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TemporaryBoyfriend ,

Dude doesn’t sound like the kind of guy who has $200 million. Or could ever earn it in a lifetime.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

Who knows, with inflation the way it is, maybe it’ll be $200M for a Big Mac by the time he retires. ;)

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, full stop.

There’s nothing saying that this isn’t something of our own creation.

The Roswell incident exposed the existence of Mylar – something human-made, classified, but other-worldly in appearance and texture to anyone who might have seen it at that time… Now something mundane enough to be used as potato chip bags.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

Go back and read the first sentence again.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

Really? I just handed down a 2017 MacBook Pro – still supported by Apple, meaning it runs the latest OS, and gets patches.

Can you give me an example of any other device with longer software support from the original vendor, at no cost to the end user?

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

Monterey still gets security updates. :)

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

Let’s ask the opposite question… If you’re not useful, what are you doing with your time?

As much as I enjoy spending time in the ‘nothing box’ (i.e. doing nothing productive or of any consequence) I have an innate desire to solve problems, take care of my family and friends, make things better for them, and improve the lives of others in general. The solving of problems allows me to earn a living, yay for me. Everything else just gives me life meaning.

So I’ll say again… Where’s the glory in being useless?

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

So you’ve reduced masculinity “having testicles”.

You haven’t really answered my question. If you aren’t useful, what are you?

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

I still feel like you’re missing the point. You must be useful in order to survive. Stripping away all human culture, in the wild, an animal that isn’t useful to itself or the group it belongs to is… food for other individuals and groups. Without utility (the ability to hunt/gather, use violence to protect itself, the group, or territory) an organism is… fertilizer. Even plants have utility – convert CO2 to Oxygen & water & fibrous material, procreate, provide habitat or food to other organisms (as a procreation method) – and there’s no patriarchy telling them to be productive or useful.

I’m not sure what sort of utopia you’re arguing in favour of, but I choose to be useful to improve my life for myself, my friends, and society at large. I choose to not be a burden to others wherever possible. I’m happy to pay my taxes and receive benefits in return that improve my life in return – clean water, roads, free education, social programs and healthcare, etc. I’m also happy that my taxes help provide these things who can’t immediately contribute to pay for these things – because having basic needs met serves as a foundation for society to grow and build upon.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

I suppose I don’t get the idea that people are feeling ‘pressure’ that isn’t a normal and natural part of merely being alive. Unless you’re an animal in a zoo, where your needs are met automagically by a benevolent altruistic force that wants nothing in return, the pressure comes in the form of being hungry and wanting food, being cold and wanting warmth, being outside and wanting a structure to live inside.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

But they were restoring all my posts and comments for weeks after I deleted them.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

And now Meta knows when she’s having her period, the phone number of her gynecologist, and what period products she buys… thanks to the app spying on her health and fitness, contact, and shopping data.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

Yes, in very poor countries, they subsidize the data usage for WhatsApp, so that it’s free to end users. It’s extraordinarily popular in Asia and Africa as a result.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

I find it hard to believe that the folks in France who work in government have forgotten that protesting is the compromise people made to have their voices heard… The alternative being the separation of heads from necks as the first step in the revolution.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

Spez thinks that redditors are junkies who are hooked and can’t leave. It was easier than I thought it would be to leave. I only log in once a week for 5 minutes to delete any posts or comments they’ve restored against my will.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

And FYI, the info about Signal was confirmed as they received a subpoena a couple years back, and their response was part of the public court records.

TemporaryBoyfriend ,

This is why I prefer cloud services outside US jurisdiction, and refuse to use anything based in the USA - like iCloud. National Security Letters are a thing, and even massive companies like Apple can’t fight them.

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