Alright, Thunder, you need to get back on top of things.

I know you have several people out, but you can do it.

I mean, Ben Carson is a legitimate dumbass.

BUT, he can cut conjoined twins in half. He’s good at that.

But on everything ELSE: certified dumbshit.

Maybe the removed country was the United States we lived in along the way.

Weird how all these headlines showing positive news about the country start showing up NOW vs two or three months ago.

The current totals are 76M for trump and 74M for Harris.

You’re not wrong in that more people should have turned out, but lots and lots of people did not want this.

A thin majority of the Americans who voted wanted this.

“News finally tells truth for once, gets backlash from people who believe in chem trails.”

Sooooo…he’s walking away free then?

I don’t have any trust that friends of trump will face any consequences for anything.

This type of stuff is only going to get worse in the next four years.

Finally, damn.

I’m pretty sure the most embarrassing day was a couple of Tuesdays ago.

You can’t say anything bad or joke about him. He’s god around these parts.

A lot of these people will probably also say “billionaires shouldn’t exist” but for Gabe he’s “our” billionaire so it’s fine.

If you are curious about the stupid video, this is it. I reported it for misinformation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wVBYmrppOnM

“I was just stumped,” Newell said, sipping a drink on one of his many yachts. “Maybe I’ll get unstumped with my next yacht purchase.”

Overhearing the conversation, George RR Martin, sitting on a pile of money, quipped, “Yes, and I am thiiiis close to finishing the next book.”

He has a Bluesky account already, and has posted…some.

Everyone I’ve seen (mostly in the tech space) seems to say that Threads feels soulless. I follow a few people there from my Masto account (yay, federation), and that’s all fine and dandy. But I don’t know if I’d trust Zuck in the long run since he already seems to be kissing the ring.

For FFXIV, specifically, if you are looking to add some friends I’d say start by hanging out one of the three starting cities (Gridania, Limsa, Ul’Dah) near the Aetherytes. Often people are just hanging and chatting some there. Limsa, on my server at least, seems to just be filled with people all the time hanging out. And you may even see some open calls for people to join Free Companies (Guilds). Those people are actively looking for new blood, so you could start up a discussion with them and see if their group is something you’d like to join. By doing so you may be able to get several friends pretty quick that way. Just remember that you owe nothing to those folks, and if the free company vibe doesn’t feel right once you get in, then bounce.

But commenting on someone’s look is fine, too! People work hard to collect or craft certain pieces of gear and dye them to make their character the way they want so if you notice something cool chances are they will be happy to talk about it.

There was one time last year during a Live Letter (this is a live streamed event the producers of the game do a few times a year) I went to Limsa and said to anyone who could hear it that I’d be “over by [a specific bench] to discuss the Live Letter” and lots of people I didn’t know gathered around and we all had a fun chat about the event as it streamed.

Or even if you have questions, say them out loud in a crowded space and chances are someone will help. FF14 is notorious for people NOT being trash, so most often you’ll find helpers before finding jerks.

And I promise that you can’t out-weirdo the weirdos that run around pretty much any game, so try to not worry about that.

100%. I’m typing this comment on a M4 Mini that the original post is about, and it’s just so nice. And things work. And I don’t have to worry about it. I can move my mouse to the edge of the screen and connects to my iPad and I can control my iPad that way. It’s cool! And I didn’t have to read some ancient texts to figure it out.

Linux is not bad, and people who use it aren’t bad.

But that doesn’t mean they aren’t kinda annoying to hear all the time, saying “it’s so easy” when you have spent hours trying to figure out why something that feels like it should be simple doesn’t work. Or they say, “Oh, yeah you just have to run [some command in the terminal no one would ever guess] to make [your issue] work.”

This continues my streak of buying zero (0) games from Epic but still having a sizeable library there.

I wonder how many thousands of pentagon people voted for trump.

The Linux nerds crawl out of the woodwork to remind us at all times that it’s “better.”