Written language. It literally lets us communicate with people thousands of years apart and around the world. Most significant technological development in human history imo.

Yes! We should feel bad! Unfortunately, there are people who think what that asshat does is awesome. My mother, who I won’t speak to because two of the ladies in her sons’ lives are now at risk. Fuck these people. They are selfish and frightened and they externalize their fear.

MacOS (less with each release). One of the Linux distros that aims to minimize the “Linux” experience for new users, like Mint. There are others that are also good for new users who don’t care what’s underneath. I’ll let others suggest them as I don’t keep track of them all.

Struggle to paste the path to a file. Seriously.

Nope. He had the ability to control her. Nobody can stop our crimes. It’s bad.

Yes, 100%. When I opened an investment account, I explained to our financial planner that I was going through the motions doing what I know I’m supposed to as a responsible adult. But I absolutely don’t expect humanity not to destroy itself before the point in my life where I’m supposed to reap that reward.

Hence, I spend more than is probably advisable on things like going to shows, travel, special events, etc. I wanna enjoy as much as possible before it all burns down, cause that’s exactly what’s gonna happen. And I plan on checking out early if things get bad enough, but that’ll be a while yet.

I’m so happy that, after I decided that I was gonna close Lemmy after reading the posts on the current page, this was the last one. What a great way to wrap up and go about my day after horrible current events and such.

This is the sort of discrimination I can support. Call the husband when you want some tea.

Exactly. I’ve been doing it for so long (because otherwise my cats would splash the water) that I find it gross when people leave them open to flush.

I literally have to apologize for being white every singe day. At work? Apology. At the store? Apology. With my spouse? Apology.

It’s like a white man in America can’t get a fair shake in America as a white man! /s

Btw, some people are really stupid.

To see a video of this terrible lady (one of the very first Karens on the internet), search “barbecuing while Black.”

This is possibly the best analogy I’ve ever seen.

I’m an atheist metalhead and we don’t claim that asshat.

My mother once said she didn’t appreciate how “the gays have to be so in your face about it.” I guess some gay guys trapped her and made her watch them make out. Cause, you know, they’re so in our faces about it.

I’ve never heard anyone actually say they believed in the war on xmas, but if anyone would, my mom proves they could be real. I cut her out of my life this year.

The correct place to set something down is wherever I am so long as it’s not food. I can afford to pay for a cleaning service to cover mopping and such, so I only vacuum clumps of cat hair and leave the floors for someone else to manage. I tidy up before they come so they can access everything.

Second post, sorry. But here’s something you can enjoy. I didn’t bother trying to find all of them, but as you can tell from the numbering, there are more than these if you look for them.

Christmas Music Sucks: Part 2

Christmas Music Sucks: Part 3

Christmas Music Sucks: Part 5

Christmas Music Sucks: Part 6, The Voicemail Episode

Courtesy of Your Favorite Band Sucks. If you listen to any of the primary eps, start with a band you don’t like and realize that the schtick is that they know a ton about music and can turn their sites on any band. It doesn’t mean they actually hate everything.

Organized religion is a plague.

Dissatisfaction. At least in coding and nerd projects around my parts.

Greater level of comfort in retirement. This isn’t necessarily selfish. It might mean the difference between living a frugal life choosing to forgo a lot of fun outings, hobbies, etc vs getting to do most or all of them.

I’ve already accepted that I’m going to rent and work until I die. It’s the sacrifice I’ve chosen to live where I want to live (Bay Area). A friend moved to New Mexico to be able to afford to buy a house. Not me. Accepting the grim reality of our terrible world is sort of liberating.

Sounds like you also have a choice. I genuinely wish you the best and hope whatever you choose makes you happy. Best of luck!