that’s unfortunate, as I don’t really have any close friends I’d say I trust or could count on for more than thoughts and prayers. oh well.

sometimes that’s just how it is.

the entire reason I switched to Linux – back in January I asked myself “if I have to fight my operating system to make it work right for me anyways, why pay for the privilege?”

like sure updates break things on Linux too occasionally but at least they don’t reinstall spyware I had to spend a day ripping out after the last update.

lowering my expectations

hopefully, pretending to be straight or asexual; and being able to be happy without friends, as these will be needed survival skills

Sir this is a Wendy’s

Had someone repeatedly call me a faggot, shouting it at me; after I told them staying 5 hours past check-out, for free, isn’t a thing. He also threatened to break my nose.

I’m 6’4 and over 300lbs (and, indeed, gay), and I shit you not this man was a full head shorter than me and skinny like a twig. I couldn’t stop smiling as he made these threats and insults, and just waited for him to try coming over or around the desk (I had pepper spray and a big-ass maglite with me to boot, it was a hotel near a casino that still had smoking rooms and was frequented by drug addicts and hookers, and I was the overnight guy). He never did, and when the cops showed up he tried playing dumb and innocent. The cops didn’t buy it, especially since a co-worker had seen the entire thing and told them the same, and escorted him from the premises before check-out.

And the whole reason dipshit didn’t want to check out on time? He wanted to go to college classes first and leave all his shit in the room (which, by the way, they trashed). Not how it works, housekeeping needs to clean it, either pack up or pay up. And instead, he wound up missing his classes and checking out on time! The stupidity of the common hotel guest never ceases to amaze me – I have frequently joked that people remember to pack their toothbrush, spare underwear, and they might even remember to shut off the kitchen stove, but they almost always leave their brain by the door before heading out.

This is your daily reminder that Firefox and its derivatives exist and should be used wherever possible if you care about Google not having a monopoly over the internet. There’s even a Firefox-based version of Discord called Datcord.

Wait for the debate on September 10th. Up to then, it’s anybody’s game. I’m willing to bet that debate is the deciding factor in who wins the election.

Are you familiar with Big Bill Hell’s cars?

I believe OP is either a child, or perhaps trolling.

Read that username and tell me that isn’t an Xbox live gamertag from 2008.

now, what I wonder is: what stops you from bringing out a driveway to within a foot of the road and then just letting people drive over a foot of grass?

I can only see this being stopped by a particularly high curb, and it technically doesn’t connect to the roadway.

I sent you a dm with my steam ID, a week ago.

All I am willing to say is he is in a discord server I’m also in, and his article details an… Unhealthy obsession he has with Dora the Explorer.

Worse.

I know someone with an Encyclopedia Dramatica article written about them.

helldivers 2, mostly, as of late

The only family I have supporting me right now doesn’t want to leave the country and can’t provide meaningful support from afar, meaning I have to stay here. And staying during a second Trump term could be dangerous very quickly indeed if I’m to believe even half of the insane shit coming out of Project 2025.

other than my family, I just don’t have much luck making connections with other people, I get along better with dogs. Unfortunately, dogs don’t help pay rent. worse, if Trump wins another term, I would actually consider it dangerous to be openly gay. Not that I was getting dates anyways, but it means I probably won’t try anymore if it’s going to put me or my family at risk of harassment.

I’m just trying to enjoy every day I have with my family and try not to panic too hard, now, mostly through distracting myself with weed and videogames. I don’t know how soon things will get bad, but I don’t think we have the resources necessary to protect us from what’s coming if he wins again. We’re struggling as is – I’ve lost my job recently, I had to go through cancer this past year, I’m depressed – I don’t also need to be shit-scared of how the election plays out. Even if he loses, so much is still so fucked with our country right now.

I guess “get fucked”, realistically speaking. I can’t afford to leave on my own, my social life is empty of anyone else I can depend on, and I will almost certainly have a target on my back as a gay guy – after they’re done with trans people, we’ll probably be next.

And you assumed that someone who’s lonely must not have any hobbies, and seem to believe hobbies are a replacement for human connection.

Get fucked, cunt.

I already have hobbies, if you’re suggesting that adding stamp collecting (as an example) to the roster totally makes up for being treated like a doormat, then I shudder to think about the depth of your interpersonal relationships

probably weep that I’ll never get to experience a loving relationship for like two weeks, followed by five and a half months of laying in bed waiting to die after realizing I wasn’t gonna experience one anyways.