MalachaiConstant

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MalachaiConstant,

The “two steps forward, one step back” maneuver. Classic.

MalachaiConstant,

I saw this coming and switched to GIMP and Inkscape. It’s been a pain but I’ve managed. I’m just the IT guy though, and I would be laughed out of the room if I suggested our marketing team consider making the same switch.

It’s not a matter of seeing it coming. They just don’t care.

MalachaiConstant,

I’m assuming they also saw the age and jumped ahead into the mourning process.

Workers at TJ Maxx and Marshalls are wearing police-like body cameras. Here’s how it’s going (www.cnn.com)

Retail chains like TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx and Marshalls, are equipping some store employees with body cameras to deter shoplifting and improve safety. This is part of a growing trend in the retail industry, as stores respond to an increase in organized retail theft and violence against workers. However, some...

MalachaiConstant,

In other words, they have a systemic issue is where the threat of prosecution isn’t enough to deter employees from supplementing income with theft.

I wonder what kind of conditions led to that.

MalachaiConstant,

There is no viable third party without voting reform.

If you really want smaller parties to have any chance, go help the people within the democratic party who are trying to make that happen.

MalachaiConstant,

I think that’s part of the problem with conservatives. They’re already living in abject fear of everything.

They’ve been groomed into believing a civil war is imminent and their neighbors are the enemy, to the point where they’ve started making moves toward actual civil war with their neighbors.

They’ve been all been told: “There is the enemy, these are their flags, here is a gun, we can keep you out of jail.”

MalachaiConstant,

I was thinking about this the other day. I support some very, very technologically limited users and I wondered if anyone out there is working on a distro/DE that looks and feels just enough like windows to get them by

I would never have considered this before they announced Recall. Now it feels like I’m waiting to see just how hard they push it

MalachaiConstant,

I’ve lost 50 lbs in the past year. It is almost entirely due to the fact that I replaced alcohol with weed after it became legal here. I sleep better, eat better, I’m less anxious, and I actually look forward to working out now.

It’s very hard to see any downsides.

MalachaiConstant,

That’s me, sorta. For the first time since I turned 21 (so almost 15 years), I can have just one drink and not want another. I didn’t even really try to cut back, it just happened naturally after I took up cannabis.

Looking back, it’s kind of incredible how much alcohol was bringing me down.

MalachaiConstant,

Thanks for the heads up. Pretty fucked we have to live in a world where we can’t be completely open with our health care professionals.

MalachaiConstant,

You no nothing about IT do you?

I’m not convinced you do, if you genuinely can’t imagine a scenario where someone with just enough permissions could be convinced to do this, legally or otherwise.

MalachaiConstant, (edited )

hang on let me check the big bi handibook…

yep, it’s ass.

edit:

I did not see that there was a second thing you could be responding to. I’ll look that one up too…

yup, it’s rude.

MalachaiConstant,

Just admiring the kill.

MalachaiConstant,

Everyone who neglected to add the “/s” has become an unwitting data poisoner

MalachaiConstant,

The difference is none of this kid’s peers will have a similar experience

MalachaiConstant,

Voting doesn’t change anything. Not voting kills us.

We vote to buy time. We use that time to perform direct action.

These 2 things are not mutually exclusive.

This is what I’ve been trying to tell people, especially young lefties.

It just does not make sense to me why you would look at a broken system which gives a massive advantage to one party, see that the people trying to fix the system all belong to the other party, and arrive at the conclusion that both parties are equally at fault and the only solution is to throw your hands up in invisible protest.

It would be one thing if they just said they didn’t care, but they seem to be convinced they are actually able to affect change this way.

It’s like finding yourself in a fist fight and seeing your buddy just standing there laughing.

MalachaiConstant,

I’m not sure about that. In my experience, it’s how they justify everything. The ones I’ve known personally seem to genuinely believe their god wants them to inflict pain on others as part of some sort of divine warfare. They also tend to prefer the old testament, unsurprisingly

MalachaiConstant,

How about Analogue August or Stop Scrolling September?

I’ll also say, Offline October is pretty dang good.

MalachaiConstant,

Wow, that is absolutely different from how I read it, which is:

“Stop gatekeeping ADHD just because the symptoms don’t always look like symptoms.”

I’ve been experiencing a lot of problems lately where people don’t want to take ADHD seriously. They brush it off as “oh everyone experiences that”, and even sometimes take it all the way to “ADHD isn’t real”

MalachaiConstant,

I’m pretty sure the post is addressing the people who do not have ADHD and who go around saying things like “that’s just called being forgetful” when someone describes their symptoms. I see it often in response to people openly questioning if they might have ADHD.

I don’t think it’s addressing people who have ADHD but don’t know it yet or are questioning.

I have been experiencing a lot more of the “ADHD is made up” mentality lately than I ever have before. Not sure why exactly, but I’m guessing OOP has been feeling it too.

MalachaiConstant,

See, I read “a little ADHD” and could immediately think of real examples of family members, coworkers, and even medical professionals saying the full thing:

“Everyone is a little ADHD, so don’t worry about it so much.”

Or:

“Everyone is a little ADHD, so I totally know what you’re going through.”

Or my personal favorite:

“Everyone is a little ADHD, so stop complaining.”

MalachaiConstant,

Let’s throw out first-past-the-post voting while we’re at it.

MalachaiConstant,

I remember this sentiment being floated around a lot leading up to 2016. If 2020 should have taught us anything, it’s that things can get worse in ways we won’t expect.

A lot of people knew a global pandemic was on the horizon. That much was expected.

Trump knew. He knew and threw out the established response plan his first year. We did not expect him to be able to do that much harm.

MalachaiConstant,

I hope it’s still hot!

MalachaiConstant,

So your solution is to vote in protest for a party you know won’t win.

I’m actually curious now, what possible good do you think that’s doing?

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