My point is that the "piss in the car" comment was mean, thoughtless, and added nothing. If grandpa is incontinent, then he'll wear diapers regardless of the car or the bus.

Your comment was either a.) implying that messing themselves in public was better than in relative privacy, or b.) if you use a car, grandpa doesn't get to wear Depends.

Take your pick.

It might not be what you meant, but you were too busy being a jerk to notice that it's what you said.

In the doctor scenario, we've had adult diapers for a long time. Your solution is you let them pee in your car?

And your solution is they shit themselves on public transportation?

I mean, I'm 100% for better public transportation and urban centers designed around walking, but let's compare apples to apples here.

They didn't make a straw man argument, they had a point. It's a genuine issue and they deserve better than a flippant remark telling them to make grandpa wear diapers so he can piss himself on his walk from the bus stop.

There are none, I'm afraid.

Okay, that's hilarious, but I fucking hate that meme. Not as much as that one with Pooh in a top hat, but I still hate it.

No. I'm not. That's like saying that acknowledging the existence of the Chicago Bears means I'm a football fan.

I'm arguing that the establishment exists and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm arguing for despair.

All I have left is harm reduction. Which is also 100% hopeless, but it keeps me from jumping off a building because no matter how ineffective it is, it's fucking something.

If you have a better idea, please. I'm all ears.

I'm reading what you're saying, it's just so dumb and trite it might as well be embroidered on a tea cozy

The fact that I feel the same way about you probably indicates that this is a pointless waste of time on all sides.

And what is your vote doing to stop that? Anything at all?

In the Biden election? Nothing. Roe was done for as soon as Trump won. It was on life support, but people refusing to vote for the lesser of two evils pulled the plug.

I'm tired dude. I'm just so fucking tired.

Do what you want. You're not gonna accomplish any more than I am so I'm not sure why I cared enough to get worked up. We're all fucked no matter what. Do your little protest vote or whatever the fuck. I'm sure it's gonna do so fucking much.

Okay.

What word did I say that made you think I'm happy with the Democrats? That I actually support them rather than hate them just marginally less than the fascists in the other party?

It's all fucked. And the Supreme Court was stacked by the last administration, so you're arguing against yourself buddy.

Edit: Sorry, wrong starting sentence. I meant to say:

Clearly not browbeaten enough.

Lesser of two evils means we're fucked either way, but one way slightly less. It means there are not good choices, just less bad ones. If you sat through the Trump presidency and still think there's no difference, then I don't know what the fuck to tell you. If you can't look at how fucked trans people are in Florida and other red states right now and still say there's no difference, then go fuck yourself.

They're both shit, but one of wants to fucking murder my friends. There's a fucking difference. And if I sound mad, it's because people saying shit like this vote dumbass third parties that can't possibly win, or sit out an election because of protests. People are fucking dead because of this dumbass "there's no difference" bullshit.

You wanna tear down the system and stat over? Fine, great, get going. I'll even help if it looks like you might have a prayer. But right now, there is no hope. There's just mitigation of harm. Your idealism gets people killed.

Imma get downvoted for this, but for some reason I care even less than I did on Reddit, which I didn't think was possible...

Anyway, do you honestly think that if piracy actually caused significant profit loss it would affect the billionaires or anyone else in the "investor class"?

Of course not. They're going to use the ahem "loss" to justify lower wages.

I'm not saying don't pirate. I'm just saying you don't get to pretend like you're just hurting the class that gets to decide where the loss gets shunted. That's a wildly naïve view of how the world works. You can't fuck over the billionaires that way. They have too much power to let you.

Nah, mate. You upgrade twice a year. But it's been a smooth experience since about 34-ish. For me, it's been similar to just running a regular update (not exactly the same, but still not much of an issue).

And DNF is fine these days. You have to slightly tweak the config to allow for more simultaneous downloads and you're good. Plus DNF5 is on the horizon. I've played with it a bit, and even at this stage it's smooth and fast, just not feature complete.

The way you can tell the difference between honesty and being an asshole is of they say they just "tell it like it is," they're assholes.

This is a joke, not a rule, but it's based in reality.