I believe it’s partially because the national debt has always been high and keeps getting higher. It’s been a little while since I checked or heard anything about it, but it got a lot of press time in the 2010’s. I feel like that affected how americans view debt. I’ve also heard the financial advice espoused by banks “it’s financially healthy to have some debt, it helps you build credit”. Which is partially a crock of shit and regardless of the veracity of that statement, it mostly leads to people digging a hole they can’t get out of.

You’re absolutely right!

I mean yeah, I would answer your statement as “yes”. But I would prefer to challenge a fundamental assumption within your question, “suffering is good”. Suffering is neither bad nor good, it simply is. Without the experience of suffering, experiences of non-suffering would lose some or all of their meaning. Without winter we cannot appreciate summer, and vice versa.

Agreed, MS and Google are pretty much on the same plane with regards to company ethics.

Makes sense that it becomes a serious trade-off with usability the more a company tries to DIY. The risk aspect is certainly hard to get around. Seems that a solution to this problem would have to be long-term. Any company that has competed with AWS in the past, afaik, has been purchased and absorbed. It would likely require the creation of a nonprofit with a guiding directive to prioritize keeping the organization independent and never being sold. But I’ve seen that sort of thing fall apart and go off-mission in other industries too.

Considering the above, the only other thing I can think of is a regulating body declaring AWS as a monopoly and forcing them to split. The chances of that happening in the current administration are probably near zero.

Shit sucks, though I appreciate your response.

That’s interesting. I have to think more about this but it certainly makes sense, I certainly don’t feel 100% pure male based on… many things. Thank you for explaining.

How is everyone a tiny bit trans, as you say? Genuinely curious since everything else you said resonates quite strongly with me, I’m just not sure what you mean by that point in particular.

I know. I’m not a web dev nor do I know anyone who is to convince otherwise, to use other services. AWS dominance is undeniably huge. If you know a way to combat that (alternative infrastructure) I would be happy to hear it, and I will share that alongside what I already tell people. Again I’m not well-versed in that space, but my understanding is that AWS is essentially the only full-stack solution that’s also highly scalable. Open to correction if I’m wrong here.

I haven’t given a god damn dime to amazon since 2020, ever since I learned about the piss bottles. I’ve asked (and assisted) others to do the same. What else do you expect someone to do? Speak for yourself asshole.

Alright you make fair points. Easier than multiple menus but yeah, why the hell do they keep rearranging? It feels like an engagement mechanism to make you spend just a second longer on the page or accidentally click something else due to muscle memory.

This is the opposite of infuriating. Do you know what is? Having to poke around all four corners and then scroll down to figure out where the latest update moved the shit I’m looking for. This isn’t very clean I’ll give you that. But it’s still 1000% better than buttons all over the place.

Speak for yourself. As a proud Nazi-Hater descended from generations of Nazi-Haters, you are acting fucking insane. This is a valid question.

Yum, a nicely mixed word salad! Lmfao

I assumed this was a given. Anything offered to tech overlords will be monetized and packaged for profit at every possible angle. Nice to know it’s official now, I guess.

The most masculine thing possible is to give zero fucks about anyone else’s definition of masculinity. You speak the truth. I’ve been watching some older cartoons from the 50s, and it’s been a bit strange honestly. Because a lot of that material has a much healthier depiction of ‘being a man’. There was a lot of emphasis on treating others with respect and carrying yourself with dignity. Obviously, a significant amount of behavior at the time didn’t actually line up with most of those ideals. But somewhere along the path, empathy was divorced from manliness, and that’s the root cause of the problem imo.

Classism applied to tops/bottoms has been around since the greeks, it seems hard for society to escape that as a whole.

I’m with you there, the modern (currently most popular when counting by volume) take on manliness is very weird and gross overall. Whenever I see guys glom on to that idea of manliness it’s always been a bit bizarre to me. I primarily smell good for myself before anyone else, who wants to smell shit all day? Besides that, I was always told that “being a man” includes looking clean, sharp, and fresh. It has it’s own form of toxicity to be sure (it’s okay to have bad days/off days) but ultimately taking care of yourself with proper grooming breeds healthy confidence and self-image so long as you don’t obsess over it.

Well I doubt they’re volunteering, probably paid. And not everyone has the luxury of being able to quit a job based on how it clashes with their own values.

If they’re volunteering though, then I agree with you 100%.

But your friends don’t post and if they don’t post well, they’re no friends of mine.

Humanity is so stupid I swear. We just bury and toss shit away to somewhere we’re not, and expect it not to be a problem later.

Trash? Bury it. Nuclear waste? Bury it. Human waste? Believe it or not, bury it.

Personally I think your ending statement sounds correct. Yeah you fucked up but you’re acknowledging it. The self appointed cop sounds like a real prick, I’ve met the type. You said early on there were no leaders out there, yet this guy decides to call himself an authority. Sounds like he only made things worse, maybe the two of you could have come to a better understanding together. Or not. But a possibility at least.

There is one other thing I wanted to comment on - she said you had no right to comment on her body like that and you’re saying she misunderstood what “that” was. Give her the benefit of the doubt. Assume she understands correctly and work your thoughts from that standpoint. Things will be easier that way, I feel.

If anyone was abused there, it’s you.

Lmfao thanks for the amusement. Your victim complex is deafening, and overflowing into your entire worldview.

But some are just eager to be abused

It’s hilarious how self-blind you are.