Man, I remember being scared of this virus many years ago.

Oh yeah, I seen it. Thank you though. I got caught smoking my first cigarette at four years old in my cousins bedroom. So I’m really not that far off, not that it’s any kind of contest.

No shit, I was about his age when I started smoking. I grew up deep in hillbilly Appalachian country and all of the kids I grew up with smoked. I only knew two kids in my whole neighborhood who didn’t smoke and one of them started in their 30s for some reason.

My brother and I robbed a delivery truck when we were 11 and 13 and stole two full boxes of Camel cartons.

Moscows are fat. Trump is fat. Coincidence? Probably not.

Well, I guess I won’t need one then. Hardware is a bit older but if I can get the same performance I’ll avoid the windows partition.

Oh yeah, people who need more power definitely want something else. It’s all I need really. I’m about to inherit my daughter’s old gaming laptop though so I’m not sure what I’ll do then. Definitely Linux with a small partition for windows to play some VR games. I’d say I’ll still use the Steam deck for most things though because it’s so portable.

I’ve been docking mine and using it as my primary pc. The only issue I’ve had is that I was able to play CSGO perfectly, and CS2 don’t do so good.

Yeah it definitely is. I’m older than her though and we discussed it. I could end up kicking the bucket or our relationship might fail and she wants to plan ahead for the unknown.

We’ve got a few more weeks to talk about it, but ultimately I might end up getting a vasectomy too just to have it over with. I have plenty of kids.

I have two adopted and 5 biological, so I’m good at this point.

Hell, I was good 3 kids ago really. Haha

I wouldn’t trade any of them for anything in this world though.

My wife’s gynecologist has asked her if she wanted to get her tubes tied during all three of our pregnancies. It didn’t offend us, we have the kids we want now and she said yes this last time.

I appreciated him asking. It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s on that list.

I can’t believe it’s been a year. Damn. I really didn’t think I’d make it. I half worried I’d go crawling back.

My last two comments, one year ago were, “Memmy for Lemmy. Been happy all day.” (though voyager is my app these days) and, “Thank you. I already love it. I hope this is where all of the old heads go.”

That was a response to my introduction to lemmy.world.

I meant it when I said I was leaving. I wasn’t 100% sure I could make it after using Reddit for so long, but here I am.

Nah, cocaine good. Easy cheese and ritz too.

That isn’t how cults work. They generally visit the leaders in jail and fight to get them freed.

I skipped the new Zelda for this kind of shit.

I have owned every title since the late 80s, purchased limited edition games when possible, limited consoles, etc.

I’m done.

It bums me out. This wasn’t hurting Nintendo. It isn’t like someone will load up Garry’s Mod and decide, “well, gee wiz, I guess I don’t ever have to buy a Nintendo title again!” It wasn’t hurting them at all.

This move right here has cemented it for me. I am done with Nintendo. I have purchased every console they’ve ever made in my lifetime, stating when my parents got me the NES. I won’t be buying any more. I’ll find something else for my children to grow up with and later be nostalgic about.

I’m in that club. Woohoooo!

Because people are just people. People are hard to trust.

It doesn’t matter where you are on the planet, it’s people you gotta deal with.

I hope life is treating you good.

Would be cool if us humans didn’t do evil shit like pretend to treat syphilis just to watch each other die. We wouldn’t have such terrible distrust if dumb shit like, “We hired prostitutes to bring men into a room and drug them so we could learn if mind control is a thing.” didn’t happen.

I’m from Appalachia, I watched every man in my beautiful little town go from caring for their families to wandering around begging for drugs and then beating their wives overnight because some jackasses decided to go all, “Awww no, this isn’t just synthetic heroin. It isn’t addictive! Modern science saves the day!” so they could ride around in private jets and have museums named after them.

I understand the antivaxxer. There are people who fuck with the lives of their fellow humans. They do it for all sorts of reasons. Money, curiosity, sadism.

Of course some people are hesitant to trust people they don’t know and worry that it’s manipulation all the way down.

Are they dumb? Yeah, sometimes. Probably most of the time actually. So what?

I’m standing here watching my babies cuddle on the couch right now. I’m not smart enough to understand what modern vaccines are doing or how they work. I can get the gist. I have to just trust that people are better now and evil people are the exception to the rule. I definitely don’t want my kids to get illnesses that will make them suffer or kill them, so they get their vaccines. Sometimes from the same companies that doomed my childhood.

For idiots like me with no education, whose families were destroyed by big pharma, no shit people are skeptical.

Hopefully someone smarter than me comes up with a solution for that distrust by making everything transparent all the way down. It will have to be that way to fix it. Even then, some people are going to believe they’re being lied to.

When you’re poor, or a minority, there are a lot of people who believe that YOU DON’T MATTER. It makes navigating the world a little bit more difficult, that’s for sure. Sometimes that kills your kid with a preventable disease.

Some of the sponsored shit is crazy too.

I was watching a video on a timeline of events with Puff Daddy and it hit this one part that went something like, “the young man said that Diddy wanted to play with his anus. Which reminds me of our sponsor, the law offices of so and so. Life is unpredictable and you or your loved ones could get molested too. If that happens you’ll need legal representation! Our sponsor will represent you…”.

Holy shit my brain shorted on that one.

I paid full price for my original 512gb. Best purchase I’ve ever made. I love the damn thing.

Bringing awareness to issues (even through memes) is a good way to get people who are capable of fighting in on the fight.

What also tends to happen though is that when an issue gets popular, some people jump on the bandwagon for the dopamine hit that comes from the attention they get when they make content about the issue. Hell, even when they don’t make it. I’ve seen stickied comments on clips of popular music videos (just one ridiculous example) posted by fans where they’re saying shit like, “Oh my god guys! Thank you so much for all the likes and comments! I didn’t expect this to be so big!” Ummm, it’s a Beatles clip my guy. You didn’t do anything but reupload a bit of it in short form. You out here acting like you just a member of the band caught off guard by how many people like you.

I always have to be a dick and ask, “Oh, you made this?”

Ummmm, it’s like, sheepuuuuuuhl. Oh, and don’t ask people to be woke. Ewwwwuh!