You should get tested for ADHD. Again if you already have been.

Fuck authoritarianism

I don’t think people should bring guns to work either, but you kind of (intentionally, I assume) dodged my point entirely

The vast, vast majority of open source projects are doing just fine without any grants.

Sure, it’s obvious how it sounds, but adults don’t make decisions about their safety based on vibes.

Let me guess, absolutely proprietary?

spits

There is something so fucking sinister about public infrastructure relying on closed source accessibility tools.

I disagree. Software not terminating immediately is grounds for uninstallation. It should update silently while it runs.

That’s not literally what “believe the victim” means, it’s colloquially what it means.

I don’t think your assessment is accurate, I see stories about wrongful accusations of all sorts all the time. The actual common factor is that they are essentially all against black men, which makes sense seeing as they comprise the majority of the US prison population.

It’s literally not what it literally means

Reason #1 to unilaterally replace “believe the victim” with “trust but verify”

I think the simple fact that depression and anxiety are rising drastically amongst youth is enough of an indicator to say that they are not turning out OK

What they say and what they do are two different things. They say free market but they mean favoratism. They say small government but they mean –you guessed it– favoratism. It’s like how lefties say communism but vote for gun control.

I strongly believe that libertarian ideology does not exist in US politics. We only have two different flavors of authoritarianism. The only libertarians in the US are gun enthusiasts (note: not actually allied with the right at all) and drug dealers.

Libertarians are a political minority, they control nothing in the US. This is the leftist equivalent of “it’s the damn commies!”

I’m certain you can think of a reason not to if you really try.

I grew up on the internet with no real parenting and I turned out fine.

wonders why I think about dying at least once every 5 minutes every day

I haven’t watched the video yet, I always save his videos for my morning routine.

Anyway, I’m replacing my company blacklist with a whitelist, there’s just too many scumbag companies. The default assumption should be that any given company would leave me dead in a ditch for the chance to make a one dollar profit. They can earn my trust through tremendous effort if they want my money.

I thought the idea was that when we spend USD, we do so under the expectation that our government will protect us from malicious and deceptive companies. When did this change? Anyone remember a time when this was the case, or was it always a fantasy?

If Amazon genuinely fits your use case, more power to you. I think the problem is the average person being duped into thinking they need Amazon Prime as the default position.

As I said, it’s different if you’re a member of a targeted minority.

While I mostly agree with you, don’t discount the insane volume of genuine hate speech in the United States. A vast amount of it –if not the majority– is coded language so there is an actual need to be extra sensitive. If you aren’t a member of a targeted minority, you won’t get it because the nature of coded hate speech is that it’s only transparent to the perpetrators and the victims.