MystikIncarnate

Hey, don't point it out! People are blissfully ignorant of how much they are owned. Don't try to educate them.

• corporations, probably.

Mine are.

Ay, I only see two pips on Picard's collar.

Did he lose some?

I see he found a third for Riker the next year, so hopefully all is well.

Also, fuck cancer. This is 10/10, and also gets a gold star for "things suck, but I decided to be awesome anyways" from me.

This runs in parallel to tribalism and being part of an "in" crowd. Some people are so bound by their tribalism that they'll stare at facts and cry that it's not true because their tribe told them differently; they will reject the facts to continue to be a part of the tribe.

To them, being "in" is more important than being right, or even being logical.

Tribalism can take all sorts of different forms, from politics, to your local sports ball team. Even religion is a form of tribalism.

When everyone you know is a part of the conservative/republican/christian/whatever tribe, even if you don't agree with any of it, it's difficult to face the consequences of being ostracized or excluded from the only tribe you've ever really been a part of, by following what your mind and heart actually believe. In time, you might actually convince yourself of the bullshit you have to say you believe, in order to maintain your status in the tribe.

Tribalism is a survival trait. It's what has divided us into nations, countries, states, provinces, cities, towns, etc. Looking back, if we need to do something that will screw over the survivability of the neighboring village, so that we can ensure the continued prosperity of our village, then the answer is yes, do it. It's rewarded to be greedy and selfish in those circumstances.

Tribalism in the form of villages and towns like that is basically non-existent today, so instead we divide ourselves along other boundaries for what tribes we partake in. Whether that's religion, sports teams, political ideologies, conspiracy bullshit..... It doesn't really matter, the tribes are all still present, they've just taken a very different, more abstract form.

All of the MAGA hats, Trump flags, big trucks rolling coal on "hapless" EV drivers.... It's all just parading around your tribes colors, announcing your affiliations so others will know (the same way that marine vessels sail under a countries flag, or an army marches carrying the flag/colors of a country or whatever). All this showboating is the same as a peacock trying to attract a mate. All these fancy colors, and not a hell of a lot more going on.

They're baboons waving their big red buttocks around so everyone knows their butt is more red than yours.

One thing that was recommended to me by someone a while ago, is that, unless you need it for something specific, mount your media in Plex as read only.

Plex has functions where you can delete content from the library from their UI. If you need that for some reason, obviously don't make it read only. If you're hoarding the data, and therefore never delete it, or use an external system for deleting files, then RO all the way.

The only caveat to this is if you're using a local disk on the Plex system, which then shares out the drive/folder for adding new content, in which case, you're screwed. It has to be rw so the OS can add/remove data.

In my case, as I think may be common (or at least, not rare), my back end data for Plex Media is on a NAS, so it's easy to simply have the system running Plex, mount that network share as RO, and you're done. The data on the NAS can be accessed and managed by other systems RW, direct to the NAS.

Since Plex is exposed to the internet, if anyone with sufficient rights is compromised, in theory, an attacker could delete the entire contents of your media folder with it. If you limit RW access to internal systems only, then that risk can be effectively mitigated.

Don't argue with the court or the judge, keep your personal comments to yourself. If you disagree with the ruling, keep your mouth shut about it, thank the judge regardless of the outcome.

A lot of "turn the other cheek" applies here. Anything less and you will be held in contempt of court and it will make things worse.

Listen carefully, speak when it's your turn to speak, don't talk over anyone, especially the judge.

Beyond that, be honest, and don't conceal the truth. Do everything you can to be a good participant in the system. Arrive early and if you can, watch what others do and learn from their actions. What they do, what they say, and especially what not to say or do.

You'll be fine at the end of the day.

Also renew your damn license ASAP. Don't drive the vehicle that got the infraction (duh), and if possible, get a ride to the courthouse and back again, whether that's a friend, a taxi, an Uber/Lyft, it doesn't matter. If the judge decides to put you in jail (unlikely, but possible) you don't have to worry about your vehicle being towed or something, and you won't get additional fines as you travel there.

All the best OP. You got this.

This I can get behind.

I don't need it on all my 18650s, but a few would be nice. Also 21700s.

Someone bring this back.

Just keep repeating the same companies, they can pay for relief each time.

I don't really see a problem.

Quality post for this community OP. Really good.

All the Bible humpers continue to surprise me that they're able to justify whatever with whatever. Since a hurricane is an "act of God" and it keeps happening to Florida, what do you think that means?

And they come back with "the Dems can't win a fair election".

.... I'm sorry, what?

The sponsorships should be for companies that thrive because they make products that increase global warming (or use them), which is most companies, so I digress.

It should also be an involuntary thing. Getting a natural disaster assigned to you should be a badge of shame, and any company named for it should be obligated to help with relief efforts.

Given the negative PR and cost for providing relief, I'm betting that quite a few would clean things up pretty quickly so they don't earn the badge of shame. Maybe enough to slow or stop global climate change.

But all of this requires that we care more about people and the climate than we do about corporations and their profits. Since it's been made clear that the government is basically bought and owned by corporate interests, this will never happen.

The solution is to supplant the existing government with one that actually represents the interests of the people that live in the country, not the corporations.

Did Helene not eradicate all the idiots?

How are there more?

Graghhhhhh.

Fair enough. I haven't used spectrum, so I have no opinion. I'm not in the right country to subscribe to their service, so there's that.

Have a good day.