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Comment · 2 years ago
This is why hardware that is still controlled by someone else should be classified as a rental, and not a sale.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Wow, sure wish I was in that elite class. I aint. I was a guest.

> All the decriminalize crap is pushed by rich liberal types. They live in luxury apartments or out in the burbs.

And they're doing those same drugs they want decriminalized.

> Ask any poor or working class person. They don’t want this crap. Drugs ravage their communities. They have to deal with these problems.

Again, the drugs are the escape. Escape from what? Poverty.

Poverty is the actual thing ravaging communities. And in inner cities, it is definitely a zero-sum game, or likely negative-sum.

Rich people do drugs as an experience with friends. Its a whole different mindset than "i want to do drugs to escape the fact I dont have enough food and my tooth hurts and avoiding the gunshot sounds outside".

> Same thing with the defund the police and other non sense.

Again, rich liberal types usually don't worry about petty theft or simple vandalism. They dont see it, and so they want to defund it.

Ive had a unique life, where I'm now middle class, went through living on the streets in poverty, and been the guest to some of the rich liberal class. You can try to make fun of me for my experiences. Try to understand whats going on, and why. And the rich are being honest in what they ask, but not what they say.

And in all my experiences, poverty and extreme income disparity is the actual elephant in the room. Drugs? They don't cause near the problem.

Comment · 2 years ago
You're also wrong.

Ive been to the rich liberal types' parties. You know how some of them go? Like this:

You'll have a retreat to the den. The host will either send someone out to get "supplies" or they'll already have it. And they'll pull out a few eight-balls, and they'll put up a few hundreds around the room, and everyone will enjoy a few lines.

They'll then retreat to the in-house pool or hot tub, and enjoy.

I also had a friend who was a retired record exec, and it was routine that during lunchtime, they'd gather money to go down to the street and buy coke.

Just because they're rich, doesnt mean they don't do drugs. They likely do, just not on the streets. They do from their mansions.

(And its also the middle class who're scared shitless about drugs. My guess is because they don't have the money to hire a lawyer to keep a drug rap off.)

Comment · 2 years ago
> The problem is also damaging your brain and body with drugs, developing bad habits and/or drug addiction, your supply being contaminated/poisoned, making irresponsible decisions while intoxicated, etc.

We can make the same exact argument about sugar and HFCS. Either of those substances can make people feel extremely hungry even with a full stomach, thus make terrible decisions and damage their bodies.

Alcohol's much worse. Yet we tried banning that. Remind me how that went again? Oh thats right, we had federal agents poisoning alcohol to intentionally kill drinkers. Wonderful times.

> For example cannabis can be mostly safe for adults, but children or teens who use too much of it can develop neurological defects like short-term memory impairment, depending on the frequency and duration of use.

Again, most drugs aren't that bad, regardless what DARE propagandized you into believing. Id advise anyone actually wanting to understand what a drug is like, to go to https://www.erowid.org/ and read up about experiences.

I've been on damn near every painkiller up to fentanyl. My fav is morphine. Feels like a glowing warmth and "home". I could easily see me doing a small amount on a friday evening after work's done. Id keep it down enough that I wouldn't get a tolerance, and I'd be "sobered" up by next morning.

Ive also been on amphetamines, and threw' em away. Made me feel TERRIBLE.

The 3 biggest scourge drugs we have are alcohol, tobacco, and sugar. And, when did bans actually accomplish the ban goal?

Comment · 2 years ago
Sure the response can be excoriating, but the US government isn't giving up on Microsoft shit.

The USG is Linux-hostile, with exceptions like the NSA doing SELinux, Gidra, and other toolchains.

Linux would be the absolute best, along with things like OpenOffice and other FLOSS tools. The difference is to take the money you pay to MS and redirect them to FLOSS devs.

But, that'll never happen.

Comment · 2 years ago
I would also say that if you don't have full administrator access,but the company still does?

That's a rental, not a sale.

And I'd argue that under FTC rule, that's illegal.

Comment · 2 years ago
It may now, but when the scammers and the leeches move in, profits approach 0.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yet another image host. That'll work out. Heh.
Comment · 2 years ago
Hah! LZMAO!

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