Okay here's the plan.

I gonna slam the door open, run straight in, and attack with the most basic of attacks I can think of.

It's foolproof.

I used to hate when this happened to me. Someone reviving a post from ages ago to answer a question that I already found months/years ago.

But hey, it could help someone else in the future if I didn't go back and post the answer to my own question (spoiler alert: I didn't) so now I just do what OP does and thank them for their time, move on with my day. Chuckle at the stupidity of my youth.

Some people get angry about things like that. Just be chill, they probably didn't notice how long ago it was posted.

My family usually get an "okay I'm gonna go now. I'll see you later" and that's about it.

But by then they can tell I've had enough of people today and want to leave so they're never surprised.

And if anyone wants to think I left because they arrived, so be it. I am not the shepherd of my family's emotions.

I can't just leave without saying anything though. Not unless they pissed me off.

I've got a pretty nice system.

1: PANIC

B- Go

You may notice there's no conversation before the final step. This is because my anxiety doesn't allow me much talking until I can decompress.

It's worked so far.

"It was great seeing you again"

"but... You just got here five minutes ago"

"SO great..."

May I..... Stand unshaken......

".......thank you..."

I'm not crying YOU'RE CRYING

I got a new laptop last year, and now the old one is sitting next to my laser engraver, probably hoping I will never open it again but it's going to be my dedicated laser laptop now.

At least the programs I'm using on it are all 5ish years old, so it's not straining to keep up with new software.

I can still feel it heat up a lot just being idle, and I'd like to clean it up to improve it's response time.

This comic has made me feel bad for my old laptop...

The only celebrating I do is eating slightly more unhealthy, take the day off work unless it's going to be a short day, and maybe look to see if any games in my "maybe if it's on steep sale" list are on sale.

That's it.

I don't remind people, I dont expect anyone to remember, but it's nice when they do.

My excuse for missing people's birthdays is I DO know the date.... I just don't know what the date today is. Sure I know my sister was born on the 12th, but that doesn't matter if I think today is the 10th and it's actually the 15th...

So if I have that much problem, it wouldn't be very chill to be upset with others for missing mine.

Indeed.

My first thought was "So we call 'following the law' a loophole now?"

If the law meant a fucking thing, he would have been in prison decades ago.

Here's the one that convinced my dad that connecting everything is bad:

Your smart fridge knows what's inside and knows you just added a 12 pack of soda and donuts to the shopping list. They sell that data to a bunch of companies, including your insurance company. They know you have diabetes.

Your insurance rates just went up for the fifth time this year because your insurance company knows what you're eating.

And it's a good thing you don't drink beer or your car insurance would have gone up 'due to increased risk factors.' too bad you wanted to buy a new car this year.

Not only can you not afford it now, the price went up because they know you want a car. I'm sure they would make a payment deal with you though.

And every company will know all about the deal, the beer, the donuts, and all it took was sending money to whatever company had the information, and they were more than happy to sell it.

The more we allow companies to freely operate like this without regulation and without proper punishment for breaking the rules, we will continue sliding toward the hellscape of Ferenginar. For the non trekkies, it's a hyper-capitalist species of profit-driven assholes.

They wear their title proudly. Openly admit it in the streets.

And yet for some reason, are allowed to continue to operate freely.

Our country goes to war for less.

Edit: A friend of mine got this shoved in their mailbox today

Totally not domestic terrorists...