Please. It’s not about “willpower.” Poverty plays a part. Genetics plays a part. Our unhealthy lifestyles under capitalism plays a part. But go ahead and blame people for things that might just be beyond their control. That always makes a difference. /s

Only when forced to by the phone breaking, switching providers, or, as in the case of my last phone, when they shut down a network (2G).

I got a Pantum laser printer and it’s free of all the rent-a-printer crap that the big ones are pulling now. It was easy to set up with my Linux system too.

“The thief thinks everyone steals.”

They already do all this with social safety net programs like Social Security and HUD/Section 8. Go to jail, lose your benefits. Every year is a ton of hoop jumping and massive stress while I recertify for my housing voucher and the measly $2 in food stamps they give my family per month. And that’s without me even going to protests anymore.

I went to a Mastodon server where other anarchists are.

ClipGrab still works. But it’s a program, not an extension.

https://youtu.be/EQ8ViYIeH04?si=izynB4haYtTVdieO

The only purpose to life is to live it. Beyond that, you have to find the meaning that suits you for yourself.

The saying, “the thief thinks everyone steals” applies here.

Everything he is accusing those aligned against his bullshit of is stuff he has done, or would do. He can’t see the world in any other light.

A grief support group could be what you need. Check with her oncologist or your doctor to find one.

I don’t struggle with it. When the end finally comes it will bring peace the likes of which I’ve never experienced. Life’s been hard and as I age, my body is breaking down in little annoying ways that add up into a larger annoyance. The only thing I fear about the end is dying in pain.

Get real. There’s no having a rational discussion, you’re not rational.

We’ve got a planet full of intelligent beings we’re busy killing off, so we’ve never been alone. We’re just too speciesist to accept their existence as our equals.

If there were aliens and they had any sense at all they’d quarantine our planet and never let us off it.

Oh, please. If they were really alien they wouldn’t have any DNA in common with us at all. And until samples of the “aliens” are provided to multiple scientists and labs across the globe for peer review, this is just horseshit wishful thinking.

Thank you. The other one had an emergency vet visit yesterday and I’m waiting nervously for her usual wake up time to see if she’s still alive.

One of my birds died a few months back and I cried in terror for the other one (who is still sick on and off). Up until then I thought all my tears had been burned out by a 15 year family court struggle with my abusive ex.

One of the top reasons I finally went Linux and I don’t regret making the change one bit.

I couldn’t agree more. It was the whole Santagate thing that helped me become an atheist. Though the same year i figured out there was no Santa I decided to try church on for a while. It didn’t stick.

Or maybe not lie to kids about this at all, lead them on and then let them be crushed by the realization that their parents betrayed them all this time. I’m nearly 60 and I still remember how it felt realizing that, and then being told I had to turn around and lie about it to my younger sister. I didn’t make that mistake with my own kids.