UziBobuzi

I got a Pantum laser printer and it’s free of all the rent-a-printer crap that the big ones are pulling now. It was easy to set up with my Linux system too.

Get real. There’s no having a rational discussion, you’re not rational.

We’ve got a planet full of intelligent beings we’re busy killing off, so we’ve never been alone. We’re just too speciesist to accept their existence as our equals.

If there were aliens and they had any sense at all they’d quarantine our planet and never let us off it.

Oh, please. If they were really alien they wouldn’t have any DNA in common with us at all. And until samples of the “aliens” are provided to multiple scientists and labs across the globe for peer review, this is just horseshit wishful thinking.

I got my first Linux system two years ago when I was 57. I took one of the COVID checks and bought a Linux laptop from System76. I had the choice of PopOS or Ubuntu so I just took straight Ubuntu. It was set up and running when I unboxed it and everything I need to know how to do I can just do a web search for. And that’s really not much. Best of all the thing starts up in seconds, when Windows was always taking its damn sweet time and shutting itself down for two and three hour updates when I needed to use it. As for gaming, that’s what my PS5 is for.

Buying a pre-built, pre-installed Linux system was perfect for me. It might be what would work for you too. It takes a lot of the guesswork out of where to start.

What could possibly go wrong? (everything)

We will be comrades in deletion.

I’ve noticed that some posts and comments are appearing in my scrubbed profile once subreddits that were private open back up. And just the posts/comments in those subreddits. I’m keeping my account open until the 30th so I can periodically check back and make sure there isn’t anything else that needs removing.

Are you using Power Delete Suite? You can overwrite comments with an edit before deleting them and it makes things a bit easier than doing it by hand.

I deleted my 7 year old 1 million karma account, at least all the comments and submissions. As subreddits open back up from private more keep trickling in and I’m having to run Power Delete Suite again to get them all. I am waiting until the 30th before full deletion just to make sure I got everything because I don’t want them to profit off my posts and replies in the future.

I will brace myself for the inevitable storm to come.

Speaking as an older person who’s been on the internet since it became a public thing, I don’t think it’s necessarily older folks’ fault. Most of the crappy interactions I had on there were with young “edgelord” male gamers.

I think it’s more nuanced than any one group.

Basically, if you build it they will come refers to the dross, who come in droves once something is a recognizeable “thing” and then we all have to abandon ship for greener pastures and more measured discourse.