This one has always struck me as spot on for IT. I’m between neutral and chaotic good.

Our old babysitter lost her insurance and was suffering. Ex-wife suggested the ACA, showed her how to apply.

“Thank you so much! At least it isn’t that damned Obamacare!”

These people exist, millions of them. And most Americans can’t fucking read and understand a novel.

Honestly did not know that. Don’t know how I would have, given the context in which cis is commonly applied. Context being: heterosexual male. Additional context: Often as an insult. See also: Breeder. (Was that usage archaic? More on that in a moment.)

So we really need a word to define 99.5% of Earth’s population? When we have a word to define the remaining .05%? Do you have any idea how silly that sounds?!

20-years, no one will be using it

Been there, seen that, done that. And fuck anyone who doesn’t like it. I’ve equated trans rights with civil rights since before most of you kids touched social media.

Wish I could forward you the article, been a few years. Yeah, that woke me. Russians, of whom I am not a fan, aren’t as dumb as they’re made out. They’re simply jaded as fuck.

People acting like gaming welfare is easy. Fuck me, it’s a full-time job getting anything at all.

For example: Been thinking about trying to get some food stamps. Wife works, I’m unemployed, maybe get a little of the tax money back from when I was making bank? Maybe get a pittance of unemployment? I can scarcely imagine navigating all the bullshit if I wasn’t technically capable. Kafkaesque bureaucracy indeed.

If OP got his last paycheck, done deal. Yes, he surely signed for it, but no laptop is worth the legal cost of a lawsuit.

SOURCE: Issued hundreds of laptops, of all varieties and prices, for multiple companies.

Fox News simply isn’t covering the genocide. There’s your explanation.

Any Molly Ringwald character, but Pretty in Pink was the GOAT role.

This is not happening in the wider world, not on any appreciable scale. Here comes lemmy:

“NOAW! People ARE switching in DROVES!”

LOL, the vast majority of people can’t spell Linux.

Pornhub requires a VPN or other workaround in many states/regions. So yeah, the more tech literate do that thing. See also: Steam Deck.

Yep. Given the choice, most people would rather be getting laid. Apparently lemmy finds this idea distasteful.

They got me! I have to admit, “welfare” leaves a bad taste in my mouth where “helping the poor” sounds fair enough. I grew up under Reagan, heard the bullshit, know it’s bullshit, I get it.

And you know damned well what those words really mean. Welfare = black, poor people = whites. (That’s from a GenX perspective.)

Russians may actually be less gullible. Read an interesting article on the subject of Russian propaganda. They know it’s bullshit, always have. The government lies, and that’s life. Twist is, they view Western media as exactly the same level of propaganda.

tl;dr: Most Americans can’t seem to apply critical thinking. Russians don’t bother.

Oh bullshit. No one in the history of ever has been offended by “straight/heterosexual”.

“Cis” is fucking silly, that’s why I don’t like it. We already had “hetero”. It’s like “they/them” for an individual. Try reading a novel where one charter is “they/them”. It’s needlessly confusing, and bring the hate, it’s a stupid fad. Seen this kinda thing come and go, 20-years, no one will be using it.

LOL, I heard that gif. Timed it in my mind, on the money OP.

Even in Florida, even in tiny lakes and swamps, the water is plenty cool under the top 2’.

Lies! That gif is sped up 2000%!

There are some women who want exactly that kind of man. OTOH, even around the reddest part of Florida, most women put something on their dating profile to reject those men. Dated more than ever during the pandemic, yeah, weird, I know, but here’s what I saw and heard.

• Profiles outright saying MAGA can fuck off.
• Profiles saying either they’re “not political” or “no politics”. That’s a dog whistle for no MAGA (more on that).
• Plainly stated liberal views, again, no MAGA.
• Laughingly told one woman before we went out that I was pretty redneck. “Uh, just how redneck?” “I fucking loathe Trump if that’s what you mean.” “OH! Whew. OK.”
• More than one date told me guys either went OFF about Trump or went off on THEM about Trump, on the first date.
• Either they gently probed me on politics or flat out refused to speak of it, at least until they knew for sure I wasn’t MAGA. See note about about first dates.

Despite being a middle-aged white guy, my looks and profile were clearly, to me anyway, liberal. Did quite well! LOL, friends and neighbors were making fun of me regarding all the women in and out the house. (That wasn’t on purpose, most just didn’t work out.) As I said, there were a handful of profiles saying “conservatives only, no liberals”. Given the politics of the region, those were shockingly rare.

I can only imagine that going red ain’t working out so well for incels. And the downward spiral continues.

EDIT: I worked hard on the meme. Please clap.

My shotgun’s flag is nailed upside down.