archonet

oh nooooo. What a shame.

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Sir this is a Wendy's

Just had someone from .ml that was so stupid and shortsighted that they think handing the election to Trump will lead to less genocide, not more. It is genuinely hard to tell sometimes whether they're actual fifth columnists or just rabidly, genuinely fucking stupid; but either way, very funny to poke with a stick from time to time.

you know, being you're a .ml user, I did, in fact, expect that you would respond with something stupid

you're supporting a genocide so I'm going to throw away my vote and help make sure that genocide gets worse + a genocide of "undesirables" occurs at home + a brand new Holodomor starts!

... but you've actually exceeded my expectations in every metric, so have this: 🤡

Have you listened to a single fucking thing the right has been nearly shouting from the rooftops that they're going to do? Have you read Project 2025? Or are you just willfully ignorant, just tuning out whenever they start talking about things that won't affect you personally?

Oh and hey let's not forget a national abortion ban, mass deportations, and an almost certain recession if not depression. Those are also on the table with a second Trump term, which fucksticks like you are helping ensure.

With all respect to Palestinians and their plight, we need to worry about our country and the possible fall of our democracy before we can start fixing the problems on the other side of the fucking globe. Problems which, under Trump, would only get worse. If you genuinely think he won't give Israel carte blanche to flatten Palestine, you're dumber than I thought. Oh, and if you think that genocide is bad, wait til he gives Russia Ukraine on a silver platter. Ever heard of the Holodomor?

I air gap my shit

that's an interesting claim, how do you use online multiplayer games and discord while "air gapped"?

and again, your "tangible benefit" is rendered largely moot by the fact that you can absolutely get around kernel anticheat. All it really does is keep the skids releasing free cheats on UnknownCheats and MPGH out.

"I'm OK with companies using incredibly shitty, intrusive software practices because I don't think they'll affect me personally" is such a shit take for so many reasons, to name a few:

1. giving software kernel access, especially when it does not or should not need kernel access, is a security risk, and does open the door for malicious actors to take advantage of vulnerabilities even if the software is not malicious in and of itself

2. occasionally, intensively intrusive programs like this do break things unintentionally, which can lead to all sorts of fun issues. StarForce DRM is a good example from years past.

3. just because you do not have anything on your PC that you consider sensitive, does not mean that applies to everyone.

4. Kernel level anticheat can be bypassed. It's usually not cheap/easy, but it can and has been done. Meaning, for all of the above concessions you make, there is no real benefit.

these are just the few I can think of immediately.

now where will bigclive get free discarded lithium cells?

Mint is the distro of choice for people who want to work on their computer, not work on their computer.

Like I'm glad for all the nerds who change distros as often as they change pairs of pants and enjoy fiddle-fucking around with their setup, but some of us only want a computer that just works and doesn't give us shit.

Because as we all know, being a gamer means you can't also be a fucking moron.

... Wait.

One experience with other people on Xbox Live voice chat can disprove that.