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Everyone but PopOs sucks ass. Maybe Red Hat if you do System Admin Stuff for work.

Anything else is the equivalent of posting 100,000 pictures of your ass on the internet with how shitty the privacy is.

In theory, if you have something meaningful to say and you’re aware of your own shortcomings in perspective, you add to the conversation. Just make sure you’re not monopolizing or steering the conversation away from equally qualified persons with the actual lived experience.

In practice, you shut the fuck up and nod your head even if the person speaking is saying the most reactionary bullshit you ever heard. Humans are awful at actually setting vibes aside and looking at what is actually being said. People won’t care that you made a good point, they’ll remember than you disagreed with someone with lived experience and then things got tense.

Yeah sure why not. Live your dream, don’t take what those nerds say at the science factory control your life.

I do a couple of odd jobs to get by.

My 9-5 is property management for a few section 8 houses. I have to randomly shut the hot water at least 3 times a day and make up new fees. Once a month I have to call the cops because someone raised their voice over the telephone.

But that’s not enough to afford the bare minimum 3000 sqft penthouse in Manhatten so I also collect dividends from my trust fund as well.

English bacon is kinda like canadian bacon, shit.

In my house we have like 5 moka pots

Bourgeoisie decadence. I don’t have 5 fucking cups in my entire house and you have 5 of the same goddamn type of coffee maker?!

If I’m talking to a normal person, yes. If I’m talking with an actor then no. Fuck them overgrowth theatre kids

I asked ChatGPT but she(gender neutral) couldn’t find it.

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You don’t. Every single person will inevitably disappoint you in some manner. Family, some random guy you met, it’s all the same. It’s part of being human and something you need to live with. There are people you trust more than others but you should never fully trust someone.

That’s why you should write a will that explicitly dictates your wishes. Or better yet, sort your affairs out while you’re alive.

Shoot corrupt officials.

The problem with power is that too many people want it and once they have it they don’t face consequences for abusing it. The solution is to make it unappealing and risky enough to deter power seekers from acting out. No one would want to be mayor if you got potentially shot for fucking up and you made only above average pay. The only benefit would be if you actually had political convictions and goals beyond your personal enrichment.

You might get a few power seekers in the first level of leadership. You can’t keep all of them out of course. But for each level higher you’ll get less and less. People with political convictions are less likely to support the advancement of power-hungry assholes. The only way to significant power would be 15 years of risky, hard work with little material benefits. By that point, the ceo types would either be shot or quit to pursue more lucrative positions.

Why the hell do you even need a clock anyway?

Your oven/microwave are more than enough if you’re walking around the house. Every device you own will also tell the time.

Depends on the purpose but for the most part I focus inwards to unravel the layers of the self. My awareness flows from existing as I present myself, then to my thoughts and mental feelings, then to the physical sensations, and then finally to nothing at all. It’s not a formal technique but I did most of my learning from Buddhist teachers.

From there, I get visual hallucinations quite easily and can manipulate the colors/energy into more complex shapes. I suppose my practices are less about affecting the material world as they are about understanding my mental world.

1. Tons
2. Sometimes, but mostly in combination with 3.
3. Yeah

I do dark room practice and can generate 3d structures at will even if they’re a bit primitive. I’m also able to evoke certain spirits but I’m unsure if that’s in a Jungian collective unconscious way or if they’re separate entities.

the mistreatment and murder of their friends and neighbors right in front of them

Are you denying the fact that ICE and Police are doing that literally right now and have been since before the Civil Rights Movement? People aren’t materially affected by this and they’re content to let the murders happen. When there is a global famine and politicians say “If we take any more refugees we’ll starve to death” 98% of people will firebomb the rafts and shoot people crossing the border. Most people on Hexbear will provide token resistance while letting it happen all the same. The exact same as they do right now.

Every single person in the West accepts the slavery and colonization of the third-world in order to continue their existence right now. If you accept this without open revolt, you’ll accept the end game when the time comes.

The difference is one of degree, not substance.

Damn near impossible. It won’t be the technology that gets you. When the climate crisis hits, 98% of people will happily murder the third-world to secure their increasingly poor quality of life.

You’ll have your neighbors signing up in masses to firebomb civilian boats and curb stomp women and children crossing the border. Most people on this site would do the same even if they’d feel bad about it later.

Just buy some solar panels on Temu and nail em to your roof.

Tofu is stupid, use Soya chunks instead.

We’re supposed to answer the question ya dingus.

Also, the answer is “Do you have any veggie dogs?”