Who also thinks this would be WAY more readable than this message-grouping with only one pfp per block?

Just aligning the profile picture with the FIRST message instead of the last one would suffice, to be honest

done, let me know what you think

It feels like you and I have been fighting on and off and our marriage never went that well, then one day you showed up with a bouquet of flowers and remembered me why I married you.

A bit of padding in-between users chatting would make it perfect. Discord-style, so to speak.
Example attached.

Yeah, probably the best would be to get rid of the bubbles and make it discord style. Not a fan of the bubbles either. and then just everything left aligned. Or maybe an option to toggle.

Yeah, I replied below my photo with pretty much what you just said. Hehe