I know man. It was empathy not congratulatory. I hope you’re doing ok. Not sure we ever truly get over the things our parents did to us though.

You win. My dad’s nice. My mom’s the narcissist but pretty mild compared to a lot of the other shit I’ve read from people who grew up in that kind of home.

Lost all my friends every couple years growing up thanks to the US military moving us around. Do not recommend.

Got a great dad out of the situation though so I’m not bitter. Much.

Do you by chance live near a pet graveyard built on Native American burial grounds?

Wool is fantastic for cold weather activity because unlike cotton it still insulates when wet.

I still wouldn’t want to RUN in wool, but it makes up some indispensable parts of my ski kit. And it has been tested!

I call it my ‘Make a Wish’ Day.

you had to pretend you were dying of cancer

I don’t think he did. Just a joke.

You can get a thin smartwool or polypro base layer from a ski shop for like $50, even cheaper on sale but it’s the wrong time of year for that. That’s probably all you would need unless you’re planning on running in a blizzard.

When I was in the military a bazillion years ago, our winter running uniform was a beanie to add to our t-shirt and shorts. That was it. If it was SUPER cold (like, below freezing) we’d get to wear sweatpants and a sweatshirt. Then we’d go run 4 miles in the dark. If you got too cold you just had to run faster. :)

What’s brown and sticky? A stick.

What do you call a fish with no eyes? “Fsssssh” (only works if you say it out loud, and they know how to spell)

Yeah I haven’t completely gotten rid of Windows. I have it installed on another SSD but in the last 8 months since I switched, I’ve only needed it for Dyson Sphere Project (needed AutoHotKey), Deadlock (crashes too often in Linux and they ban you for 2 hours every time you leave a game), and whenever I feel like playing C&C Generals which for some reason runs like absolute dogshit on my Linux box despite everything else working fine.

But that Windows SSD has nothing, NOTHING on it but Steam games and Winamp. Microsoft isn’t getting access to a damn thing anymore when it comes to personal data. I’m tired of protecting myself against them, and FFS I’ve been a Microsoft backoffice sysadmin for over 25 years so I know how, but I’m still sick of it! I don’t even surf the web on that install. I play my game and when I’m done I boot back to Tumbleweed!

Gonna have to look into Lutris, I really like the idea of that sandboxing!

Worked on me, I finally switched (like, REALLY switched) on my primary PC this year after using Linux only for servers and hobby projects for a long time. My only regret is that I may not live long enough to have used Linux longer than I used Windows. I’d have to make it to my mid 80’s just to break even.

Valve gets all the credit. Gaming was the main thing holding me back all this time.

That’s a man who knows his game.

Therapy

He just needs attention. It’s actually possible to block a community without posting in it!

I’m a Zeppelin fan so it’s a toss up between Dazed and Confused or In My Time of Dying.

You have been banned from c/FuckCars

All well and good until you lose another disk 2 days into re-striping. Which is not that uncommon because that puts a lot of load on the surviving disks! Remember, RAID is not a backup.

I always buy new because time spent fixing a problem or recovering data with a used drive ain’t worth it to me. It may be to you. A manufacturer refurb might be ok, in fact I do buy refurb monitors sometimes, but not data storage.

There will be many warheads targeting the NYC area since it’s an economic hub. Most everything on that map will either be glass or on fire.

I think Andor settled this fairly definitively.

Plot twist, OP works in a voiceover studio.