Plus folks of similar mental capability refrained from voting in the first place, when they could have prevented this.

True but the title said emulation so I had to correct OP anyway lol

They are similar, but generally emulators have a higher run-time cost - this is because they are “emulating” an entire system, not just translating system calls. By cost, I mean performance of course. Emulators typically simulate/mimic other hardware, whereas translation layers just convert the system calls to be run natively on your existing hardware (which means your CPU architecture must match, etc).

Wine is far faster than regular emulation would traditionally be.

That’s why I love Ubuntu/Mint too.

It’s boring stable.

I’ve been tempted to try out other distros, but honestly, when it works as well as it does for me, it’s too hard for me to give it up for something that might not be as stable of an experience.

I agree, but, to be fair, WINE is not an emulator, it’s a translation layer. It may seem like it doesn’t matter but it’s an important distinction.

I feel like the majority of DE developers are just back-end developers, which like, of course that’s not going to be a great user experience lol

Also, there were plenty of people who were never going to vote for a woman, no matter what.