Cuck your uncle?

OMG where is this place so I never ever go there

We have long stretches of 90/32+ and high humidity in the Summer and long stretches of <30/-1 in Winter. And our Spring and Autumn are both notoriously ephemeral, so those rules only apply for a few days to a week most years.

All our king knows how to do is talk in circles (well, and eat McDonald’s and rape children and blame immigrants for him eating McDonald’s and raping children).

I have some hot takes regarding this scale.

• 68/20 isn’t chilly - it’s room temperature during Winter. (Also, 75/24 is room temperature in Summer and whatever-temp-it-is-outside is room temperature during Spring and Autumn.)
• How can 78/25 be warm, but 28/82 (dry) is “little warm”?

Well to me that’s not being a tankie - it’s just being willing to deal in nuance. But I was responding to your comment, in which you seemed to conflate criticising China with supporting US unipolarity. If that’s not what you meant then we have no disagreement.

It is possible to oppose unipolarity and criticize China at the same time.

I assumed I was too old and uncool to get it. Is there just nothing to get?

I never said I wouldn’t prefer him to Trump. My point is that America has been a proto-fascist imperialist wrecking ball for far longer than Trump has been around and that’s only possible because too many Americans are brainwashed and propagandized into an absolute stupor.

And as far as the rest of the world is concerned, the main difference between Trump and Newsom is decorum. Newsom would absolutely continue supporting genocide in Gaza, sanctions against Cuba, nuclear brinksmanship with N Korea, and reckless belligerence against China. Yes, he’d do it with more tact, but that’s not much comfort to the people being starved and bombed.

Perhaps. And if not that, I’m sure there are other forbidden topics there.

Just like in the West.

The difference is that the West pretends to care about free speech and even uses it as an excuse to bomb/sanction/invade other countries.

Fair enough, but I have some bike fuel reserves under my epidermis that I was hoping to unload anyway.

In all seriousness, this is a bad situation for everyone. But I still consider myself lucky to have a car free life right now.

Too many people here still think the problem is just Trump. They might temporarily agree with you but I guarantee if we get some shill like Newsom as our president in 2029 most people will go back to sleep.

I’m afraid things will have to get much worse here for the average suburbanite before they realize the dumpster is even on fire.

My bike doesn’t take gas, and (for now) my bus pass costs the same as it did before my government’s latest bout of war crimes in Iran started.

If those policies aren’t enforced it hardly matters. 996 is technically illegal there but last I checked some of the richest companies in China were still practicing it.

Happy to be shown evidence to the contrary, but I don’t think the plight of Chinese workers is better than Americans, and certainly not Europeans.

I bet in China you can talk about the genocide in Gaza without getting beaten, jailed, or deported.

This is a real answer

That is the most satisfying answer yet.

Sorry for soapboxing. I get a little spicy when discussing intellectual property rights.

I know its not realistic, but I just imagine how great GIMP would be if people donated just 1/20th of what they pay Adobe to the GIMP devs.

Same with LibreOffice vs Office.

We are really missing out on some potentially fantastic software so that a few people can be in the centibillionaire club and it makes me sangry

I know that’s true about more than just software, but the way to “fight back” here is so easy and low risk compared to fighting the other cartels that farm us for $$. It is as easy as not using their products and services if there is a viable alternative that respects your humanity.

Was it more difficult or just unfamiliar? Like, if you’d given it a couple of weeks maybe it would have become intuitive? Or was it just bad UX?

Fair, but why not put energy into learning to use the FOSS tools now instead of getting used to another interface that will eventually betray you?