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I'm surrounded by Assholes!

~~Potentially~~ faster installation

Particularly when you're flashing the ISO you downloaded from MS to USB and it doesn't work unless you use MS's magic tool. Thus dropping you into the bootstrap paradox.

Especially because it gets partway through the install before failing to load NVMe drivers complaining there is no installation media to load them from.

It turns out it's faster to install Ubuntu and download one of MS's windows VM's and use that to download and flash a USB than actually install Windows 11.

it makes me feel awkward

Literally empathy: I'm experiencing an emotion because someone else is experiencing that emotion.

Not to be confused with sympathy: I noticed you're experiencing an emotion.

I can't stand it.

I like to think it's because I'm empathetic.

The better approach would be to have an actor read the messages and the reality show contestants are the mothers (and sons).

That being said, I'm still not watching it.

Common parts are available and easy to get, relatively cheaply.

Specialist parts are somewhat more difficult.

You may as well just bring your existing gear.

That's what I was thinking too.

I'm pretty sure he's credited as [executive] producer or something

I remember Buenos Aires! I'm doing my part!

My hovercraft is full of eels!

Because they have the means (money) to squander it gambling, similarly squandering it on any other vice: self gratification.

It's incredibly selfish, it's probably money that could have made an employee's life better, or a charity more effective.

Please stay alive.

Somewhere someone's life is richer with you in it.