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is horrendous if consumed in high quantities, and if you do what you want to, it'll be too much. There's the fast effect on very high blood sugar, but there seems to be something almost unique about it too. It's much worse than regular sugar, and it doesn't even have as many calories.

I've found that if I have too much soda or HFCS, I get sleepy and drowsy, and just need to lay down for awhile. Might be the blood sugar thing, but I've never had this effect, at least nowhere as intense with anything else.

Other than soda, the most common sources of HFCS will be either condiments like ketchup and barbeque sauce, certain sweet spreads like strawberry jam, and certain pancake/waffle syrups. However, it's very easy to identify varieties of the aforementioned without HFCS. It would probably be best if you minimize HFCS to almost nothing at home.

You can have small quantities of HFCS, so no point in freaking out if you're with friends at a restaurant or something, and the ketchup there has HFCS in it. You can even have the occasional soda, but you don't want to bloat with soda.