Just a random stranger here for their own soapbox. Expect things about nature, conservation, food, homesteading and the like.
Not just merely a machine powered by explosions, sitting on volatile liquids… but one in which we’ve decided that it’s also a great place to enjoy some music, maybe a nice beverage, and as a great way to take our attention off into vast distances to the sides to “see the sights”.
I think to myself as I steer with one knee, trying to simultaneously drink my coffee and light a cigarette…
Driving.
Somehow millions of us go hurtling by each other mere inches away in multiple tons of steel, often in conditions less than ideal yet for the most part, it’s a safe way to travel.
We can’t even collectively agree on most topics, yet we put our lives in each others’ hands every day.
Even disregarding all the other drivers, we put ourselves in a metal can, hurtle towards solid objects, and simply count on the idea that on average, nothing catastrophic will happen.
Pure, random chance is enough to end us - animal pops into the road, a tree randomly falling, etc. - yet there we go, on yet another daily commute.
I have a long commute through the “middle of nowhere” so lots of time to think about things that ought to be downright terrifying. The thought of hitting one moose is bad. Never occurred to me until just the other day that two moose was not out of the realm of possibility.
Put an N64 controller in my hands, and I’ve still got the muscle memory for all the fatalities in Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate Edition. As well as Shang Tsung’s entire move set.
Oh and HALIFAX? !YNGWIE! to unlock the Naboo starfighter in N64’s Rogue Squadron.
I can say for certain that they dont. At least not all of the firearms. And “or else”? Really? Are you intending that to read as a threat, or merely a warning about said dumbfucks?
Because that sort of “threat” is a nice indicator of the type of person that shouldn’t have access to firearms.
Those dumbfucks are a vocal minority. We tend to forget that the internet is not necessarily representative of a population. So pretty much every “extreme” really ought to be taken with a grain of salt.
You’d think there’s enough global support that something might kick off elsewhere in the world. But those not having to deal directly with the nonsense going on in the US have the benefit of being able to sit back and spout off.
Sorry we’re not revolting fast enough. Kind of hard to do when things are generally equally split in the country, and the majority of folks need to keep going to work to keep food on the table.
Probably all as designed, but we’re all too damned tired and those doing things we don’t like know it.
There really isn’t any decent Linux support for anything beyond the basic 5 button mouse without use of 3rd party apps. Even the “name brands” suffer from mass market shitty build quality that negates any “linux compatible” bonus points.
Then there’s the issue of the mouse hardware itself. Good luck finding an “MMO Mouse” that correctly reports every button as it’s own input. Which makes the whole “Just remap it, it’s an HID” aspect annoying. Redragon seems especially guilty in this area.