That’s definitely part of it, but I think the main issue is that a lot of the new tech in the last 20 years was used to further the far right (e.g. Facebook, Google) and erode civil rights in general (e.g. privacy, right to repair), on top of constant enshittification and ever-shrinking longevity of devices.

New technology kind of stopped being exciting for me. Too much abuse, and even stuff that’s hard to abuse (like new medical treatments) typically takes several decades before it’s available for end users and even then is usually out of reach financially for most people.

in 2024, fyi

I really don’t want to use voice chat when I’m talking to random people, I’m already not using any chat features. I’d rather use a different platform if it comes up at one point (e.g. for stuff like coordinating between mods); I generally prefer it when software keeps its scope small.

No longsleeves? A tshirt doesn’t cut it in winter, and the distinction between tank top and tshirt in the graphic tells me that the graphic doesn’t mean just any kind of top.

I can teach you about homo things, too ; )

Maybe they got in trouble too many times for not doing it exactly as instructed, even if the instruction is obviously bullshit in some ways?

Making constructive, non-adhominem critique, and accepting such critique. Maybe calm debate/discussion in general.

Who tried to take over Europe? The German nazi regime didn’t use the 14 words.

The 14 words are distinctly a USA thing (possibly anglophone). It doesn’t translate well into other languages, because the number of words changes in translation, and nazis are typically nationalistic.

And yet evidently it is, and making fun of them without explaining anything doesn’t make it any less niche.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Words

Unfortunate price.

I found that most gift ideas that are somewhat good suffer from being over budget for the kind of relationship I have with the person. Same would be true for most people who might ask me what I want - if it’s that cheap, I probably already bought it myself.

LA also just doesn’t seem like a particularly safe place in general (though IDK how much that spills out from the real ‘problem’ districts into the kinds of places that OP would be at).

Which city in which country? TBH I’d be wary about being openly GNC anywhere in the USA right now, but even there there are degrees to this.

Which distro are you using? AMD has been completely plug-and-play for me.

I hate any insect that’s making noise around me, and with flies you also know that they’re very unhygienic (as opposed to certain beetles that are just kind of loud and annoying, but completely harmless).

Thanks, not sure where I got alt+tab from - I think ctrl+tab is actually the more common shortcut for tab switching nowadays.

I’m a programmer and I still use Kate mostly for notetaking and configuration editing. I tend to use other editors like VS Code when I’m doing more involved stuff.