I've been doing my part to get rid of him and corny... And the others. The weirdest thing is that no one likes the person. The people who keep voting for him do it because he's still running as Republican and they can't force themselves to vote differently. Also they are usually racist

As the it department, I agree. Along with being unable to add local user accounts without using a backdoor process

So the ai has already won?

Love through trauma bond is a tale as old as time

Ah, I see you don't have insomnia

The only good thing Trump did was explicitly highlight the failures of a system designed around handshakes, winks, and assumptions that people have a modicum of humanity

That's how I read it and kinda how I see it. If my kid came out as gay, I'd have about the same reaction. Who we love is who we love and as long as the person isn't a complete tool or something, if they make my kid happy, that's what matters. I just hope I've instilled enough self respect into them to pick a good person irrespective of the state or lack thereof of dangly bits

The way I always saw it was "ok? If we are shifting names or pronouns, just let me know. If you need ideas I've got a few you can reject but other than that, it changes literally nothing. You are still you and if this makes you happy that's all I can ask for." At least that's what I generally mean. Usually I'll just say ok and ask if they're hungry or something

I've attempted but my brain is not meant for meditation, I fear

Yes, I create stuff but my point is that it's less a choice to do so and more a bandaid. Like having an itch in your palm that can only be fixed with the tooth bite maneuver or something. The instant relief is there but it'll come back very shortly. My brain is constantly going. Even with medication, it still constantly goes. Yeah, I can make connections that others don't or find patterns faster than my peers but the constant search for dopamine is exhausting as fuck

The world before 9/11 in the US is something that can't even be adequately described to those who didn't live before then. The culture shift. The surveillance and acceptance of loss of private areas. The decay of third spaces. It's wild how much changed in a short period of time

For me, I changed my definition of useful. I won't change the world with something or contribute to a world changing thing, no. But I can change the world for a few people