But if you switch to Linux you can come here and proselytize to the userbase in just a out anything thread, regardless of topic. Doesn’t that sound better than using your software?

Yeah. And it’s a give and take for sure, because it being dead isn’t great either, but there’s definitely sometimes too many dicks on the dancefloor.

Except vote systems are abused to hell. Dissenting opinions are down voted into oblivion and we end up with the echo chamber.

I spent a lot of time on the ebaumsworld forums in the early 2000s, and it was your classic shitshow. Not a huge amount of traffic, though, so you could have conversations, but you’d leave, and come back the next day, and sometimes you’d have pages of nonsense to read through.

Then, they introduced rep, and it was such a shitshow. Users conspired together to abuse it, because that’s how it goes, except now, instead of late night Skype sessions, it’s bots, and marketing, and PR.

I guess the problem was and always is, when there’s too many people, it ruins things.

Wow, this is something I’ve noticed for my whole life but never talked about or anything, just assumed it was some odd quirk of mine. But yes, I have a specific recollection of touching some kind of paper that had like a velour side to it, and just catching my breath for some reason, and it’s happened a handful of times in the last 30+ years since then.

Sweet, give me that propofol nap.

Dunno where you’re at but Trader Joe’s sells these half-baked breads, so you just pop it in the oven and bring it over the finish line. They’re honestly not half bad, and you get freshly baked bread.

Yeah, I’m also from the US and my grocery store sells pretty solid breads. I also have solid French and Italian bakeries walking distance from my house. I also live in the suburbs.

Some people only have Dollar General.

US very big and very varied. So I’m from Jersey, if that helps, because I think it’s important to be specific. We have great bread, great bagels, great pizza and for this I am very thankful.

Not OC but it’s always retrospective. I am 38 and look back at my 20s and reflect on mistakes. Caring too much about how I was perceived, not caring enough about how I perceived myself. Not being honest with myself. Fortunately years and increased responsibility put into perspective the important versus the unimportant. I focus in things that make me happy, make my family happy. I focus less on doing things just because other people are doing them. I did a lot of stuff I didn’t want to do in my 20s because of where I was at in life.

And hey, not everyone’s dumb in their 20s. And if you’re in your 20s, there’s no point in reflecting on it. You are where you are, you do what you do, your life will end up wherever it ends up.

Ozfest 2001 was one of the first concerts I went to, right as AWK started his brief rise. Absolute blast to see live, the music was still fresh at that point. And the guy is just a goofball, total respect for him and his act. But you’re also 100% correct. You know what you’re getting with them. Early 2000s, they were on every bill, they played constantly.

Yeah, I think it’s very difficult for bands to reinvent themselves, and the majority who try lose fans because of it. The two bands who always spring to kind for me are Radiohead and Brand New, whose discographies are a bit of a roller coaster genre-wise, the former much more so.

I guess you stopped listening to Radiohead after Kid A? Really, really bad take.

Because it’s delicious and life is about enjoying yourself. If you don’t get enjoyment from some cookies and milk, that is a-ok, but I know I do. And I ran for 92 minutes in Monday and the Garmin app tells me I burned 1225 calories. I think I can squeeze a piece of cheesecake and some milk in there, without the fear that I’m somehow degrading my quality of life when I’m older.

Do you have no vices? Just curious. My brother is very health conscious, his culture is one that puts too much stock into how you look, IMO. But I say this because even he will have cheats from time to time. He’s making us apple pie ice cream for Thanksgiving, one with sugar and one with stevia. And we’ll go run together the next day.

Borrrriiinnnngggggg.

You can absolutely indulge in unhealthy foods so long as you also indulge in healthy foods and exercise.

What do you have other than the .22?

:-D!!

I keep one on my phone because the guy’s a legend and deserves to be remembered.

I generally say things like “it’s complicated, but let’s see if we can find out.”. Unfortunately when my daughter said “Why are your parents divorced,” I had to leave it at “It’s complicated.” Basically, magnets.

I just question if the 50 is getting the same rate as the 30. Obviously, all else equal, math is math. Banks see that $300 savings as a potential extra $150 a month.

This guy’s just trying to hide the treasure from the rest of us.