Yes, that’s what I meant but don’t be a creeper that’s cruising for dates. You can still make friends, and over a longer period of time ask if there’s interest. I don’t have an objective set of rules for this path- almost all of my dates were via dating apps, where interest in dating can be assumed.

Try more meetups? There’s always stuff for running, board games, coding, bike riding, bird watching. Just don’t be a creeper who’s cruising instead of doing the activity in good faith.

There’s some merit in what you’re saying. I’ve found that cooking with family can be quality time. A friend of mine has a toddler and they involve her in the kitchen (even when she was younger and her involvement was mostly “do you want to hold this potato?” tier)

So yes, time has value as well. 20 minutes cooking together can be pretty valuable.

I suppose. But have you tried to get people to care about things? It’s stupid hard. I can’t get most of my friends to stop using Twitter, which is a pretty low stakes change. Nevermind something like “eat less meat” or “walk instead of drive sometimes”

If you can make people care, you can solve a lot of problems

Can never tell with this kind of turd if they’re stupid, lying, or both

You can make that kind of thing illegal. I think “shrink wrap eulas” are dubious. Rule that fine print with a bunch of other stuff doesn’t count as explicit. Like there are rules now about cookie acceptance that has changed how the web works, and most sites don’t try to hide the cookie thing because that’s against the rules.

I think you’re under estimating what the law can do, probably because most of the time it’s used to bolster rich assholes.

You could probably make it illegal to alter people’s videos without their explicit consent. But also the Republicans have shown us that laws mean what the people in charge want

Keep track of your spending. Don’t just eyeball it. Dining out and delivery are very expensive.

Like a couple weeks ago I ordered dinner to eat with a friend realized the bill was like a whole week’s food budget all at once.

Rice, beans, vegetables, cheese, wraps? Like $5. Ordering two similar burritos? $30. That savings adds up.

Anyway, to answer your question and stop giving unsolicited advice: I almost always cook at home. I don’t have the income to do otherwise. When I had a high paying job I would order more food delivered.

No. I’m not driving anywhere (walkable city resident) and I’m not eating that junk. I’m insufferable, sorry.

Am I old? I thought they were talking about vietnam

Could be, but that’s immature and unattractive. You’re better off not throwing in with someone who’s unwilling to be vulnerable

If it’s connecting to the Internet and not getting security updates, that’s probably not good.

So what you said is mostly true, but there are certainly people running windows XP thinking “I just check my email and read the news, this is fine”

Right wingers are idiots, in the sense of being exclusively emotional driven. Like children, without the excuse of being children

I’ve read this kind of thing before and I believe it. People mostly change to conform to their in-group.

The other thing that changes people’s minds is trauma. Massive, life altering, trauma.

Like if some maga hat gets the absolute shit kicked out of them by the police they worship, like “will never walk again and is blind in one eye”, that might be enough to overload the brain and throw out the 'cops are good, actually ’ belief. Might be.

And I think it has to happen to them, not just someone close. There’s news stories about like people’s husband being deported but they still support trump. I think conservatives particularly are bad at empathy, so they won’t get it until something happens to them

Seems like this should be illegal, Google should be broken up, and its leadership imprisoned

What I was getting at is why is the signal like that if most people don’t have the hardware to utilize it, and it’s a really bad experience with the more common hardware. Unless people with basic stereo is actually the minority

Do most people have that kind of setup? Almost everyone I know is watching from a basic tv, a shitty laptop, or with midrange headphones

I read they’re using react, the JavaScript library, for the start menu. If true that strikes me as insane

Easier and harder are not the goal posts being discussed.

Back when game design was an actual artform, having a boss who’s easy with one build but terrible against another up-to-then valid build indicates BAD GAME DESIGN

“easy”

easy

EASY

Are you kidding me right now? Is this a bit?