You guys are terrible.

No, you, bootlicker.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/romeo-kokriatski-respectability-politics-or-you-gotta-be-nice-to-monsters

If this is you, you should be disappointed in yourself. Grow as you age.

They’re in the business of making money, simple as.

I don’t know where you live, but for example

19% provide only private care, with no NHS, and a further 14% said they worked predominantly (over 75% of their time) in private care. Only 15% of responding dentists are fully NHS, with no private care, and a further 27% said they worked predominantly (over 75% of their time) in NHS care.

Source.

And I’m sure the numbers are similar or worse in every country where a capitalist government is running a pseudo-social service. Because they’re still more concerned about the bottom line than they are about your wellbeing, so they’ve sold large chunks of the service off, and us poors who can’t afford to go private have to put up with a deliberately underfunded, sub standard service.

Either way, you’re not getting the top notch selfless service you think you are.

They might not be buying the toothpaste, but they may very well be in partnership with or owned by the same people as the toothpaste company. I’m sure they know the brand of toothpaste you use makes very little difference in the grand scheme of things, and if they were to recommend one it wouldn’t be because they’re wanting what’s best for you, but because some money exchanged hands.

You had me in the first half, but fuck insurance companies, they too are for-profit, not for-benefit-of-patient. If anything, they’re some of the worst offenders at it.

Oh yeah, I’ve had my fair share of disaster, backing up lesson learned the hard way lol

I’ll do my best to remember to update when I get around to trying the upgrade out. Thanks again!

Wow, thanks! That does look promising (to me as a lay person anyway!), I’ll have to give it a try once I’ve sorted out that extra memory I’ve been meaning to buy since my backup space is running out, and I definitely want to make sure I have a solid back up before trying anything.

Better, fair, but is it possible to upgrade an existing install? 😬

I have a lot going on right now and convenience is priority over ideal if I’m honest…

So far I’ve managed to avoid most this kind of crap with minor tweaking, but with end of life coming soon I’ve been meaning to make the switch for ages, but there are always more urgent priorities… If you don’t mind me asking, and if you know - is it still possible to switch from win10 to win10 LTSC, and if so, what does it entail (do I need a fresh install, or can I just upgrade?)?

If I have to look the guy up, he’s not well known enough to overtake the Hitler resemblance lol

Good friend of Kettle Hitler

And they sit next to each other on the kitchen counter at Führer house

Accessibility in general seems to be a huge benefit to automation a lot of people here including op are overlooking, which is a great shame but unfortunately not surprising…

For me it won’t stop it, but pushing my tongue up and forward against my pallet and clenching my jaw will help contain the sneeze (and often also give the sinuses a good clear).

Good old nan…

And that’s fucking classic… 😂 Tbf if it was me, I’d probably have just used the lighter shade and then lightly applied some tea or maybe even a light dusting of dirt to get it to “could easily be missed if not pointed out” lol though that wouldn’t work in most of the rooms in my place now, since it’s all artex wallpaper (painted magnolia, of course) so any scratches would be visible in the texture, if not in the paint 😑😭😂

Go ask a straight man how many dudes he’s slept with recently and get back to me…

Yeah, it’s an important distinction to make. And I have to agree, it would be nice to have more exchanges like this, but with the state of the world it isn’t really surprising that people are generally angrier, be it for good reason or bad (anti-racist vs racist, for example), it’s when people are mostly on the same page that the animosity really confuses me lol. The last part goes back to the top - we’re all learning all the time, the important thing is to stay open to it and grow from it.

Tbf my levels of patience vary a lot lol. I would never berate anyone for not knowing something, no one knows everything, and we all learn something new every day (E: and also in different ways), though if someone clearly doesn’t want to hear anything that doesn’t confirm their bias I won’t waste my time and might call them out for not wanting to know, and be blunt about that since I think some people need the rude awakening. On the other hand, if someone is already taking their own steps to explore outside of and challenge their bias, and I happen to know something about the topic or have a relevant resource, I’m more than happy to help. So the credit is yours as much as it is mine, but thank you.

On a side note - comrade(s) is a great gender neutral alternative to both ladies and gentlemen, and dude.

No worries, and that’s fair. You also don’t need to read a whole ton of theory to get the gist in most cases (also, if videos are easier for you, Andrewism on YT for example, does good videos about anarchism), but it’s always best to rely on sources from within - from people who practice the ideology and want it to succeed, rather than misinformation from outside which leftist ideologies suffer a lot from, because capitalist propaganda has done its utmost to twist and subvert what they mean and stand for.

Enjoy the ride!

Oh, I get why it happens, and that it’s all a feature of the system not a bug, doesn’t make it any less frustrating to see…