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Bigoldmustard

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Bigoldmustard ,

There always will be a divide between those who use technology as a means to an end and those whose end is technology.

If you think I’m taking a “side” with that statement you’re the latter.

If you think that’s a dig at anyone it’s probably because you think people care what phone you have, or that I’m trying to sneakily insinuate that you’re not doing anything by installing another flavor of Linux so you can get your dock to line up perfectly the way you want it to.

If you think people care what phone you have it’s probably because you know people who do.

If you think you have to be around those people I’m here to tell you I don’t know anyone who cares about what phone I have.

Bigoldmustard ,

You should live the life you imagine you’re protecting with all this security theater.

Bigoldmustard ,

I print a few exceptional photos a month to save.

I sell my time for like $30/hr. How much money would self hosting cost me vs a data leak where my information was actually used? I have a feeling it’s more.

It’s a nice hobby and I’m sorry I ruffled feathers with my opinion.

Bigoldmustard ,

It sounds like a win win for you and I like that for you.

Bigoldmustard ,

Sure. Like if you enjoy doing that stuff it would be totally worth it I’m sure.

There is a particular kind of person who prefers setup and config to doing anything with a computer, and it’s hard to hide my disdain for that sometimes but that doesn’t make it wrong. It also doesn’t mean I’m doing anything with a computer. We’re biased towards ourselves, I get that.

Like, we just put a dog down so I was thinking about my own mortality and how much time I have in life. It’s not a lot, and the idea of making sure an email address is functioning today sounds like hell.

I’m leaving the original statement up because I don’t think enough people walk back hasty statements online.

Bigoldmustard ,

So you’re challenging me to tell you what I think of you doing what I suggested?

Can we all agree that whatever version of predictive text we have nowadays is crap, and has been for a long time?

I'm sick of random capitalisations mid sentence. I'm sick of common words being replaced by less common ones or even downright nonsense. I'm sick of it taking three attempts to successfully get the word I want. I swear it's been like this for five years or more. Can we have a better version yet, or at least the old one back?

Bigoldmustard ,

If you’ve reversed autocorrect’s decision on something, it will remember it on iPhone. For example, I reversed “Lol” back to “lol” and after that it autocorrected all of them to lower case. You can reverse it I think, it doesn’t affect me much.

Bigoldmustard ,

If you purchased them from the federal government they won’t have hard drives.

Bigoldmustard ,

Ooh, or behind the scenes email drama from staff!

Bigoldmustard ,

This is great, but I’ve increased output by replacing the windows user with a tech-illiterate person showing a screenshot of Ubuntu saying “I’m so glad my grandson switched me to Linux”.

Bigoldmustard ,

You’ve typed out the formula for defeating Walmart yet your fixation on wanting that specific shitty job makes you see it as a negative.

How many stores can Walmart afford to close?

Do you believe if Walmart closed nobody else would be willing to take your money?

Do you believe skills for work at Walmart are actually super specified and won’t transfer to anywhere else?

Bigoldmustard ,

Don’t worry babe, I’m gonna start my big project just as soon as I get my computer set up exactly, perfectly, precisely the way I want it. I need to reach out to others to accomplish this. Once I have the perfect Linux experience I will be able to start my big project and then you will see my true value.

Bigoldmustard ,

You can put the gas in anything you want if you don’t get caught or don’t mind whatever the consequence is. Dream big!

Bigoldmustard ,

Kramerica Lives!

Bigoldmustard ,

You got it. Things happen and your experience is largely defined by how you react to them, which is arguably by varying degrees even under your control due to biology, the environment you are in and were raised in, and many other factors you are not personally responsible for.

You don’t have to assign a value of “good” or “bad” to things. When I say that I don’t mean things where people are harmed. I mean things like having to wash the dishes. I like doing it now, because I stopped thinking about it like a bad thing.

Your brain is just a big overhyped pattern-based machine. You can reprogram it if you want to. Try to make a habit of something that you think will be positive and I can almost guarantee you there won’t be regrets. Shit, if you’re gonna be depressed anyway you might as well get a dune popcorn bucket out of it.

Really hoping this lsd treatment becomes widely available because it’s just not as easy to get on the street as it used to be and it really can help with depression. Psychedelics saved my life, I promise you that.

Bigoldmustard ,

What I haven’t seen mentioned is that the structure of the vehicle depends on the integrity of the exterior, if Tesla’s own marketing was true. So, if it rusts easily, isn’t it more likely to be structurally unstable during impact?

Bigoldmustard ,

Fair point. No dog in the fight over here.

Bigoldmustard ,

I will do whatever it takes to make my daughter happy and if that’s wrong I don’t want to be right.

If that means being an army dude, paint my face. If that means being a princess at a tea party, paint my nails.

Whatever she decides she wants to be, I want to be there cheering her on. If you take that attitude and try to extend it to everyone you meet you make a better world.

Bigoldmustard ,

I don’t see anything in my statement that should lead you to believe otherwise.

I just love her. Don’t care what the packaging is.

Bigoldmustard ,

It’s all good. I’m glad to provide that reassurance.

It breaks my heart to think about the people out there without supportive parents. I want you all to know you’re enough just how you are. You’re worth loving. I wish I could help everyone.

Bigoldmustard ,

Water or beer to the rescue!

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    Bigoldmustard ,

    I want to say this with love:

    This is narcissistic behavior. Everyone else is also a person. It’s natural to over-do it when you make a change, being gendered correctly is a big boost. People are gonna call you what they consider to be gender neutral shit and you’re gonna have to get used to it or get used to being alone.

    As an old person, it’s occurred to me that young people think we dislike something specific about you. Like, sweetie you think this is the first time I’ve seen a man in a skirt (this particular person identifies as a man for the purpose of this comment), or someone with green hair? You’re fucking being annoying in public that’s why we’re mad. None of my business who you fuck I’m trying to eat lunch and you’re singing a song about rimjobs.

    What kind of progress are you making towards equality by turning off people with this shit?

    If you confuse policing language with activism or outreach you really have misaligned priorities.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    I agree and the Denny’s thing was hilarious.

    I’m not quite that old yet. I do eat lunch at 10:30 though because I’m not organized enough to wake up in time to make breakfast before work.

    I would never call someone something they don’t want to be called on purpose. I also wouldn’t get to know them well enough to make that mistake if they made a public fuss out of it the first time I met them.

    Like you said, being kind is key. Thanks for the laugh.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    Damn dawg, that’s pretty harsh and pretty inaccurate. You have a lot of anger and I don’t know your situation but maybe you have a good reason for it. Hope your life gets better and you don’t cringe about how off putting you were in the future. Best of luck.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    I don’t like being called boomer.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    Two replies!

    Bigoldmustard ,

    So the proper treatment for concussion is rest. If you get one that isn’t super severe that’s what the doctor will tell you to do is sleep it off.

    If it’s bad he’ll tell you to sleep it off while a nurse watches you. I’m sorry you had to find out like this.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    I hereby declare that my body and/or soul are my own property which I have sole ownership and copyright over. Heaven inc. and any of its’ subsidiaries or affiliates have no legitimate claim to my body or soul. Reading this post is a legally binding contract.

    Post this or lose your body and/or soul.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    Oh I was doing a play on those Facebook posts.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    The front facing camera on iPhones is not great. Most kids have iPhones. I'm not willing to believe children who grew up with these phones don't know their limitations.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    It’s probably my screen protector, now that I think about it.

    I will say with confidence its’ low light performance is dogshit.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    Ouch, my tit bones.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    What they don’t tell you is it’s completely allowed to not care about your slightly nice car also.

    I like to have a stress free experience on the road. So I do my best to be accommodating while also being predictable (don’t break traffic rules to be nice you’re gonna get someone killed).

    Thing about it is, when you drive the shitbox you think you’re at an advantage, but the shitbox is an outlier. Try buying a car you trust as much with your liability ins…damn.

    Meanwhile if you have a car that’s still kinda worth something (or you save money, btw you’re an outlier and good for you, I’m bad at it) and you have insurance, it’s just a pain in the ass not a crisis.

    Bigoldmustard , (edited )

    I drive a ford and I listened to limp bizkit.

    If my lil truck gets fucked up, I find another one in similar condition and hope the 10k I’m ahead on it is enough.

    Registration is cheaper than my Corolla was.

    Wayfair lays off 13% of its workforce weeks after telling employees to work harder (www.cnn.com)

    Wayfair lays off 13% of its workforce weeks after telling employees to work harder::Wayfair is laying off 1,650 employees, amounting to 13% of its global workforce, as the online home goods retailer struggled to rebound following its success amid pandemic lockdowns.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    I get extra money, I buy shit I don’t want to budget for. That’s furniture for a lot of people. Also we’re hitting the point where people are finding out just how shitty their stuff is because they’ve owned it a couple years.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    We’re so far gone this meme wouldn’t work without the word “children”.

    Bigoldmustard ,

    I used to be an adventurer like you, until I took a world’s tallest mountain to the knee.

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