My experience has been similar to OPs so I’m not sure it’s that dated? My first brother-in-law (now divorced, lol wonder why) would literally say he was “babysitting” anytime he was solo with his own kids.

The hetero stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason. I think it’s great that families are way more diverse in how they divide roles now than they used to be, but to pretend like these older stereotypes don’t legitimately exist is just disingenuous isn’t it?

~3 years ago I had the same experience when I opened Apollo and it no longer worked with Reddit.

The world kind of learned this recently when Ebola outbreak started and nobody else had stepped up to fill the void the US left.

I am immediately on the hunt for The Wire series on DVD now.

Not a big deal as long as that’s communicated to customers ahead of time. Really frustrating when it isn’t.

Apple/macOS is my main ‘home’ for work, creation, and general use. At work, I also deal with Linux a decent amount running a few k8s clusters. At home, I use a Windows gaming machine but literally only use it for gaming.

I think in this context they’re only talking about apps that are no longer maintained. So it is the OG reddit replacement that isn’t being maintained. But yeah, kind of weird wording all throughout.

I really don’t mean to be disrespectful but it sounds like you’ve been lucky enough to never have anything like this happen to you. I’m glad for you, I wouldn’t wish this on anyone. But please realize you’re talking about an idealistic view that doesn’t match, at least my own, reality.

I know DoorDash is expensive, I’m fine paying the prices and tipping the drivers extra well. The service is useful and important to me. And taking care of the drivers with tips and them taking care of me with service IS my community. I love those people that bring me food and it means the world to me that I can get the food I need, when I need it, with such little friction. (Which btw, is not pizza and Chinese food. I WISH I could eat those things 😭) That’s well worth the extra costs I’m paying. Plus I get to support local businesses that I otherwise wouldn’t be able to patronize.

If you have issues with DoorDash or gig economy type stuff, I’d urge you to think about legislation or unionization type things that would help and evangelize for those, rather than taking it out on the patrons and drivers.

You have no idea how helpful DoorDash/Ubereats is for people with health issues and no support network. I’m not going to share any of my details but I’d be in a much worse situation if I couldn’t rely on DoorDash for meals.

Never got banned but have been on threadiverse since the Apollo killing a few years ago. That was plenty for me to leave that site.

idk, I use a gaming PC for that stuff.

The Mac’s are for work and creation.

I have a 2019 MacBook Pro and stopped updating it at Sonoma. The new OSes are just too much for that Intel chip anyway.

The M-series processors are amazing though, I’ve had such a good experience with them.

It’s insane. We have so much wealth in this country that there is no excuse for how bad our healthcare system is. Its atrocious and getting worse every day.

When I see Refused I immediately think of their song ‘New Noise’

For Incendiary, I think of ‘Front Toward Enemy’

I think both of those are probably their most popular songs? Probably for a reason, I’d start there!

I’m still in that 2nd half, so keep posting everyone!

the ‘soup’ typo is perfect here lol

Life is suffering

I’m curious about your preference for spaghetti with alfredo sauce. Why not fettuccine?

“Right to die” is a medically assisted death that is available in certain places around the world. If you can’t make peace any other way, moving to a place where this is an option may be the most helpful thing for you.

Now that you mention it, I’ve never wanted anything more in my life 🤤

Don’t split the pole around me.