I have a 13-year old son I love more than life itself, and my greatest regret is bringing him into this world. It was not my place to create yet another source of suffering in this pit of eternal damnnation. I will definitely not make the same mistake again. Luckily I’m currently pretty much infertile.

I already know how this will pan out. Trump will lose the popular vote but get the electoral college - or at the very least claim to.

The fact that even polling is so close is tremendously disappointing. In 2016 people could claim ignorance on how a Trump presidency would play out. No one has that excuse in 2024 anymore.

I pray for the US of A but I’m afraid the battle was already lost long ago. All of this is just for optics. Illusion of choice and all that.

And his trusted sidekick Thatcher from across the pond.

Can’t or won’t?

Everything, considering we’ll be fighting each other over puddles of standing water in about two to three decades. Today’s life will seem like paradise in comparison, even for people who are currently suicidal.

Currently going through this. I loathe my company and its higher ups. Crisis after crisis after crisis. Never any acknowledgement, let alone reward.

My company offers two free mental health consultations. Per year. Also in the midst of a “we care!” campaign.

No you don’t. In fact the opposite.

Sometimes I wish I worked for the Mafia. At least then we wouldn’t have to pretend anyone cares about doing the right thing.

Ahh yes. Nothing like killing a perp and a few bystanders for a few dollars’ worth of fare. USA! USA!

I’ve proven this so many times yet still yearn for more. I suppose it’s masochism at this point.

We wouldn’t even be able to restart. All the easily available resources have been delved. Three thousand years ago people could scoop pure gold from rivers by the kilos. Today, all decent deposits lie kilometers below the surface.

But it’ll be for the best. We had our shot and blew it.

I wonder; if no one gave a shit when he was visibly shot at, what makes them think we’ll give a shit when there is only hearsay?

Between AI and shitcoin mining, these two “technology branches” already consume more power than all the green power added to the grid combined.

It’s why humans will always remain de facto slaves to a few masters. Anything that could potentially be advantageous to all life on Earth? Only if the ones at the top get to profit first. No profit? Enjoy scorching to death on hell-planet for the next forty years!

O- here. I frequently get called up when the red cross needs donations. We don’t get paid either but it’s an hour I’m off work and it does save lives.

I liked this joke better when it was about async. Fits the purpose better.

Lol equating words with physical actions. Guess us retards are in good company here. Have a seat.

All slurs should be “acceptable”. Words only have the power attributed to them by humans. (Other) humans can choose to wield that power, to change it, or to leave it be. But policing language is never the answer; people will always find ways around it anyway, and 1984 warned us of the results of having language policed to an extensive degree.

I’m sure some cunt will take issue with this stance, so to them I say in advance: suck my goddamn dick from balls to shaft and then go die in a ditch, bitch.

Disagreed. As a certified lifelong retard with the papers to back it up medically, I will never relinquish my right to refer to myself however I want. If someone else takes offense, it’s 100% on them.

Remember, offense is always taken, never given.

I can spend an entire long weekend vaccilating between these two, while not actually doing anything at all or advancing any goals, AND arriving back at work on Monday feeling so much worse than I did before the weekend started - only to crave more time off that I wouldn’t actually know what to do with anyway.

Someone mercy kill me, please.

I’m not too worried yet. Took like 8 tries to generate an image and it kept coming out wrong. The AI acknowledged that it was wrong, correctly identified what was wrong and promised to rectify it. 8 tries later and I gave up and it actually thanked me for letting it off without further tries.

Sorry, packet tracer is the only one I have experience with, and that was 10 years ago during a sysadmin course.

I’m pretty firmly in the second category only. I have had the first a few times, but when whatever thing you were so stoked about inevitably fries or fails a few weeks in, you quickly learn to stop doing #1 altogether.