"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have reached our cruising altitude. Please remain seated, we will begin our descent in 3... 2... 1..."
It's much easier to randomly run into people, if you know exactly where they are.
@bonf
When this kind of thing happens, i usually assume they don't want the audience and respect their wishes.
When this kind of thing happens, i usually assume they don't want the audience and respect their wishes.
Taking abuse gracefully is the sign of a nice person. Refusing to take abuse is the sign of a not nice person who deserves every bit of abuse they get.
The ones ones dispensing the abuse are conspicuously missing from the equation.
The ones ones dispensing the abuse are conspicuously missing from the equation.
@dredmorbius
You could have opted to prove me wrong in private. I'm a sensible, rational person, and i question my views anyway, every day. But you have chosen harassment instead.
You're not as good a person as you might imagine.
You could have opted to prove me wrong in private. I'm a sensible, rational person, and i question my views anyway, every day. But you have chosen harassment instead.
You're not as good a person as you might imagine.
@dredmorbius
In retrospect, i could probably phrase my thoughts in a more gentle way to prevent hurting your delicate sensibilities. Then, i would not have to suffer the humiliation of having to prove i don't support the genocide of any people. I don't.
My primary motivation in this kind of conversation is simple:
I do not want to die.
I do not want my family to die.
I do not want my friends to die.
And i don't want the murderers, who are busy planning that, to get another chance.
In retrospect, i could probably phrase my thoughts in a more gentle way to prevent hurting your delicate sensibilities. Then, i would not have to suffer the humiliation of having to prove i don't support the genocide of any people. I don't.
My primary motivation in this kind of conversation is simple:
I do not want to die.
I do not want my family to die.
I do not want my friends to die.
And i don't want the murderers, who are busy planning that, to get another chance.
Optimism is intellectually lazy. There is a chasm between "Everything is going to be alright! Somehow!" and "Here are the problems, and here is how we are going to attempt solving them."
Daylife Wasting Time: saving 1.5% energy by sacrificing 5% societal health and sanity since times memorable. I must say, on consideration, it seems perfectly on-brand with the general way we're running society.
@existentialcomics
After decades of looking, i managed to find exactly one (1) woman who is willing to have sex with me. Maybe i should try my hand at communist revolutions instead.
After decades of looking, i managed to find exactly one (1) woman who is willing to have sex with me. Maybe i should try my hand at communist revolutions instead.
Government officials you are not allowed to insult are not "public servants". They're aristocracy.
"You can't have a sound solution to a problem if your theory of the problem is incorrect or incomplete."
— Louigi Verona
— Louigi Verona
@ColinTheMathmo If your primary need is keeping a set of files synced between multiple computers, Syncthing does a good job, while avoiding the reliance on a trusted third party. If your primary need is off-site file hosting, the solution will likely be different. As i don't normally use cloud storage, i am afraid i can't help with that much.
In retrospect, i really should have named "Rounds of Hell, part 1-3" "Be Entertained, round 1-3". Then again, naming things IS hard.
https://simonvolpert.com/drla/#rounds_of_hell_part_1
https://simonvolpert.com/drla/#rounds_of_hell_part_1