Hm… I’ve always been introverted. However as a teen I’ve gone to high school parties with my friends, gotten drunk, smoked weed, hung out with friends, talked to girls… I’ve gone to night clubs, bars, theaters, and restaurants… the way I see it is if I’m with a crowd of people I personally know, I’ve grown up with, or simply my family members, I don’t feel introverted. My energy is focused on them not everyone else outside of my crowd. But put me into an environment where I don’t know a single person and I’m expected to have dialogue with them? Eh… that’s a different story. That environment will definitely spend away my mental energy - UNLESS we’re all having a conversation on a subject I can definitely relate to. If it’s an enjoyable dialogue, then I walk out of that environment feeling just fine.

That… doesn’t sound right. I don’t think that’s associated with introvertism/introversion. I’m an introvert, I’ll be damned if someone hands me food that was not ordered by me and me not say something. Especially if I’m craving a specific food before I even show up to the restaurant.

The blame falls on the receiving end of money.

They should have known better than to accept money that will override the will of its people/constituents.

Technically, inflation is just another form of taxation.

Milton Friedman, an economist from the Chicago School of Monetarism, coined the phrase “inflation is taxation without legislation” to explain how inflation and rising prices can reduce the value of money and purchasing power, similar to higher taxes. Friedman believed that inflation could be managed by keeping the volume of moving liquidity in line with the amount of products in circulation. Inflation is when the price of goods and services increases across the economy, which can reduce the value of assets and a currency’s purchasing power. This can make taxpayers less well-off due to higher costs and “bracket creep”, while also increasing the government’s spending power. Some say that inflation is a “hidden tax” that can be especially harmful to people who have the least ability to pay. Inflation and money creation are closely linked, and the government can create money through taxing, borrowing, or printing it. Printing money to finance a deficit is sometimes called an “inflation tax”.

I just LOVE how you marxists/commies/leftists/progressives can only blame capitalism. When are you going to look at your government and blame your government for its spending? How the hell do you and your ilk function while ignoring the abuses of your government toward you and everyone around you, every single citizen of your nation? Instead lmao… you want to blame capitalism and only capitalism, not corrupt politicians, not their policies, not their agendas.

Amaaaaaaaazing. Purely awestruck.

Well the government simply went rogue. It gave its people the middle finger and decided to do whatever the fk it wants to do whether we like it or not.

Can’t wait til people figure out that the sham that is democracy that we force up the angus of all other nations, is the same sham that is democracy in this country. It’s all an illusion, to make you feel like you and I have power. Like our ballots count. But it doesn’t and we don’t. <3

It’s okay, OP.

Per my understanding of Kamala’s price control policy (refer to Maduro), she’s a communist. So if she takes power, it won’t be the capitalist boot, it’ll be the communist boot instead.

Enjoy while it lasts <3

I almost aimlessly did. I have a Surface Pro 6. So I searched specifically for Ubuntu on that model, at the time (2021) and someone had experienced quite a few issues on the hardware side - compatibility. One of the issues was the touch screen, that pretty much stopped me in my tracks. The other issues were not too significant for me.

I just decided to search again to see if Ubuntu will install without issue… 22.04 still lacks touch screen capability. I want my child (5yo) to start learning how to use a computer - linux based. But I also know she loves to “finger paint” - she does so on an iPad mini, and her educational curriculum (arts and craft) will require her to create drawings and paint stuff (I’m a paper nazi, if I can avoid paper and keep it digital, I will 100%) so without touch screen (including the Surface Pen) it’s somewhat pointless.

As soon as ANY user friendly (especially for a child) Linux distro can fully support the Surface Pro 6, I will be more than happy to slap it onto it and hand it over to my child.

Edit: Wow… so many people own the SP6.

We shouldn’t think this way. As individual consumers, those of us who buy Microsoft products for personal use, if we were to stop buying their products, even though businesses will continue, it will still make its mark.

The problem, imo is two.

1. Technological ignorance
2. Money

The solution?

1. Educate ourselves about privacy.
2. Boycott/divest against all those who wants to exploit our privacy and make money from it.

Microsoft sharing your information? Stop buying Microsoft products. Your car - Ford, sharing your information? Stop buying Ford products. Streaming services sharing your information? Stop using their service.

We have the power. But we’re divided, we are so categorized and siloed. Without unity on specific issues we will not win. If we share an issue that we agree on, leave it at that and tackle the issue. Do not bring in other beliefs or ideas that will drive each other apart, that’s what they want.

Ha… you pretty much asked the question. Visually nice, but have no idea what’s so special about it.

Hm… just looked it up. It does look nice. Guess I’ll have to read into it and see what benefits it provides.

Semi-O/T: I feel Microsoft is such a violation of personal security that I would not dual boot anything with Windows. I forget exactly what happened (the details), but I remember when I had upgraded my desktop from Win7 Pro to W10 Pro from the free upgrade feature, it broke the MBR/GRUB… from that day on, I’ve kept my OS completed separated by device.

If it’s just sandboxing / VMs, that’s whatever, not sweating that at all.

There’s only one solution at this point. Article 6 of the UN Charter. Essentially expelling the U.S. from the U.N. for all the crimes committed by the U.S.

During his presidency, he admitted that Netanyahu was against a resolution with Palestine.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-i-thought-israelis-would-do-anything-for-peace-but-found-that-not-to-be-true/

Nah they rather touch little kids.

Could be a generational move. I grew up on Hulk Hogan (from preteen to early teenage years). So those of my generation would be pulled in by these “old and irrelevant” people.

Yes. Any common sense human being in America can clearly see that we have a uniparty. We have been hoodwinked over and over and over by both sides. And now we’ve been made aware that our government has been hijacked by bad actors - a foreign entity. As long as we ignore this fact, we will continue to degrade as a nation and as a civilization.

After Trump’s assassination attempt, he received new donors… guess what they all have in common? So whether it’s Kamala or Trump, Israel is still going to get away with their crimes and Americans will still have to cough up the tax dollars to support those criminals.

Every single mfker that approved and signed off on supporting Israel’s genocide against Palestine should all be held accountable and sent to prison as war criminals. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

Yeah BitWarden is a good little tool for saving and creating randomized character passwords.