Sorry, I don’t mean to accuse you of anything. I should’ve made it more clear that most people just won’t try new things no matter how easy you make it for them. They will literally turn their brain off if it’s outside of their comfort zone no matter if it’s just the tiniest of steps.

Your mistake was telling them something scary and leaving, the very first pixel out of place and they gave up. People don’t want you to give them projects, they want you to fix their problems.

If it’s a system you’re sure of the use case then set it up to be a Windows clone like you planned and tell them you found a (locked down and lightweight) long service life distro based on Windows 8 or something. Yes, it’s a lie. Nobody will care as long as it works generally like they’re used to, I promise. But if you have to explain caveats to their normal workflow like you’re giving a tutorial then you might as well not bother.

We really need to stop throwing away useful terms and concepts because their progenitors don’t turn out to be role models. Knowledge doesn’t always come from perfect sources. “Tragedy of the Commons” has no basis in race as a concept as I understand it, I don’t see why the guy who coined the term being a racist POS means I should take a moral stance on it.

… but, you know, fuck that guy.

Tell me about this magical free healthcare in your homeland. Who subsidizes it, Santa Claus?

Or… more likely… you do. With your taxes. Like every other sane and developed nation. So read my comment again and learn some basic comprehension while you’re at it.

Everyone pays for them, just depends on how directly and how much they get screwed.

Fuck if I know, but then again I don’t make assumptions and post them as fact either.

Where does it say anything about not paying her bill?

Edit: oh nooooo, the 30sec clip on Twitter misled you?!

The homeless not having anywhere to go after they get treated is every bit as bad but I guess the original rage baiter just didn’t think it hit the same:

https://www.wave3.com/2023/06/29/its-like-im-worthless-troubleshooters-investigate-patient-dumping-allegations/

https://www.wave3.com/2023/12/20/patient-dumping-complaints-persist-troubleshooters-investigate-gap-services/

I’ve switched to a lot of foreign media tbh. Irish television is killing it right now for example.

I always wonder… what’s sort of big ideas do you have for mobilizing a nation of disparate people?

I doubt you’ve ever successfully wrangled 3 mates to get a pizza order together, much less a nationwide protest.

That sucks bro, sorry they did that lol.

I don’t know if this will help you but I throw everything I scribble into a “Liked” playlist and remove it into a “Tired of it” playlist when it meets the criteria you describe. Then every 6-9 months or so I think to sweep through that playlist and move some stuff back lol.

It’s obviously a hacky solution but it makes me feel better.

If it’s direct then why the 10GB limit?

All of which is easy to look back and say. Nobody knew what was going to win out at the time. The Moto X was great for its size and customizability for the price (as in you could literally change the colors), the G was a budget phone that also offered customization.

And you’re mistaken, the Moto X had multiple different sizes starting at 16GB. I had the 32GB developer edition myself.

I mean, I understand and agree with his message and that sounds pretty catchy… but doesn’t he have those definitions switched around?

After all you don’t have “optimism” when all is lost lol.

Sure, officially. I recognize the hurdles a fascist takeover from the inside is presenting to the smooth operation of a judicial system lol but I’m talking about at a personal level for this one guy.

How does he go to work day in and day out and not hear about this fuckery going on in his own circles when I’m hearing about it constantly? Or maybe this is a new low even for them since the article mentions that they have a duty to inform the judge. In which case there shouldn’t be any words of admonition, just action and explanations after the fact imo.

I know judges are just people that go to work like the rest of us but I still can’t understand why they haven’t already noticed the same contemptible behavior that the rest of us have been seeing and dispensed with the leeway they always give the DOJ attorneys. I mean shouldn’t they, of all people, know how scummy the DOJ has been recently when it comes to getting what it wants?

Home is where they scroll on their feeds, which reinforces everything they did that day because they don’t show the same things as mine or yours. They don’t have a minute to think.

That’s my entire point.

They’re not people making the conscious decision to be good or evil, they’re cogs who’re constantly given positive feedback by everything around them. Asking yourself “why don’t they just…?” is a non-sequitur until you break the machine they’re in.

But that’s not how it goes. That’s just the summary, and most anyone would balk at it being put like that. Just like most of Nazi Germany would’ve balked at gassing 6mil Jews if that’s what Hitler would’ve ran his campaign on.

First they say, “Ok boys, today we’re on crowd control. It’s going to be a little crazy out there today because of the officer involved shooting but we’re just going to try and keep it professional and hope for the best.”

Of course that’s coded to hell and passive voice for “the people are agitated and we gotta show force” but there’s a reason they don’t say it like that. It’s too direct. It might cause the more liberal minded to ask uncomfortable questions where everyone else can hear, and start to doubt the mission too.

Then they’re out there. Shoulder to shoulder. Dressed the same, on the same team, with all the (justifiable) anger of a mob directed right at them. Tribalism kicks in and it’s off to the escalation races. By the time they get to the tear gas stage they’re practically congratulating each other that they haven’t shot anyone else today.