Nightmare fuel…

I’m continuously astonished that people like this exist (and so fucking many). How do they survive day to day?

Because we came of age during the initial cell phone ringtone boom, with abominations like Crazy Frog… We’ve been over it for decades.

I mean… You just hold it like a telephone? Lol… Surely she’s used a telephone?

Same. I also get phantom vibrations sometimes so it’s a toss up for me.

Yeah but then you’d be lying to your wife in order to save 1 minute of boot time… Doesn’t seem worth it.

tbf, inxi is surprisingly powerful (dunno if that’s the word… Insightful maybe?).

If you have a choice of substance, and you actively choose to get “high” on diphenhydramine, you are an insane person and I fear for the safety of those around you.

And I hope the shadow people get you…

I appreciate that you include the context of the heavy alcohol use, because most people would just blame cannabis completely.

I agree that cannabis users are generally pretty defensive about their habit, but I imagine it comes from about a century of stigma and demonization. When you grow up hearing nothing but disinformation about the thing, you are naturally going to become incredulous of any new claims.

No excuse, just a possible explanation.

Uh this sounds awesome, care to share?

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Sorry man, I’m not going to suddenly start giving a shit about what Mitt Romney says, just because it seems to align with my already held beliefs.

I could be wrong, but I believe they TikTok ban stuff was in motion before Oct. 7 (assuming that’s what you’re referring to). Someone correct me if I’m wrong.

Because there’s no critical thought about who is delivering that information to you, where they got it from, what biases and/or agendas they may or may not have, etc…

If you are learning about the world through 15 second videos of a random internet stranger talking about a subject, then you are going to end up with a fucked up (and just objectively incorrect) worldview. But I guess it’s OK because they have a friendly face.

Yeah, and…? Does that mean we ignore the one under CCP control because… why? It’s not fair?

Also, I’m not questioning the data as it’s clearly about when they began collecting data, but that chart looks a little… sketchy. Like you pulled it from your Great Aunt’s Facebook feed in 2014. Where is the data from? That does not appear to be any kind of valid source I’m aware of in the corner. When was this made, and how much has changed since then?

US corporations are absolutely doing this as well, but that’s an argument for more regulation not to grant China free reign

Exactly this. This is their only argument against it, and it’s trash. Yeah, no shit, we know they are all doing it. Yes, we all agree that they should be dealt with as well.

Literally the only “argument” you people have.

“Wah, the other ones do it too!” yeah, no shit, and they should also be regulated. I don’t think anyone here believes otherwise. Maybe, just maybe, it makes sense to prioritize the one that’s under the control of a foreign adversary.

And even if you don’t prioritize it, this is the one that we currently have the opportunity to regulate, so why would we refuse that just because we’re not doing the same thing to the other ones RIGHT NOW? Once again allowing perfect to be the enemy of good.

Do you see now how that’s not a real argument?

It’s like if a student got caught cheating on a test, and complains that they shouldn’t get an F, because “everyone else was cheating too.” Were they cheating? Maybe. Is it relevant? Not at all.

Plasma is awesome! The customizability is just off the charts.

Yesterday I powered up my older laptop (running EndeavourOS) after not starting it up in several months. Had to install the updates in chunks because there were just too many, and the dependency situation was a nightmare… Anyway, got it all updated.

and then next thing I know, I look at the clock and like 3 hours passed. I had been tinkering with shit, completely unnecessarily, for hours without realizing it. I don’t think I really accomplished anything, and in fact may have left it worse off than it was before I turned it on lol.

So yeah, TONS of time saved using Bazzite, but there is that level of tinkering that I do miss at times (DistroBox can help with some things). I don’t even know if I’d say it’s something I “enjoy,” per-se… It just tickles my brain in a certain way that I don’t get elsewhere?

One thing I really like about Bazzite (compared to EndeavourOS which I ran before), is that it just works for gaming. Lots of little tweaks and stuff to get certain qol things working in EOS, are just installed and configured by default in Bazzite.

The stability is super impressive… I used to rely on TimeShift on EOS to roll back when I broke shit (which was over and over, because that’s how I learn), and while it’s trivial to rollback on Bazzite, I’ve never even been close to needing to. It’s just hard to break (and if you do, just reboot it and everything is fine).

It’s definitely more user friendly, but I wouldn’t say immutable like Bazzite is only for non-tech people.