M’Benga does have a great smile.

I’m practically tech illiterate, but managed to switch myself over to Linux after watching some guides a few years ago.

He’s the 1st one I used: https://youtu.be/4mySqL4bCSw

I have to wonder what the October end of life for Windows 10 will bring in that regard.

Computers are expensive. Some people will buy something new, others won’t be able. That crowd has 2 options of finding a new OS or using one that’s no longer supported.

Either abroad or goose stepping through American city streets.

Chicago is actually a very safe city; but like all cities there’s crime, ineffective police, and shitty local news.

That said, you’re perfectly safe in most places. Even the historically dangerous neighborhoods are… complicated.

I’ll give you an example. I used to have a job that took me to North Lawndale a few times a week (you can look it up on your own, it’s bleak). Nothing ever happened to me or my car. Shit, it was more likely that someone would would approach me with concern and ask if I needed to be shown the way out of their neighborhood. That happened plenty.

All this to say, there are some absolute angels living in the “dangerous” parts of the city. And, when you live in one of those places, people in power treat you like a criminal from the moment you’re born. Which makes it no surprise that you’d eventually end up with a criminal record.

Get yourself the the Wieners Circle.

It’s worth the experience.

Fun fact, the origin story for Satan that so many churches point to just isn’t in the Bible.

I’ve been trying to de-billionaire my life lately. The strategy at the moment for spending money is:

Buy nothing, if possible. Then buy used, if I have to spend money. If I can’t buy used, then buy local. If I can’t buy local, then buy Canadian or Mexican.

Formed a union, charmed one of the most beautiful women in the quadrant, saved that quadrant with a mix of intelligence and courage, raised his son to be a war hero, and eventually became the Grand Nagus.

We Stan Rom in this house.

Lower Decks is straight up delightful.

The older I get, the more I feel like Chief O’Brien.

In, like, every way.

Somewhere, the one remaining user of Temple OS just woke up in a cold sweat.

You mean ecards?

I feel old. Where are my pills?

I have no doubt they’d try.

But, other people in his party will try to fill the void too, and none of them or his kids have the horrid charisma that he does.

If he lives that long.

Despite all the shitty AI pictures of him with abs, the guy is still old as fuck and in terrible health.

Do you know if the doctrine he’s been taken in by is religious or secular in nature?

I ask because I could recommend some books you could get him that just might get the kid to think a little harder about things.

For context, I teach philosophy and religion for some community colleges and have been looking for ways to get these Gen Z alt right boys to quit the propaganda.

While a lot of them seem to be lost causes, there are some who can be challenged to read outside their sphere, so long as what I give them isn’t too overtly “other.”

Depending on what he’s into, there might be some authors who know how to talk to an oppositional reader.

Nah, I reckon we’re better off for Kant not procreating. That guy gets worse the more you look into him.

When I was a kid watching TNG with my parents, my father would sometimes say things like “Man, that guy is too handsome” when Riker was on screen.

You hated Discovery because it was too woke.

I hated Discovery because it wasn’t woke enough.

We are not the same.