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The DeVoses can all go fuck themselves

Legalization unfortunately doesn’t always mean expunging past records. And let’s be real, the GOP are greedy enough to make money from legal weed in one state and make more money from private prisons in another.

I love dead and abandoned malls, and other liminal spaces. they’re like the bones of a crumbling empire

Yep. It absolutely never hurts to handle a situation with grace, even if it sucks in the moment.

I’ve used Plex off and on for a few years, getting more into it as streaming prices have been rising. What direction are they taking that you don’t particularly like? I’ve also seen Kodi - which I’m intrigued by. Any thoughts there?

To paraphrase the eternal wisdom of Hank Hill: Christian rock music isn’t making Christianity better, it makes rock music worse

Oh I am very aware that I am addicted to coffee haha. Just doesn’t seem to do anything but help me wake up, and I enjoy the taste and the ritual, so I figure what’s the harm?

Librarians and teachers are doing the good work out there. I wish our society (US) would do a better job of recognizing how important they are and just let them do their job without having to deal with all this culture war bullshit

Probably not

Not particularly. I kind of like Lemmy, and the Fediverse in general, growing organically as people discover it, rather than it being the shiny new thing

But the fact is that you need to check every time to be sure it isn’t the rare inaccuracy. Even if it could cite sources, how would you know it was interpreting the source’s statements accurately?

imo, it’s useful for outlining and getting ideas flowing, but anything beyond that high level, the utility falls off pretty quickly

Bard

completely unsurprising, but still disappointing

i wish we could collectively agree to switch to Liberation Mono and stay there

Oh, I wasn’t trying to be a dick either! I’m with you on hating grocery shopping haha

I try to do as much perishable stuff at the farmers market (which is fortunately walking distance) and then do non-perishable as infrequently and in-bulk as possible by car

Saddlebags and crates for bikes are common. Have you considered smaller, but more frequent, trips to the grocery store?

Firefox + uBlock Origin is a godsend. Shout outs also go to DuckDuckGo and the Privacy Badger add-on

Fwiw, my experience with Firefox has been so good that I’ve started using Pocket and Thunderbird as well (both also developed by Mozilla). There’s a bit of a learning curve, but resources are easily found online, and the privacy and customization benefits easily outweigh the hiccups, imo

i was born in the mid-90s, so i only have vague memories of a lively mall. but i remember playing on the indoor playground, eating teriyaki chicken samples, and even trick or treating at the mall once as a kid. now there have been multiple shootings there in the past few years