Couldn't you just pay them enough so that they don't need a second job?

Nobody wants to work any more

You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Freddy Mercury

Train it to shit in their yard and reward it when it brings you things like purses, wallets, TV remotes, etc.

When a single person is fighting multiple assailants but they still only attack one at a time while the others just stand there trying not to look odd while waiting for their turn.

Pushed to prod

People think motivation comes before action, but it is actually the reverse. You have to decide (not be motivated) to act, and the motivation will follow.

Robin Williams

Going in-patient saved my life, but it did not cure it. It armed me for the war I would fight with myself on the path to healing, but did little to support it long-term. It is an effective stop-gap, but should be considered only the beginning of the journey, as continued work and treatment (for potentially very long after) may be on the menu.

Last one;

Sir Stewart and Sir McKellen, X-Men

Obsidian is really great but I can't recommend Standard Notes enough; it is my Google Keep replacement and has served me well.

I was first imagining being in the same era and happening upon one as one would a deer in the words.

You first imagined cruelty and elitism. Why it's that?

Never mind; username explains.

Compassion

Wow, lots of comments.

Before having read any replies, I'd already scheduled a doctor visit. Tinnitus being my first guess. Still, it's limited to specific circumstances, and I have near-perfect pitch, so I thought maybe my mind was simply consuming/interpreting additional data. Still, it will be investigated.

I found the Schizophrenia comments... interesting, because it does run in the family. I will make sure the physician is thorough and considers all possibilities.

SSH or RustDesk

What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Carey and Lee Jones, Batman

Pretty nice looking assumption you've made, there.

Threads, and especially the people/company behind it, are categorically in opposition to the values of the Fediverse.

Seeing them join us would be like watching a Christian join a Passover Seder by wearing a yarmulke: everyone would be inviting and accepting in spirit but you just know the guy would bring up some inappropriate topics, excuse his own faux pas, and be silently wishing he could convert everyone.

I, too, find striking the balance between staying informed and protecting myself from negativity to be daunting, disheartening, and frequently unrealistic.

What helped me was my coincidental transition to services that have little or no "algorithmic" influence, such as switching to Lemmy/Mastodon. It requires me to be more intentional with my willing exposure to content, at the cost of being less convenient to find new content.

Like, I don't get as many new songs in my playlists since I jumped out of Spotify. It means I need to get creative in order to try new artists, but I'm not hitting the skip button as much, either.

What if I want to be fubo to some people, and MissCatPictures to other people?

Use SimpleX

What is your name?

What is your quest?

What is your favorite color?

Betany and Downey Jr., Iron Man/Avengers.

Jarvis becomes snarky, sarcastic, and inappropriate. Tony is constantly rolling his eyes and removing the "codpiece enchantments" Jarvis keeps putting on all the Marks.

I'm trying to play the physical cartridges I have

Let's not forget that the point of Proton's services is encryption. The more points you want it to go through (Proton to Cal{SVC} to Android calendar app to watch), the more you have to relinquish that security if they aren't cooperative/companion apps.

For example, I use Proton on the web (through Tor, actually) because I get the security. If I used the Bridge, I'd be decrypting a layer just so I could use a favored email application.

Disclaimer: Joke!

To help native speakers identify foreigners.

Tacos

Arnold and DeVito in Twins

I don't really blame them for not making a switch; I understand their stance/reasoning. It's just depressing to be the one guy left out, like I don't get to dance with anyone at the party because I don't like the music.

Gotta throw away the whole Google

This is the argument I typically get from others (though, not as aggressive). I don't blame this stance at all; it makes sense and is reasonable. I try to extol the benefits of the alternatives I propose but there's simply no getting past "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitudes.

A variety of answers, including but not limited to:

• I don't want to learn another new thing.
• There aren't enough other people I regularly contact using it.
• I already have this thing, why add another?
• I don't care about the benefits of switching so why would I?
• I like what I have.

Again, I can understand these reasons. (Especially universal adoption; it's hard to get someone to switch to a messenger that almost nobody they talk to is using, just so they can talk to you.) But I've made my choice for a variety of reasons to which I wholeheartedly subscribe and don't want to go back, but it's had the effect of isolating me.--

I have my VPN block it from accessing the Internet so no data gets transmitted. You'd lose some features, but it works.

I meant only to address what I specifically quoted. The feature of using multiple identities, separately for each contact, is baked right into SimpleX and works amazingly well.

This is really great advice, I guess the middle ground has always been a bit of a struggle for me.

This echoed for me, I'll remember it:

Privacy maximalism and/or FOSS maximalism etc is natural impulse when you first begin to grasp just how quietly exploitive, invasive, and commoditized the modern internet is. But it also leads to burnout and can be isolating if you are too rigid about it.

A little too the left

Yes, you can, and I would also vouch for Nextcloud.

Pun intended?

You're not wrong, it's just about how Proton is built right now. It's still a pretty young ecosystem.

I will menton that all of their apps (both from GP and F-Droid) work great on my OOTB Galaxy 21 and send all notifications (emails, calendar events, etc.) to my Samsung Gear 3 watch no issues.