As a Canadian taxpayer, I prefer this to covid running rampant right next door.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU1W15A-ZN8&t=12

They’ll eat each other before that happens.

That man is a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

I can’t stand Adam Sandler movies. Exceptions: The Wedding Singer and 50 First Dates.

Independent book sellers. Sounds weird, why would they give books away for free? I have a friend who sells books online and buys huge lots of books to resell, many of which are not resellable due to condition or oversaturation in the market. I have gotten a truly obscene amount of free books from her because of this. Lots of sellers have books they want to unload and often have to resort to throwing them away.

But how well can she take a flying bed post to the head?

This is exactly what happens to me when I ask questions in more academic communities. My advice to you is to keep asking anyway. The world has legions of people who need to feel big by making other people feel small. Don’t ever let that get in the way of asking things you want to ask or doing things you want to do.

They won’t give a shit, but they’re also lazy and won’t bother setting up an account that requires ID and photo verification. Too much work. Maybe we’ll even see somewhat of a recurrence of brick and mortar stores that sells music, movies, porn, etc.

They’re playing with each other.

Don’t forget their donation to Trump’s campaign!

Stay safe

Oh my God, you’re bringing back so many memories LOL

Ok, this doesn’t answer your question, but is that an ICQ icon?? God I haven’t seen that thing in a bazillion years.

This is the thing that absolutely blows my fucking mind. I had a grandfather in Auschwitz, I have heard all the horror stories, and although there are many Jewish people out there in the world who oppose what is happening in Palestine (including holocaust survivors), the fact that Jewish people suffered so badly and then collectively immediately turned around and did the same thing to someone else just kills my faith in people. Sometimes I just wonder what the fucking point of any of this is.

So true. Since the US has threatened to annex Canada, I have boycotted absolutely everything American, including software. I’m not buying any of their shit AT ALL. It was a bit of a transition period for a month or two so did take a little bit of effort, but now I’m in a new routine and it isn’t difficult. I have multiple people in my life who are literally CRYING and having fucking PANIC ATTACKS over what is going on in the US, yet they can’t be bothered to mildly inconvenience themselves by not buying from Amazon, or using a Google alternative, etc. One person literally told me when I was still in the process of looking for alternatives “You’re just going to have to kiss the ring”. NO I FUCKING DON’T. It is laziness pure and simple.

When Auschwitz happened, we didn’t have the social media and access to information about what was going on there in real time. Millions upon millions worldwide had no idea what happened until after it was over. Never again, it was said. How in the ever loving FUCK are governments and people in power not doing more to stop this slaughter that is literally happening right in front of our fucking eyes???

I can only speak for myself, but there is more to this than just fear of death. It is my eyes being forcibly opened to how evil and stupid so many people are. I’ve always known there was evil in the world, I’ve always known that from time to time evil comes into power and does an enormous amount of damage, but I never in a million years could have guessed how widespread and common evil really is. People I love, and who I thought loved me are showing their true colours, as are people I have known for decades. I can’t help but look back on my life and think “Was all this fake? The good times, the memories, was it all just bullshit? Were you evil the whole fucking time??” If we were in Germany in the 40s, these are the people who would have sold me out to the Nazis.

Being born on this planet and living through a time like this is like being six years old and arriving at an amazing looking birthday party with balloons and cake and presents and pony rides, only to find out that the cake has been poisoned, the ponies are being beaten with a whip, and your best friend is trying to stab you to death with the cake knife because he wants your balloon. Being at a party with people like that kind of spoils the whole experience.

Being surrounded by evil and stupidity, being betrayed by the ones you love, it makes me feel like all the good times and memories are just an illusion and there is nothing for me here. No point to any of it. So my mental health suffers, just like OP’s mental health suffers. I can’t see a way out of this. What has been seen cannot be unseen. What has been realized cannot be unrealized. So, it isn’t the fear of death that is getting to me. It’s living in this fucking nightmare.

Interesting about the carbonation. I used to think I was addicted to the sugar in soft drinks. Turns out, nope, I’m addicted to the bubbles. I drink carbonated water like it’s going out of style, and rarely drink the sugar drinks now.

God damn…