I've been using Ubuntu for about 5 months now and as far as "basic computing" goes I've had very little pain in figuring out most things. There was some weirdness because I'm so used to Microsoft being non- security oriented. For example, it took me a minute to realize you actually have to tell Linux that you actually WANT to execute that shortcut on your desktop before it will actually let you. If you game kids, there's a partial but growing library of titles available through Steam. Of course there's also WINE, but I don't consider that "entry level"

I've also heard good things about mint.

Weird how studios having to make money seems to be on every side of an issue.
We HAVE to sue the shit out of people, they're stealing! (No they're not but don't worry, America is now too stupid to even know or care about the difference. )
We HAVE to charge exorbitant amounts for everything because profit!
We can't make anything new, profit!
We have to skip the theaters because profit!
We gm have to get people to go to the movies because profit!!!
We have to re-re-re-re-re-release that movie from the 50's...but in shiny new packaging but at a premium price, because profit!

Funny how in all that, they still make less than in the past. Honestly now would be the ideal time to just stop going to the movies, even if for just one year. Imagine the news then. Hollywood would be in a full blown anxiety fueled panic attack. "Hollywood to ask Congress for additional subsidies because the wealthy might almost have to do without something. THE HORROR OF IT ALL"

Fuck them. They can take Xmen 317th class, Barbie II : REVENGE of the Copyright, and Toy Story 44 and collectively shove it up their asses.

Wait, who am I kidding? We still line up down the block to get the newest iShit to replace the one we got last year. Never mind.

Nice to hear you don't mind having the things you own stolen from you.
Now if you could kindly post your address, I'll stop by for a few.

Obviously you won't mind, right? You'll probably just "move on" to using other stuff. No worries!

You're apparently defending a party that's spent literal YEARS at this point doing absolutely nothing but shutting down whatever parts of the government they can't just weaponize directly.
Ivan, does your mom know you're shitposting again? Isn't it kinda late in Russia? Does she still know you're awake?

Wait, did Biden publicly state he's going to spend his next term using every toolin the Fed's arsenal to get retribution against his political rivals and marginalized groups? Did he state he'd happily take money from foreign governments to pay off debts? Has he stated he'd like to disassemble the Constitution to the point where it only applied to him and his cult? Did he already attempt a coup and fail?
No?

Then shut the ever loving fuck up about them being anything even close to the same. I'm not a huge fan of Biden for my own reasons, but my ire isn't strong enough to happily hand the entire government to a wanna be tin pot manchild of a dictator. If yours is please let me, and others, know so we can take appropriate action to defend ourselves.
If you support Der Turmpenfurer, you are a traitor to your country and should be considered an insurgent and possible terrorist*.

*when you're part of a group who has REGULARLY started using death threats to judges and politicians in order to achieve your goals, you are a terrorist. Go look up the fucking word if you don't believe me.

#TrumpForPrison2024

...is "just trust us".

Well, I for one feel safe and reassured that the companies well known for shady business practices and clever lawyer tricks has told us to trust them. It's not like they would lie to make money, after all. That would be silly and illegal!

Well, given that you're just a coward, I'd wager nobody would come to kick in your mom's basement door. Mostly because nobody cares what you think.

Nobody cares what I think either, so I mostly just remind trolls of their place in the world now.

I'm just brave enough to do it logged the fuck in.

I think you and the other armchair neurologists should absolutely get together, develop this tech, and then publish so you can get rich!! With all this intelligence being displayed there might be no end of things you could accomplish. Please do so soon, the world needs you!

You will own nothing. After all, why would I sell you a product once when I could rent it to you forever? Bonus points if I make my product next to impossible to migrate away from! Numbers must go up at all costs, after all. We have to screw a bunch of fool.....I mean customers over to get that new yacht I've been eyeballing, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

All these comments lead me towards a single conclusion..

Decades of casting doubt in the methodology science uses combined with removing science curriculums to substitute it with tripe like "Intelligent Design" and the heavy use of fear
  based propaganda has resulted in a population so terrified and ignorant that they'd rather take the chance on dying than attempt to save their own lives.
Anti- science, pro-religious bullshit is literally killing people, yet what do we discuss? Lies. Lies and misinformation, propagated by those who benefit from crisis and confusion, paid for by those who control the flow of information to the masses. It's like a Dollar Store version of1984.
Control the discourse at all costs. Invoke fear so that you can appear to supply the only "solution" to the problems YOU have created. Get elected, get paid. Lather, rinse, repeat, watch the population descend into war and chaos.

All of these comments seem to be ignoring the well funded elephant in the room...
The FTC, and for that matter the FCC, have been bought and paid for and are now what's called "captured regulatory bodies".

If you think they give a single greasy Taco Bell shit about us you're laughably mistaken... they care about the folks that all of government now cares about. The ultra wealthy, you know...the folks taking Supreme Court justices on all kinds of vacations right before they rule on their case? But I'm certain there is no way that could effect the outcome, right?
Again, if you think that you haven't been watching as our government was purchased.

Coming soon to an election near you. "Patriots" defending America from the "insurgents and commies" by restricting access to voting locations.
Oh, worry not...those folks trying to look very intimidating aren't trying to sway the elections! Just making sure that the "correct and honest" ballots are the only ones counted.

No? Did you miss that the vast majority of ACTUAL election fraud in 2020 was done by one party?

Yes yes, it's all about THE ACTORS.

Quick question for you...
Were you even able to keep a straight face while typing that? I have to be honest, that's the most I've laughed today, thank you.

You're also fucking wrong, but the humor forces me to be grateful instead of angry. =)

Wow, what a concept huh?
Add to that the fact that most of the "SEVERE NEGATIVE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT!!!!" articles have to do with black market liquids, not the stuff available in stores. I'm sure this ban totally takes that into account though.

Luckily the young can still get their favorite whipped cream flavored vodka. Or caramel flavored...but totally not marketed to kids!! Nosiree! Completely okay.

Personally I think this is a diabolical move to get people back on cigarettes. It's not about people's health, it's about making people who do things you don't like miserable because you can. Politics loves this shit because it rankles the bases is both sides.

Now to wait and see if they get one of those lovely "fines" from the government. The company will sure learn once you cost them a couple cups of high priced coffee, let me tell you!
Maybe they'll even get the whole "we're not admitting fault here. We didn't do anything, we're just paying money because reasons. Stop asking questions now. " routine. That'll show em!

What a fucking joke.