Good lord, they absolutely would have gone with her.

I live in deep red country, and work in a deep red career field, a lot of today’s Trumpers have never forgiven Obama for being black, popular, and competent. They took it personally. Harris is going to mobilize the fuck out of them.

I think she’s the right pick, I think she can govern well, I’m voting for her 100%. But the Dems need to be prepared. This was a dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t situation for them. But replacing Biden isn’t even a fraction of the work they’re gonna have to do, and AOC is on point for speaking up about it.

Seems like they adopted the world fucking, transformed it, and diversified it into new areas. World fucking used to be about war, finance, manufacturing, and pollution. Now it’s about war, finance, media, fashion, manufacturing, the internet, politics, tech, society, food supplies, religion, pollution, and making the rich feel better about themselves.

I usually recommend Mint, Zorin, MX Linux and Pop OS starting out. But since Linux is free, all it costs you is time and energy if you want to shop around. DistroWatch.com has an expansive database of distributions.

There’s a lot of good reading material and tutorials out there. And while you might find some folks who can be dismissive or elitist in the community, genuinely helpful and friendly people are out there too, so don’t be afraid to ask for help.

Mint is pretty good at “it just works” thing and has a very friendly UI. It also comes with a few very handy tools developed in house by the Mint team (though these can be installed on other Debian/Ubuntu based distros). It’s usually high on the list of recommended distros for people new to Linux or who just need general purpose computing without a lot of fuss.

I figured it was a given. If Trump gets elected, climate change accelerates. Does anyone think any different?

The rest of us shouldn’t have our freedoms restricted because of irresponsible parenting. You’d think people who place such a premium on personal responsibility wouldn’t need the government to help them raise their kids.

Sure they do. Just don’t have sex. Then you won’t have kids and won’t have to worry about them seeing porn on the internet.

It’s simple, if you’re not responsible enough to keep your kid off PornHub, you’re not responsible enough to have sex. =P

Supervise your kid while they’re on the internet. Install nanny filters on their phone and computer. Monitor who they hang out with. If you can’t handle raising your kid, you should have thought of that before having them.

Forrest got it.

I’m morbidly curious about it, but not enough to actually want to listen to one of these chuds talk.

Coverage of politics became commodified and sensationalized in the name of ratings and advertising dollars and coupled with intense competition for viewer attention this has led to the news becoming more of a form of entertainment than anything informative.

At the same time, voter apathy drives politicians to search for new ways to create interest, promote themselves, and generate a following.

This promotes more and more sensational behavior, which is further played up by the media, which raises the bar for the kind of things a representative from a flyover red state hardly anyone cares about has to do to maintain a presence on the national stage.

Repeat that cycle a few times and now congress is looking at Hunter Biden’s nudes.

I would suggest ‘Amusing Ourselves to Death’ by Neil Postman for further reading.

Kilts are the answer.

Think of what a power move it would be to stand there flexing your bare calves as you nail a presentation to the board on a Thursday afternoon.

More seriously, they can look good dressed up or down, and are super comfy.

I’ve worn a kilt to participate in Scottish heritage festivals and the Highland Games. It’s a far, far better garment than pants or shorts in hot weather and super comfy in general. Pants are great, but for just hanging around and casual wear kilts are amazing.

Utilikilts (the ones with pockets) are awesome, but with a traditional kilt you can accesorize with a nice belt and sporran (the little pouch in front).

All in all, I’d be really happy to see more kilts and similar garments in day to day men’s fashion.