jtrek

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 5 points 4 hours ago

Good. Windows is all of bad, expensive, and untrustworthy

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 45 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If americans could learn we wouldn't have a 2nd trump presidency. We're on average stupider than bart with the cupcakes.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago

I just saw a play that has a plot point about how someone gets robbed by some racist, well connected shits, and the police won't do anything to help. The closest he gets to justice is vigilantism, where he hunts down and shoots 3 of his assailants dead. Only then does anyone start to listen to him, but when he agrees to talk peacefully they shoot him dead.

I'm not sure "the only way you'll get justice is with your own bloody hands" was the author's intent, but that seems to be the message.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 21 points 3 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do-gooder_derogation

Some people are very fragile and have poor emotional regulation. When they see other people doing good, it makes them feel bad, so they lash out.

Environmentalism, biking, veganism, all commonly evoke this behavior.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 4 points 6 days ago

Why would you expect them to be immune to stupidity?

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No. Voting in big elections is not the only action you take. This is a conflict with multiple fronts. You need to organize, talk to people, use every option.

Just abandoning the electoral front in this conflict is stupid

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 6 days ago (19 children)

The car is already skidding on the ice. Saying "we should have taken the subway" is not useful at that point in time.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 7 points 6 days ago

Every jury I've been on has been full of really disappointing people. But I've only been on two, so it's a small sample size.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 10 points 6 days ago

I switched to Linux a year or two ago. Pretty much every game I've played has worked fine. (Elden ring, guild wars 2, nioh2, pillars of eternity...)

Even non-steam stuff was basically click and go with Heroic launcher

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

See also: capitalism more generally

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 0 points 1 week ago

Many things are completely arbitrary and yet have weight. Laws. Language. Being arbitrary is not sufficient reason to discard the idea on its own.

It has basis in reality in that it reflects the experience and judgement of many people. It's a common expression. Given this post seeks the judgment of people, that basis is insufficient to discard it.

Your reasoning is bad.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 17 points 1 week ago (19 children)

(46/2)+7 = 30. 30 is the floor. 25 is too young.

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