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I think most Christians just make up whatever they feel ought to be a sin based on the vibe.

“I tell my people never use the word ‘coal’ unless you put ‘beautiful clean’ before it. … So we call it beautiful clean coal.”

There's not much I wouldn't give to make some of these fuckers experience the next 80 years the way my kids will.

It seems as though they can't understand why anyone wouldn't want to be American, which is kinda nutty.

I feel defective though.

Could this be a snaps thing?

I despise snaps and left Ubuntu for that reason. I don't remember the specifics but I think even after installing firefox with apt it somehow get's magically switched to a snap.

I daily drive debian on a t490s and it's rock solid. There's just no way anyone could consider this set up unstable.

In recent years I've found most of my problems come from the fancy new packages. In order of reliability I find that it goes apt > .dev > AppImage > flatpak > snap

I wonder why no one questions the volume of executive orders this guy issues.

I know I'm pointing out the obvious here but it's authoritarian. As in you don't need a cabinet of people representing their constituents and developing policies and laws and deciding on the best way forward, you just have this one self-obsessed idiot making it up.

Oh man I remember those. Called ahead to the new unit to ask how busy it's going to be.

Sorry, I'm not going to engage with this argument.

It was repeated ad-nauseum in the lead up to November 6.

All points have been made and re-iterated.

Yeah. There are plenty of evil CEOs and also evil business owners, but most small businesses are just normal people trying to be fair and make their way.

We're doing ok.

I'll def get some time off over the weekend but it feels great to smash out a few jobs over the weekend.

Agreed.

It resonates with people because in recent years we've seen an uptick in conservative politics.

The reality is that progressive vs conservative policies exist in a homeostatic relationship and there's an ebb and flow as societal norms and the overton window wander around.

The US electoral system is not representative. Wealthy donors have too much control. There are valid criticisms to be made of the Dems ...

... but ultimately it's an absurdity to suggest that the democrats block movement back to the left. In the US if you want progressive policies implemented you need to vote Democrat. That's it.

I'm going to keep working.

I'm self employed and if I stop working for any significant period of time I get anxious about how much work I have to get done.

Yes. Is shit.

Yeah. What is love, really? A question people have pondered since the dawn of time.

There's this societal expectation that things go a certain way. You know lots of people, make friends, become "more than friends" with some, "have feelings" for someone, date, stronger feelings, "fall in love", and so on.

For some people love is very transactional. For some love is about passion. For some love is an infatuation. For some love is about practical compatibility, shared status, culture, and ideals. For some love is something that can only develop after years of marriage.

All of these are very different. None are right or wrong. They're just narrow verbal explanations for a complex range of considerations both practical and emotional.

Honestly I think most people just follow the process of coupling with someone just because that's what people do and life goes easier with a buddy.

I'm no master of romance, but my advice to you would be to just focus on building strong, close relationships with people in whatever form that might take, while being honest with them about what you can offer. In this context, honest doesn't mean being abrupt and telling everyone you're incapable of love, it just means not misleading people.