I was raised Christian. I was taught homosexuality was a sin. I used to angrily preach at others to convert them or they’ll burn in hell. etc. etc.

Fuck those people

That said, no, I have not succeeded in shifting anyone’s views ever. Typically the people I encounter are beyond saving unless the things happening directly impact them.

Jesus I’m fighting back tears while sitting at a bar.

Awesome.

With the cheese and salami add a tiny dot of Beaver Creek Hot Honey mustard.

I agree. I hate using a mouse and generally avoid it, and still the productivity gains I get from using something like VS Code versus Vim with plugins to the max are impossible to ignore.

When I’m juggling like 3 development contracts at once, it’s dumb of me to not use every little gain in productivity possible. I don’t have time to spend a day recreating a plugin to my liking in Vim when something already exists that gets me 99% of the way there. I don’t care about the extra RAM use because I have plenty of that.

I think some people just like to die on this hill out of principle, and that’s whatever, more power to them.

They all bleed the same.

Yes. Because in my area Tesla’s are being spray painted and kicked. Which also has financial implications.

I mean, I guess I could put stickers on it and stuff, but I live near Portland and the Tesla vanadalizing is pretty wild here. Not sure it’d do much.

I’ve actually been taking an old gas truck around lately just so I don’t have to be seen in it. But it sucks because the Tesla costs me like $20/month to drive and the truck costs like $30/week.

You mean are day

I have a Tesla that, for financial reasons, I can’t get out of for another couple few months and while it is one of my favorite cars I’ve ever driven (and I’ve driven many), I can no longer enjoy driving it because Musk is a piece of shit that deserves cancer. Looking at Lucid and Rivian now.

I also used to believe America was a great country, but in my late 20s started to realize it’s bullshit (I’m in my 40s now). It was kind of a sad realization and it has only gotten worse since then.

I also used to believe more in people and their ability for empathy and, if presented the facts, they’d ultimately make good decisions. I now believe people are generally selfish and narcissistic, and that most don’t give a shit about facts and live entirely on off-the-cuff emotion. It doesn’t stop me from caring and trying to help (some) of them, but it’s definitely made me more wary and paranoid.

Oh haha so this won’t work for…well, work.

Hmm, I’ll check these out, thanks!

Even if someone manufactured it?

We’re all keyboard warriors with opinions.

I’ll get downvoted to hell for this, but I honestly feel like right now it is a nothingburger.

Will I continue to keep an eye on the things they do? Yes. Does their CEOs work history bother me? Yes. Will I keep using it and just keep tabs on settings and extensions? Yes.

Prion based pandemic is entirely possible.

I anticipate prions becoming a part of biological warfare in the coming years.

I might actually hate Discord more than Microsoft Teams.

Yes, there are fuckheads here that genuinely believe it (and other crazy shit) and I wish they’d all get cancer and die.

They contribute nothing to society and they typically have zero redeeming qualities. The entire world would be better off if they were dead, full stop.

Thank you for making me laugh.

You seem far more hopeful than me, and far more intelligent, so I am going to try and hold on to a sliver of hope.

Cuts and such heal WAYYYYY more slowly.

I also seem to bruise easier.

I can’t wait to see his head roll.