You can’t just pick up an instrument and sound good. That’s not how they work.

If you want to just be able to make music in a pub without having to work at it, use a phone. Otherwise, you’ll need to put in a great deal of time and effort.

That being out of the way: guitar. It’s an instrument with loads of resources on how to play, doesn’t need to be accompanied by other instruments, and is very controllable when it comes to volume.

And you don’t have to be amazing to play something fun.

Is that store-brand “Cap’n Crunch?”

Because the corporate Dems are scared when people actually show up to vote in the primary. That’s why we need to keep doing it to replace the Democratic leadership.

Why are you trying so hard to keep people from doing that? Are you an idiot, or are you a troll and actually want things to stay as they are?

You know what causes more harm than Democrats? People not voting for them because they’re not far enough to the left, and therefore moving the entire country to the right.

What teaches the Dems to move to the right is that those on the right actually get votes.

That’s a thing, but the biggest thing is that PCs as a class have been falling in numbers. As media consumption devices, they’re outmoded. Phones, tablets, and cheap smart TVs have taken their place.

A typical family of 4 might have 1 laptop for when one is actually needed, whereas a few years ago every member of a suburban household would have their own computer.

So a larger part of the market is enthusiasts and techies, who are more likely to be using Linux, and gamers, who are using devices like the Steam Deck and Legion Go that run on SteamOS.

Back in 2006/2007, it wasn’t a terrible idea. I actually used it a bit after I dropped cable in college to buy shows that I wanted to watch.

I’m a white Christian man, and that sounds awful.

I don’t understand how people can want to live in that world.

Knowing how half-assed they’ve been deploying Grok a ZIP bomb would probably work on it if they allowed file uploads.

Don’t forget the rolling view counter and the guestbook!

It’s really not, though. It’s what New York uses for Taxis.

I drive a NV200 (compact cargo van).

I could be driving warp 7 in a school zone and I swear people would be passing me and flipping the bird. It’s like they see that is not made for speed, so they’re required to treat it as slow.

I hold a weekly project review/coordination meeting via Teams where we discuss all our project statuses, due dates, etc with the relevant team members, make new assignments, etc. And while our new offices are being built I’m exiled to the conference room instead of my desk so that my talking doesn’t annoy people who aren’t in the meeting.

Everything is being tracked on a spreadsheet, and I’m sharing my screen while updating everything and I’m having to live-type in front of 20 people and my shitty laptop keyboard.

It’s the worst.

After separating from the Command Modupe for lunar descent, there was a faulty abort switch discovered on the Apollo 14 lunar module that required Alan Shephard and Edgar Mitchell to reprogram the lunar module computer in lunar orbit.

The city I used to work for tried banning mowing certain times of year, and had to back down due to all the lawsuits coming in.

My current city is trying to ban leaf blowers (they’re terrible in like 8 different ways), but that’s also very difficult.

I wonder if this font would screw up ocr?

Wait until a loose toilet seat at a public bathroom slides to the side, and with all the motion, they get pinched between the seat and the porcelain.

Sneezing is one of the top ways people throw out their backs.

That’s a real struggle for a lot of people. I’ll admit to habitually coming into the office at 8:15 or 8:30. But I found a career where that works, so it’s okay. In an old job where punctuality was more important (shift work), I had to buckle down a bit more.

Meanwhile, my parent’s housekeeper that comes in once a month or so for a deep clean absolutely cannot hold a regular job, because I’ve never known her to arrive within 3 hours of when she planned. The first time she was hired was for a make-ready on their house that was being built while we were all living in campers on their property during Covid. I went over to the new house to grab some ice from the freezer at like midnight, and found her dusting the master bedroom because she hadn’t arrived until like 5pm and make-readies take all day.

That being said, she does and I’d recommend her to anybody, so long as they’re okay with the housekeeper occasionally being there at like 7 or 8 at night when they were supposed to be there from like 10am till noon.

I dread calls at work more than anything in life.

Just send a fucking email.

The world is pretty thirsty for vinegar when it comes to the US these days.