And that attitude is why China continues to test us, they know we’re pussies. You should see what they’re pulling on Vietnam and the Philippines in the South China Sea.

Exactly what I’ve been screaming. Hang the captain and first mate, scuttle the fucking ship. This shit needs to be treated as piracy, no quarter given.

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which,”

You should see the damage a single pig can do. I have. And I like pigs, have a pet pot belly.

They are the only animals I will shoot on sight, no questions asked. And I wouldn’t shoot a squirrel.

I don’t even know you.

So yeah, my experience with women basically is from age 17 to 24.

You don’t have much experience to be in this conversation. I’m legit happy you clicked with someone at that age, and seem well settled! But that’s unusual, and again, that’s not much of a resume.

Your hobby can be whatever. They want you, not your hobby, not your grooming. If you’re fit and you can make her laugh, that’s all you need.

Well… kinda. Not sure why you keep on about grooming not being important. Weird to me. But yes, be fit and make her laugh, good deal! But no, there’s a bit more to attraction in most cases. Something here seems a bit shallow.

But hell, look at me and my wife. We’re wildly physically attracted to each other. Her smell is like crack to me, and I’ve done my time with actual crack. We don’t have much in common intellectually but we’ve found some hobbies and interests alike and shared unfamiliar hobbies and interests. In short, we’ve learned from one another, and that’s important to me, and seems to be important to all the women I’ve been with. They always say I’m “interesting”, even if they have, uh, other things to say.

We could probably learn a thing or two talking this out.

I’ve had sex with 50+ women in life, many way above my “value”, and most from when I was broke as fuck. Anyone that thinks it takes money to get laid is making excuses for something. And BTW, I’m 5’8" and 140lbs., a “manlet” I think I’m called?

As it turns out, I’m horny and a genuine human being. Women respond to that. (I also give good head. Write that down.)

Are you vagina shaped or simply an owner?

It’s not mere personal gain with Putin. The man has a vision of returning Russia to glorious Soviet Union. Probably felt kicked in the balls when it all fell apart. Remember, he was the head of the KGB, an extraordinarily powerful man. Maybe even more powerful than the Premier? Dunno.

He likely felt he would quickly crush Ukraine, make them an example, and then move on to other lost, and weaker, countries.

If wounded means combat ineffective, I’ll take what I can get.

One bolt is probably find if the panel isn’t catching wind. But if that thing gets damaged it’s likely to shear off at speed. Stay away from dented cyber trucks!

I say this in all brotherhood, you need to find ways to do without those things. Whatever it takes is what you must do.

I don’t know you, or if what I’m asking is even possible, maybe it’s not. But please start thinking of alternatives.

The only “rights” anyone has are the rights than come out of a barrel. If you can’t, or won’t, shoot back, you have nothing but the hopeful veneer of society to protect you.

“But they might kill me!”

Yes. That might well be in the cards. I’d prefer to die with my boots on vs. the alternative. Think that can’t happen to you? FFS, this administration is targeting white Europeans, it’s gloves off at this point.

I am a peaceful man, but I am not harmless.

Just use Ubuntu. (Surely I’ll get hate for this.)

It’s based on Debian, a major branch off the tree. It just fucking works. Millions of tutorials, groups, etc. to find troubleshooting info. Probably won’t have to do anything to get a machine running that does everything you’re doing now.

Get the swing of that and go from there, if you want to try other branches.

This realization helped me quite a bit: Windows does all sorts of arcane voodoo with the registry and DLLs and such. Weirdness Linux appeals to many because all the configuration is contained in simple text files. Got a program that reads and writes plain old text? Aight. You can configure Linux. In a way, it’s so simple it’s hard to get your head around coming from Windows.

tl;dr: Just download and install Ubuntu. Go from there with your nicely working machine.

According to my neighbors on neighborhood.com, it’s fake news. Seriously. They simply don’t believe Trump has anything to do with it.

While I’m completely agreed, the amendments came after the rest, hence the name. :)

That handles automation, but can’t freestyle questions.

“Hey Google, convert (metric) to (Imperial).”

“Hey Google, weather today?”

“Hey Google, what’s the capital of Kakistan?”

I have a ceiling-mounted mini in almost every room and just toss questions around while I work or play. Or, just ask it to play music. (Which went to shit when I cancelled Spotify.)

They need a Granny Weatherwax sign: I ATEN’T DEAD

That quote may not be true, but American’s were certainly desperate enough. Having heard how mom and dad grew up in the Depression, and young adulthood in WWII, I laugh at GenZ thinking they have it bad.

“No. You have it bad compared to your parents and grandparents. Whine to their parents and let’s see how that plays out.”

Wouldn’t lag be an issue, given electronic attenuation, even at speed-of-light? Maybe not since drone pilots manage? Damned interesting thought you have.