I bet that saves you a boatload in senseless licensing costs and lost time dealing with Microsoft’s shenanigans!

When you’ve REALLY had it, you can walk into work with Kali installed on your work laptop. 😎

One time I was in a really run-down thrift store looking for anything neat that stood out. A random guy asked how I was doing and y’know, I tried to be genuine enough, but in return he gave what is now one of my favorite replies:

“Too blessed t’be stressed!”

The delivery of it was like he actually meant it. Like he was just enjoying his day lookin’ at stuff and nothing could bother him.

It’s a good outlook, y’know… especially because at the time I was in a miserable job and often used the “Been better” and “I’m here.” Responses because I just didn’t have much else in me.

Oh like a different blend that’s still durable but comfortable and breathey? I’ll have to keep an eye open for that some time.

The duty pants I have are crazy tough but in the Summer heat they insulate like crazy. 🫠 I think they’re mainly synthetic…

My secret is I’ve been wearing BDUs and other kinds of surplus tactical/cargo pants since like highschool. Much as I despise the Mil-Ind-Com, some old G.I gear lasts a lifetime of use. It’s made to resist rips and scrapes too.

Not only are they roomy and utilitarian, they’re often much more breathable than thick jeans in summer. (And what’s with jean pockets?!?) They don’t particularly stand out unless you wanna have a fun pair like black and white “urban camo” or sky blue or purple or something.

It puts everything I use in arm’s reach, too.

…Oh and you’re not paying out the nose for some stupid logo embroidered on the buttocks.

I just avoid currently-issued stuff so nobody mistakes me for a servicemember or something. That’d be awkward.

Otherwise, for everyday life thankfully they’re somewhat trend-immune, style-wise.

Just be aware of the blends. Old-style stuff might be much more cotton-based and breathable, for instance (but less durable). Polyester+Ripstop is pretty nice and durable but a bit coarse.

But there was a bit of a kerfuffle over the Navy trying to be trendy with that digital “blueberry” camo… apparently that crap melted pretty bad when exposed to fire. . .on a navy ship. Yeah. Yikes. (Not to mention blending in with the ocean if someone went overboard. Yay?)

Whoops. There’s my pants-rant.

Oh, and I’m SO HAPPY flare-cuts are coming back because my wife rocks them. Hope that trend lasts a while.

…otherwise “fast fashion” needs to die as quick as it goes out of style…

Yeah, across the whole country even, I think people have been discouraged from reading in general. (Heck, it’s hard to feel like you have time to just sit and read a book…Audiobooks FTW…)

But I’m convinced this recent anti-library culture-war push is absolutely just a big PsyOp by private and public owner-class types.

Making it about drag queens and racy books on the surface is an easy way to rile up the uneducated, to remove public free access to information without commercial motive.

Further discouraging education by cutting off access to cultural and community events, outreach, and collections is a great way to isolate people back down to consumer-individuals and grow the hate-base.

Libraries are absolutely under attack for being easy targets too, you’re right. And often from the inside! Our local library district has an immensely corrupt board and executive staff. It’s likely seen as an easy stepping stone to pad a resume for big CEO jobs or public office. They can get away with a lot without many people really looking too hard…

That was funny. I got it. XD 🔼 🫡

Something I’ve seriously considered is how you can just add a hose and nozzle “bum gun” to your existing toilet water supply valve and you just need to affix a little mount for it on the wall. Hardware stores have kits for this that aren’t particularly expensive.

It’s definitely much cheaper than a whole porcelain piece of furniture or one of those fancy seats that probably wants access to your Wi-Fi and an account subscription. XD

I noticed my in-laws had these things while we were house sitting for them, and dared to try it out. Weird at first, but(t) AMAZING.

Ah, Superintendent Chalmers, welcome! I hope you’re prepared for an unforgettable luncheon!

I was a fool. I was curious. I clicked. I haven’t actually felt that “Lunch wants to come back up because you looked at something” feeling in a LONG time!

…fancied herself a witch. Somehow, she couldn’t conjure up a fucking job

I’m sorry for your pain, but I laughed out loud at this. Guffawed, even.

Correct. Grease down the drain is simply not based.

Everyone from neighbors to sewage workers to the environment will have to put up with it.

Even with our grievances against the ownership of some things, I think we should all be agreeing with “Don’t crap (or otherwise ruin) where you eat.” Or has the world really reached such a point of madness where that idea is contested too?

Mosquitos somehow just hitched a ride though, despite not being invited. >=[

Poor ADHDinosaurs :(.

To be fair they didn’t even have calendars to constantly remind them of the super important event so that they could miss it anyway.

And this is exactly why, on top of all of BigTech’s other countless evils, I tell people I don’t have an Instagram account. And many times they act like I’m strange or pitiful for refusing to subject myself to it.

Even if I tried to only post my own thing and nothing else, it’s just designed to arrest your attention on purpose. I once was managing the account for a group I was in, and I still doomscrolled.

Infinite scrolling is terrible design because your brain keeps thinking the next best thing you’ve ever seen is gonna be the next one, the next one, the next one.

And your “quick check” becomes “Dude if I had started Return of the King extended edition when I opened this cursed thing, it would have been over by now!”

Pro Tip: There’s lots of neat Firefox extensions that block a lot of YouTube’s addiction features like recommended feeds. You can re-enable it temporarily if that’s actually how you wish to spend your time. :)

I remember just trying this out when I was in school. The idea seemed interesting. It was a folder you could store on portable media like a floppy, a USB, or maybe even a CD-RW(to be crazy). I remember it was still in XP.

It basically worked like manual file syncing. It tried to automate how you’d work on something and keep a portable version of the files up to date.

I seemed to have much more luck just doing the copying myself though…my “briefcase” folder felt clunky and prone to losing files in the worst case, or just being generally confusing.

Woah that’s particularly egregious! I’m sure it seems like way more trouble than it’s worth, but nowadays maybe it wouldn’t be so hard to replace it with something cool. :)

Like a metal 3D printed badge of some sort or something creative.

I’m sure glad they don’t do that anymore though. The entitlement of forcing customers to be zombie advertisers is so disgusting.

“SuPrEmE” somehow did this and created a rabid following over some of the most basic stuff I’ve ever seen. It’s a meme now to just stick their logo on like, a literal brick so it’s suddenly more “desirable.”

Truly boggles the mind.