Same people that lease cars and buy macs I guess. Ones that don’t care about anything other than the small subset of things they need and don’t want to hassle with anything else and have expendable income.

It’s more work than the people saying that give thought to. I’m in the process of switching but finding replacements for the apps I rely on is no easy task.

Yeah definitely didn’t mean the literary reference.

SOMA as I reference here is a light horror game that dabbles in concepts akin to what I’m now learning is called quantum immortality. Though the implementation in game is probably more closely an experiment in applied ships of Theseus. It just asks the question and explores the concept of “what makes you, you”. Though you do have moments where you catch a glimpse of yourself dying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_(video_game)

Oh really? That’s kinda cool, I had no idea it had a name. I’ll have to search for more info on it.

I both love and hate finding out my weird thoughts have a basis elsewhere. On the one hand I like that there is more to learn about it and more opinions and perspectives to see. Sometimes makes me feel less crazy. On the other hand I don’t like being reminded that I have zero original thoughts. And I worry that we are all equally crazy. Lol

And I’m with you. I think learning languages and other cultures is essential to a well rounded individual. I think more languages should be taught. I was just offering up a possible explanation as to why it may not be emphasized here in the US.

A lot of the bullshit here stems from a capitalist utilitarian mindset (ignoring the “fear of melanin” bullshit). If it doesn’t observably generate profit it’s looked down on. It’s why many of the good things we had are being systemically torn down by rich fucks.

I suppose I should’ve done the same with AIPAC? 🙃

As the other commentor mentioned, SOMA as I referenced here, is a video game. Within the game you can momentarily see yourself die at times and it has some philosophical discussion around this concept and what makes you, you.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_(video_game)

Another victim of the routine autopilot. It gets us all from time to time.

…these are the same kinds of people duped into voting for things against their own interest, they just know a lot about chemistry too.

An IT career led me to meet plenty of people like that. But those are some doozies. I feel like basic competency needs a certificate similar to a GED etc.

Jokes on them. I grew up with a 56k modem. I can wait a few seconds for the video to load.

That you know of. Muahaha

A pet schizoid head theory: Every time I have a weird thought about “what if I crashed here/drove into oncoming traffic/the boat I’m on sank/the plane I’m in crashed into another plane/hadn’t avoided a near death experience” that my original timeline is split and that thing did happen and I died but I’m hopped into the timeline where it didn’t happen and was just a thought. (It’d be kinda like SOMA where you can just see the glimmer of this concept at times)

Real theory that I can’t prove: All of the US government (with a couple small outliers) is run by Israel and its proxies and christofascism is part of that plan. And this isn’t an anti Jewish thing. I have nothing against Jews, I have everything against Israel. It’s an “AIPAC runs both parties and works with others to ensure the downfall of the us continues along their approved course” thing.

Edit: For the uninitiated SOMA as I reference here is a light horror game that dabbles in concepts akin to what I’m now learning is called quantum immortality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_(video_game)

LOL perfect. The thunderstorms were the only thing I missed when I lived in other places too. Love a good thunderstorm.

The problem in the US is that besides English, you might be exposed to some Spanish. And not much else unless you seek it out. Or have immigrant friends. Without consistent practice, and some more native speakers, any learned language just rots away.

I learned German for several years in college. It was fun. Went to a local brewhouse with my classmates and talked in simple german while we had dinner, it was a good time. Now, other than my own attempts at saving my whithered skill, and a couple bedtime songs for my kids, I don’t use it.

And even when I was better at it, using it as a tourist in germany was moderately helpful, but it wouldn’t have been nearly enough skill to pass any kind of immigration language proficiency exams.

I figure if some place is selling Jesus merch to amass wealth, it’s not intended as a holy item and shouldn’t be treated as one. Stomp away. Lol

That said though, the company demanding damaging product before chucking it is just shit tier behavior.

Speak for yourself. Love and miss that cooler, predictable weather. Sick of this shit where I send my kids to school in 30 degree weather and pick them up in 70-80 degree weather. ALSO…IT. FUCKEN. WIMDY. And to top it off stank ass Bradford pears spaffing into the breeze through spring and summer. Oh and lots of tornados every year. Oklahoma weather is bullshit.

How did you find info on it? Never quite sure where to find info on an instance if the instance disappears

That’s definitely an opinion of all time. I think a lot of the replies cover the rant though.

Yup, I always hit FDroid first. I often look at alternatives to apps as well. I ditched Swiftkey as I mentioned. I’ve switched to organic maps for mapping but I hit the google maps website for business info. And lastly I’ll go to Aurora.

Not the person you asked, but fellow Graphene user here. I don’t whole ass into everything so I still grab a few things from the play store, but I use Aurora instead of play. The details on apps and ability to install older versions of apps is fantastic.

I honestly haven’t run into a con yet. It’s been equally or more stable than even AOSP for me so far. I’ve been on it for several months now.

Maybe one con might be that a non savvy user won’t know what to do with everything. Even if they don’t though, there is so much that’s just default in support of privacy and security they will be miles better on Graphene than on another platform.

I did decide to find a few alternative apps to replace ones I had used previously. Finding an alternative keyboard to swiftkey was the biggest pain but worth it. I got Heliboard and installed a swiping library and once I got the dimensions of the board dialed in it has been an excellent replacement.

That’s wild lol. I love when someone is absolute pro at the most random things like hexcell or minesweeper.