What I think irks me the most is that he’s acting like he’s the victim of a system he knowingly helped instate. He’s not the victim, he’s the perpetrator. To be able to learn from his mistakes, he would have admit to making any. He will never be able to change his behavior unless he realizes this and does an actual mea culpa with a deep dark look in to the abyss he mistakes for his soul. I’m not sure he has it in him. And unfortunately he is not the only one.

Dear Horrendous Cunt. I’m not American, so I don’t judge you because you “didn’t vote the same way” I did. I judge you, because you knowingly voted to place tariffs on your own business. Better yet, you dismissed everyone pointing out that this would only ever hurt you (and hurt pretty much everyone else besides, and some worse than you). Now that it is hurting you, I judge you to be terminally stupid, because everything you have done is stupid and you are stupid.

With all sincerity, go fuck yourself like you fucked your own livelihood.

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson and A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold. Hell, I’ll also throw in Have a Nice Day: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks by Mick Foley. I should reread that.

I can’t even begin to understand the severity of his personality disorder to be able to say something so absurd and disingenuous in public and completely without shame. The fucking gall, at a time like this, with his recent actions and rhetoric. I’m speechless.

You did the right thing. We in general have to willing to inconvenience ourselves to hang on to what privacy we still have. I’m sorry the situation is so difficult for you, but I applaud your determination. To thine own self be true.

These dumb motherfuckers, oh my fucking god. I’m so fucking tired of their dumb fucking asses.

Sorry, I think I may be getting a headache and I’m a bit testy.

I basically jumped from XP to 8.1 and I was amazed at how much of an improvement 8.1 was on a technical level. Yes, the UI was horrendous, and any usability expert should have been able to tell you it was a terrible idea, but apparently they weren’t listened to. Luckily there was Classic Shell that restored a proper Start Menu, so I never had to use the horrible touch interface.

8.1 was the last good Windows (with caveats). When support ended I went back to Linux, because 10 and 11 are enshittified to all hell.

Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, hands down. Possibly the best movie ever made. Every shot is just beautiful.

I remember the first raindrop and the first acorn… I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Linux Kernel came from Outside.

Just imagine doing that to another person, a person you care about. There are some true monsters in this world.

These will one day be hung in a museum as a warning, lest we forget. Unfortunately, humanity is just an endless cycle of repeating the same mistakes, so nothing will be learned.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Christ.

Stallman outlined our choices and told us this is where we were headed back in the 1980’s. Since then, we have consistently made the wrong decisions. All is not lost, but the situation is dire.

The choices are there, you just have to be willing to inconvenience yourself.

You must understand: It’s not your TV, it’s LG’s, and they will do with it what ever they want, and not to your benefit. This is the future we chose.

As I understand it, just straight up repealing Section 230 would immediately shut down practically any ability to post comments etc. No company or individual could accept unvetted posts from users, because they would be liable for any illegal content therein. So in essence, if you hate a site and want to take it down, just make posts that land them in hot water and they will be forced to shut down eventually. And you know the Internet is full of malicious actors. Sites like Lemmy could not exist in the US. Practically, you would have to run your own server to post things you want to express - and make sure no one else has access.

Repealing Section 230 sounds just stupid and short sighted, at least without a workable alternative. So, US legislators will probably go ahead and repeal it. Brilliant.

Live past 35.

Dude, you have a serious problem, man. That’s way too much marijuanas.

A long time ago. I’d guess it was around the time Facebook became popular, because it was inconceivable to me that people were just sharing their private info online, and treating people who didn’t as the odd ones. Later on my I was vindicated, but I’ve been wary of Google and Microsoft’s data hoarding from the beginning I think. It has been frustrating to see tech go this way, and people just accepting it, gleefully.

Yeah, that’s how I do it every morning.

Sometimes, when the ol’ 'puter is cranky, I have to press the reset button, which is really small, and it’s difficult to hit it with my toe (I have to do some tricky nail work, not for beginners), but I’ll be damned if I ever reach down and use my fingers.