<midfavila>
woop woop, reform's mainboard came back in the mail today
<kris_>
:salute:
<midfavila>
hey kris_
<kris_>
hello
<midfavila>
hru?
<kris_>
that depends on how much of an honest answer you want
<kris_>
you?
<midfavila>
i don't mind listening if you want to talk about stuff :p
<midfavila>
#kisslinux is logged tho
<midfavila>
i'm p good
<midfavila>
exhausted
<midfavila>
but good
<midfavila>
got my job back and fixed my laptop so
<midfavila>
:3
<kris_>
happyfavila
<midfavila>
verily so
<kris_>
id like to get a t480 at some point
<midfavila>
i used to use thinkpads but
<kris_>
the idea of a hotswappable battery on a laptop kicks ass
<midfavila>
eh
<midfavila>
oh
<midfavila>
yeah
<midfavila>
they're great
<midfavila>
get a toughbook tho
<midfavila>
tbh
<kris_>
the t480 has libreboot support now as well but like
<kris_>
idk uefi is a bare minimum requirement for me so id have to sort out a build with uefi
<midfavila>
that's fair
<midfavila>
i have an mnt reform and i doubt i'll get another laptop
<kris_>
that and i dont know that i like the community around libreboot very much
<midfavila>
how come?
<kris_>
i won't elaborate on that because i'm not one to stir shit up
<kris_>
at least not here
<midfavila>
well, i'd be interested in hearing about it. but fair :p
<kris_>
the mnt reform is interesting but holy shit they're expensive
<midfavila>
yeah, for sure. it took me a while to save up for mine
<midfavila>
but very much worth it
<midfavila>
at some point i need to port KISS to it
<kris_>
my current laptop has an i7 9750h, 16gb of some frequency memory, a gtx1650 and a spare 500gb samsung 860 evo i had
<kris_>
that and a 144hz display
<kris_>
i haven't used it in months though because it gets fuck all for battery life, like 45 minutes chatting on discord and listening to music
<midfavila>
mfw i have an imx8mq soc
<midfavila>
honestly i dont like super powerful laptops
<midfavila>
it kinda defeats the purpose
<kris_>
the t480 is about what i want out of power with a laptop
<kris_>
i use my desktop 99% of the time and when i want a laptop i want battery life, not performance
<midfavila>
ye exactly
<midfavila>
i would say the reform is middling for runtime, but it recharges really quickly
<midfavila>
under active use with the imx8mq i get around 6-7 hours
<kris_>
are those 18650s? lmao
<midfavila>
but then i can charge to full in like thirty minutes or less
<midfavila>
yes
<midfavila>
lifepo
<kris_>
fully charged laptop but dead vape? swap them
<kris_>
or vice versa
<kris_>
that's kinda funny
<midfavila>
my handheld also runs on 18650s
<midfavila>
as does my flashlight
<midfavila>
and a lot of my other stuff
<midfavila>
i'm going to get a cm4 adapter for my laptop and handheld and then they'll be able to use the same SoCs too
<midfavila>
if i could i would do the same for my desktop tbqh
<kris_>
don't think i could do that
<kris_>
i replaced my old 10700k because it wasn't keeping up anymore
<midfavila>
well, i have my setup on SDF and my workstation that i'm gonna stick in a closet, so
<midfavila>
:P
<midfavila>
my desktop is basically going to end up being a thin client
<kris_>
ive only had this 265k for a few months but this thing has gotten quite a workout
<kris_>
i never considered source distros rational until i got this thing
<midfavila>
my goal is to eventually be able to use most of the parts i have in any of my devices, and use the same software across all of them. have a little script to sync things up
<midfavila>
and honestly like
<midfavila>
the problem with source distros is that people expect to use them like debian
<midfavila>
if you build mfing
<midfavila>
firefox and libreoffice and stuff from scratch you're doing it wrong
<midfavila>
best to pair from-source distros with simpler software
<kris_>
no doubt
<kris_>
but i cheat a little bit because most of my software comes from flatpak anyway
<kris_>
i am such a flatpak shill
<midfavila>
nmnmhmnmnmhmn
<midfavila>
i don't really like any of those formats
<kris_>
i don't like traditional packaging outside of actual system level stuff
<midfavila>
same problem as people using .ini files on linux
<midfavila>
you're grafting windows ideas onto unix
<midfavila>
grosses meo ut
<midfavila>
me out*
<kris_>
honestly if any of the BSDs still apply the unix philosophy then i'm not a fan of said philosophy
* midfavila
shrugs
<kris_>
i can tolerate openbsd
<kris_>
idk i have some takes as far as BSD goes, i don't think any of them are nearly fragmented enough
<midfavila>
the idea of simple programs working together to process plain text gets better results more quickly than a lot of modern "integrated" or "cloud" environments
<kris_>
openbsd is my jam for routers and stuff though
<midfavila>
oh
<midfavila>
i mean idk that's just how bsd does stuff
<midfavila>
they've always been tightly integrated
<midfavila>
you might like hyperbola though
<kris_>
a bunch of small tools to be scripted to achieve what you want is the correct way to do things imo
<kris_>
that part i do like
<kris_>
i don't like monolithic software
<midfavila>
they're trying to fork openbsd's kernel to be more freestanding
<midfavila>
i mean
<midfavila>
it's not that it's monolithic
<midfavila>
it's just that the different bsd kernels have different features
<midfavila>
and software needs to be rewritten partially to use said features
<midfavila>
you can use openbsd stuff on linux or whatever, you just won't get all of the advantages
<kris_>
my issue boils down to them being developed as entire operating systems as opposed to individual components
<midfavila>
that's unavoidable
<kris_>
ik
<midfavila>
and anyway like i said you can still use openbsd stuff outside of it
<midfavila>
hyperbola even uses xenocara for example
<kris_>
i'm looking forward to the day that openbsd has actual wayland support
<kris_>
(and an actual hypervisor)
<kris_>
idk i just feel limited these days as far as operating systems in general go
<kris_>
i'm really hoping nothing happens with void that *really* upsets me
<midfavila>
i don't think openbsd has any plans to switch to wayland
<kris_>
people have been working on making it function
<midfavila>
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeh
<midfavila>
i'll never use wayland
<kris_>
assuming that never happens, rip for me
<kris_>
because i refuse to use x
* midfavila
shrugs
<midfavila>
X is fine
<midfavila>
MGR is better
<midfavila>
if i wasnt a brainlet and could get it to run i would just switch to it instead
<kris_>
if it works for you then it works for you i guess
<kris_>
x hasn't been compatible with my setup in years
<midfavila>
i mean wayland just has no upsides for me
<kris_>
mixed refresh rates, HDR, scaling
<kris_>
freesync with more than one display
<midfavila>
i've never had issues with any of that
<kris_>
i don't want to ruin your perception of it
<midfavila>
you can't :P
<kris_>
a lot of people i know have set their display to XYZ refresh rate on x and assumed it actually worked
<kris_>
there are some hacky workarounds, such as not vsyncing the high refresh rate display, which leads to screen tearing
<kris_>
on gnome back in the x11 days i used to force both displays to run at the framerate of the highest refresh rate monitor to work around this
<midfavila>
any time i've had screen tearing i've just used xcompmgr
<midfavila>
i have a few arcade and action games that i enjoy. terraria, synthetik, void bastards, a robot named fight, kop killer 22xx, noita, remnant: from the ashes, nova drift..
<midfavila>
disfigure is fun
<kris_>
ive not heard of most of those
<kris_>
tbh im looking forward to playing miside at some point
<midfavila>
yeah most of the games i play are little indie games
<kris_>
i grew up with like, rpgmaker style horror games and miside reminds me of that a little
<midfavila>
fair
<kris_>
as much as this is a hot take, i LOVED the coffin of andy and leyley
<kris_>
excited for the next episode to release
<midfavila>
i was never much of an rpg maker gote
<midfavila>
i played a lot of games via emulators when i was younger
<kris_>
i'm a psychological horror fiend and those are just kinda unmatched imo so
<midfavila>
that's fair
<kris_>
like corpse party
<kris_>
i remember liking ib and mad father
<kris_>
the first corpse party game did not hold up for me though, i played it again for the first time in like 10 years a few months ago
<midfavila>
i've never played any of them
* midfavila
shrugs
<kris_>
getting into games of that category i'd probably suggest you start with deep sleep
<kris_>
its not an rpgmaker game but it's the least, like, offensive one
<midfavila>
i'm pretty hard to personally offend outsde of computer opinions
<midfavila>
= w=
<midfavila>
but maybe i'll peek at it
<kris_>
disgust might be a better term
<midfavila>
same differenec
<kris_>
corpse party is bordering on just gore
<midfavila>
difference
<midfavila>
bwah
<midfavila>
it's hard adjusting to this keyboard again
<midfavila>
it's so sensitive
<midfavila>
can't wait for my beamspring to arrive
<kris_>
bleh ive been lubing switches for the past 2 days
<kris_>
keyboards suck
<midfavila>
most keyboards yeah
<midfavila>
springs are good
<midfavila>
:P
<kris_>
these switches are my endgame though, love them so much
<kris_>
i just need to finish all of them
<kris_>
gateron ink box blacks with 0.3mm foam films and krytox 205g0 lube intentionally over applied
<midfavila>
yeah i'm not that into keyboards
<kris_>
i kinda cycle things like this out
<kris_>
like i got really into audio gear for a bit and found my endgame and now im doing the same with keyboards
<midfavila>
that's fair
<kris_>
funny enough my personal endgame for audio are 25 usd IEMs
<midfavila>
i tend to just go with the best balance betwen price and performance while remaining compatible with libre software
<midfavila>
i don't recall what headphones i was using with my workstation but i do know i have some old sony mixing headphones from like the 70s or 80s that are great
<midfavila>
i need to mod them to use an aux cable tho
<kris_>
the way i hear things changes depending on the mood i'm in
<kris_>
like actually things just sound differently pitched depending on mood its weird
<midfavila>
mdr7506 is the model, just checked
<kris_>
so i swap between my sennheiser hd58x, 7hz zero:2, and truthear novas
<midfavila>
they're phenomenal for the price
<kris_>
the 7hz zero:2 are endgame audio for $25, its wild
<midfavila>
e
<midfavila>
h
<midfavila>
i can't do iems
<kris_>
ah yeah ive seen those sony headphones around
<kris_>
never tried them though
<midfavila>
earbuds always give me trouble
<midfavila>
plus they're all bluetooth now and bluetooth sucks
<kris_>
shit ones are bluetooth
<kris_>
its nuts to me that people are cool with fucking nuking their audio quality for wireless earbuds
<midfavila>
muh gonvenience
<kris_>
to be fair i do have airpod pros that i use when working out or running
<kris_>
i dont like a cable smacking me
<kris_>
but most of the time i use wired iems
<midfavila>
i just run the cable though a sleeve or something tbh
<kris_>
fair
<kris_>
the airpods arent a great solution anyway
<midfavila>
i mean
<midfavila>
apple anything is a bad choice
<midfavila>
so yeah
<kris_>
apple intentionally bombs the audio unless you use them with ios
<midfavila>
:P
<kris_>
and i am not using ios lol
<midfavila>
i use a uconsole when i'm out and about and that very much doesn't run ios
<midfavila>
:v
<kris_>
oneplus 8t for me
<kris_>
12gb ram model, currently running the final release of divestos
<kris_>
so deblobbed and no google services and has hardened malloc n all that
<midfavila>
i have a nezha d1 based SoM with 1gb of memory in my uconsole
<midfavila>
:v
<midfavila>
it's extremely janky
<kris_>
this thing is overwhelmingly overkill for me given i just need my phone for 2fa, sms, calls, email, and to play flacs
<midfavila>
that's basically all i use my uconsole for
<kris_>
i don't really use social media and i deifnitely dont play games on my phone
<kris_>
ill have to look into this uconsole
<midfavila>
its probably not going to be to your liking tbh lol
<kris_>
shit looks like it belongs on some list of things you shouldnt bring on a plane
<midfavila>
it's marketed as a "fantasy console" and mostly just gets used to carry around an rpi in your pocket
<midfavila>
most of what i use for tech fits that list
<midfavila>
but yeah i have the r01 variant
<midfavila>
with 4g
<kris_>
meh the android ecosystem is gross so ive been looking at alternatives anyway
<midfavila>
i managed to get libpurple working
<midfavila>
so i was using xmpp, discord, irc, and sms
<midfavila>
in the tty
<midfavila>
links as a browser
<kris_>
libpurple supports discord?
<midfavila>
there's a plugin yeah
<midfavila>
for telegram as well
<midfavila>
i don't use either any more tho
<kris_>
i ran an xmpp server for a little bit trying to get my friends off of discord and my evil plan did not work
<kris_>
so i'm stuck
<midfavila>
i'm at a point where i just don't care any more
<midfavila>
wrt: staying on proprietary crap
<midfavila>
i'll absolutely drop most people if they would force me to use something like that
* midfavila
shrugs
<kris_>
well ive thrown them the hypothetical of me just dropping discord and using only irc/xmpp and they kinda just said "okay we just wont talk to you then"
<kris_>
which, i mean, i guess that says a lot
<kris_>
but w/e
<midfavila>
mmhm
<midfavila>
that's why i don't care about dropping people
<midfavila>
if you won't even give me your email that says a lot
<kris_>
my issue with discord is honestly the type of people who use it
<kris_>
more than the proprietary spyware nature of it
<midfavila>
that's just everything these days
<midfavila>
people went insane during covid
<kris_>
like it's incredibly rare to have an actual quality conversation in any public discord server
<midfavila>
and theyve never unfucked themselves
<kris_>
it's all, like, tiktok brained children
<midfavila>
even irl it's shit
<kris_>
oh i just dont talk to people irl
<midfavila>
wait until you end up working retail lol
<kris_>
i kinda have this weird thing where i don't think meeting people irl and befriending them is as valid as doing it online where some level of anonymity exists
<kris_>
people filter themselves way less online
<midfavila>
yeah
<kris_>
>working retail
<kris_>
been there
<kris_>
ended up quitting because i can't stand or walk for more than a few hours at a time due to deformed tendons in my ankles
<kris_>
ended up in the hospital after a month of that
<midfavila>
i've done service and retail and at this point i'll go on unemployment before i go back to either
<kris_>
i'm practically an NPC in that scenario
<kris_>
fully on autopilot with preprogrammed responses
<midfavila>
at my last job there were times i had to work over 90 hours in a week and instead of paying me more that month my employer cut my hours
<midfavila>
that ignores having to deal with fucking
<midfavila>
sports gamblers
<midfavila>
holy shit i hate sports gamblers
<kris_>
the worst part for me was commuting a total of like 2.5 hours daily just to work retail for $16.20 an hour
<kris_>
that and holy shit downtown chicago **sucks**
<midfavila>
these fucking loser retirees would come in ten or twenty at a time into the c-store i worked at and just scream at my coworkers and i about not getting their obscene orders perfectly right the first time
<kris_>
i don't think people like that can be categorized as conscious
<kris_>
i dont understand how people can show up to a retail store and be actual unhinged assholes to employees
<kris_>
sociopaths
<midfavila>
they're just entitled
<midfavila>
and live in a world detached from reality
<midfavila>
the company fucked everyone over super hard too
<midfavila>
like we were getting paid so little none of us could afford like
<midfavila>
food
<midfavila>
or to regularly clean our uniforms
<kris_>
i wouldnt be opposed to doing retail again if i would be allowed to sit while at my register
<midfavila>
and then when i pointed that out to the district manager he was like "well do you think you deserve more than minimum wage""
<kris_>
after a month it got to the point that my ankle was so swollen that i couldn't bend it whatsoever anymore and definitely couldnt walk
<midfavila>
"the fact that you can't afford these things isn't a company problem, it's a society problem"
<midfavila>
oh yeah that sounds about right
<kris_>
so i hobbled my ass down to the office to ask if i could get a chair and dude laughed at me and said "go talk to HR"
<kris_>
clocked out and went the fuck home
<kris_>
fuck them
<midfavila>
i had to work a bunch of doubles and once a triple shift without being able to sit
<kris_>
yeah no that's insane
<midfavila>
24 fucking hours
<midfavila>
straight
<midfavila>
because "well there's no one else to take the shift mid"
<kris_>
companies are insane
<midfavila>
so i unionised the store and fuckin left immediately after lol
<kris_>
oh and dude, part of my job was to shill the company credit card
<midfavila>
oh yeah that's pretty standard
<kris_>
which i literally never did, not a single time, i'm not going to encourage people to spend money they don't have
<midfavila>
we had to do something similar
<kris_>
also the music in my store was also interesting because they played the exact same playlist every single day
<midfavila>
they would always try to incentivise us to compete with other stores to sell the most tobacco
<kris_>
songs that were specifically chosen to incite a specific emotion
<midfavila>
or gambling products
<kris_>
how does that work
<kris_>
"could i interest you in some marlboro reds?"
<midfavila>
yes
<midfavila>
that's exactly how it worked
<kris_>
people who don't smoke don't want to smoke
<kris_>
or they'd be smokers
<midfavila>
every other week there would be a new internal promotion and if we sold more than the othe stores we would get like
<midfavila>
20$
<midfavila>
so nobody ever actually bothered
<midfavila>
but like still
<kris_>
i wonder if the guys at the gas station i go to for my nicotine products have the same thing going on
<midfavila>
probably
<kris_>
because every time i walk down there to buy whatever it is i'm buying they're always trying to shill me something else they have
<midfavila>
yeah they probably do then
<midfavila>
when i worked at this c-store we would get "points" any time we upsold a customer on a deal
<midfavila>
like if you got a soda you could get a shitty hot dog for 99c or something
<midfavila>
but again we never actually got anything out of that
<midfavila>
so after someone's first week or two they just gave up
<kris_>
gonna be real there's no chance i'm eating a 99c gas station/cstore hot dog
<kris_>
i wonder how well those actually sell
<midfavila>
very
<midfavila>
considering that we were one of the few places in the neighbourhood people could actually afford food
<midfavila>
i love gentrification
<midfavila>
it's so fucking great
<kris_>
i mean, fair enough i guess
<midfavila>
:^)))))))))))))))))))))))))
<kris_>
that shit just has to be horrible for you
<midfavila>
i had to live off it for a while so
<midfavila>
yeah
<midfavila>
it is
<midfavila>
like i said, nobody who worked at that store could afford food, so whenever we had to throw stuff out we would just eat it instead
<midfavila>
honestly the minimum wage across canada needs to be thirty an hour
<midfavila>
i really don't care about what anyone has to say
<midfavila>
if you work full time you should be able to live a dignified life
<midfavila>
if companies raise prices on basics to compensate, institute price caps
<midfavila>
idc any more
<kris_>
ideally yeah working full time should mean comfort
<midfavila>
no ideal about it
<kris_>
it is ideally because we're not going to get that without a revolution
<midfavila>
if i don't get paid at least the living wage for my city i won't work
<midfavila>
even if that means i go on unemployment
<kris_>
but this probably isn't the time for me to go on one of my pro communism rants
<midfavila>
because at least then i can live mylife
<midfavila>
500 more a month ain't worth 40+ hours a week of work
<kris_>
this is kinda related to why i'm in such a terrible mood and have been for a long time
<midfavila>
yeup
<kris_>
i'm limited on what jobs i can and can't do because my ankles are destroyed
<midfavila>
yeah i know a few people irl in the same situation
<kris_>
and finding a job i can sit down at has proven impossible
<midfavila>
it's so bullshit
<kris_>
like i legitimately *can't* do it
<midfavila>
society screams at you all day and night to workworkworkworkworkwork but they won't create a situation where that's actually possible
<kris_>
^
<midfavila>
all because it would cost a little more to accommodate people
<kris_>
nobody is screaming at me to workworkworkwork but like
<midfavila>
and then when you have to go on unemployment or disability you get screamed at for being "lazy"
<kris_>
i just personally feel bad about being a drain on the people i live with
<kris_>
and it scares the shit out of me
<midfavila>
yeah i get that
<kris_>
i've been kicked out of my house twice, the first time when i was 15
<midfavila>
yep
<midfavila>
i was in the same boat
<midfavila>
i had to leave when i was like thirteen or something
<midfavila>
shit's fucked
<midfavila>
fuck's shitted
<kris_>
i would join the military if i was physically capable of doings o
<kris_>
i don't really respect the military all that much personally but like
<midfavila>
it's the only option for a lot of people
<kris_>
one of my friends joined and is being paid to be trained and then given a job and a place to live and food
<midfavila>
my family is military so
<kris_>
like they're setting him up for life
<midfavila>
i mean i've considered joining the army myself too
<midfavila>
but things are so bad in canada that like
<midfavila>
even joining the military doesn't guarantee you such luxuries as
<midfavila>
food
<midfavila>
and a place to sleep
<midfavila>
or like
<midfavila>
boots
<midfavila>
like the DoD literally does not have enough boots
<kris_>
to be fair i should probably go talk to a recruiter to see what they tell me, said friend told me that people like me with disabilities are given bikes and stuff to make distance on instead of having to run
<midfavila>
it's insane
<kris_>
here in the US at least if you join the military you're taken care of
<midfavila>
in theory it's the same here
<midfavila>
the problem is just thatl ike
<midfavila>
as bad as america's cost of living crisis is, it doesn't even compare to canada
<midfavila>
like it's just not on the same plane of existence
<kris_>
nah housing is cheap as shit here in most places
<kris_>
simply dont live in a major city
<kris_>
(in the US)
<kris_>
i think our rent is "only" like $1200/mo
<kris_>
for a pretty nice area
<midfavila>
you can sometimes find a basement in a crack shack to rent here for an almost affordable price
<midfavila>
but by and large you're looking at spending at least half to two thirds of your income on rent even in a shitty place outside the ity
<midfavila>
city*
<kris_>
idk i just dont understand how im supposed to work if i'm disabled
<kris_>
and no IT jobs or other sit down jobs will hire me
<kris_>
but i guess with our current system, someone has to lose in order for others to win
<midfavila>
100%
<kris_>
and its like yeah maybe my ankles could be fixed with surgery
<kris_>
>which costs an irrational amount of money
<midfavila>
but then- yeah
<midfavila>
and even if you had a job that paid enough to cover it good luck getting leave to recover afterward
<midfavila>
:x
<kris_>
with limitations of what i'll say in a public space in mind, it's reaching the point that i'm considering just disregarding legality
<kris_>
because what else am i supposed to do lol
<midfavila>
i mean that's just the reality people are having to deal with now
<midfavila>
yeah
<midfavila>
like if there's no work and there's no social support
<midfavila>
you either have to just roll over and die or do something about it
<midfavila>
and most people won't just roll over
<midfavila>
my city is really bad for this
<midfavila>
province too, honestly
<kris_>
the thing that's stopping me isn't the question of what's legal really
<kris_>
but anyway
<kris_>
idk, most people i meet are incredibly depressed these days
<midfavila>
the governmet cut all of our social programs and funnelled public money into private hands and then they distract from the issues they caused by pointing fingers at "the wokes" or whatever
<midfavila>
and everyone in sasktchewan is a fucking mouthbreather so they fall for it hook line and sinker
<kris_>
i dont even know what all trump cut with government spending on social programs
<midfavila>
saskatchewan jesus christ
<kris_>
who knows if i even have state provided healthcare
<kris_>
anymore
<midfavila>
kris_theoretically eerything
<midfavila>
with that EO freezing federal funding
<midfavila>
i saw a lot of people freaking out because SNAP and medicaid and shit got cut
<midfavila>
child credits etc
<midfavila>
i would say come to canada but we're not much better to be completely honest
<kris_>
the one funny thing to come out of this so far was the proposition to acquire greenland and rename it to red white and blueland
<midfavila>
>gulf of america
<kris_>
nah if i were to go somewhere it'd be europe
<kris_>
and its not like i can actually pull that off anyway
<midfavila>
same, but yeah
<kris_>
please norway lemme in
<midfavila>
b&
<kris_>
b& ?
<midfavila>
say it
<midfavila>
:p
<kris_>
bee and?
<midfavila>
banned
<kris_>
oh lmfao
<kris_>
why banned
<midfavila>
banned from norway
<midfavila>
nvm
<midfavila>
dumb joke
<midfavila>
= w=
<kris_>
im curious what would happen if i just showed up in ireland or something and said i wasnt leaving
<midfavila>
you would get arrested and thrown on a plane
<kris_>
probably
<midfavila>
just look at what ICE is doing
<midfavila>
honestly it's such bullshit
<midfavila>
if you speak the language or are willing to learn, you want to work and contribute, and you don't mind adapting to the culture, you should be allowed in assuming there isn't an actual shortage of resouces or some sort of actual security threat
<midfavila>
like speaking in general terms about countries
<kris_>
yeah i agree
<midfavila>
when i was a shithead teenager i would have at least been in favour of restricting immigration because i didn't know shit about how the world worked but now i just don't care
<midfavila>
canada has a population density of literally four and more than enough resources to support a population ten times its size
<midfavila>
the idea that we're somehow overpopulated would be hilarious if it wasn't so obscenely wrong
* midfavila
facedesks
<kris_>
i dont really know what to say
<kris_>
when i was a shithead teenager this isnt something that ever really crossed my mind
<midfavila>
i was a weird kid
<midfavila>
now i'm a weird adult
<midfavila>
but ye
<kris_>
idk my teenage years are fairly easy to sum up
<kris_>
drugs, vandalism, video games
<midfavila>
sounds exciting :P
<midfavila>
i mostly just
<midfavila>
sat around and watched paint dry
<kris_>
teenage years for me were mostly just doing dumb stuff with my friends
<kris_>
it was a blast
<midfavila>
i was a ward of the crown and the place i lived didn't let anyone do anything
<midfavila>
like i wasn't even allowed to go to the library lol
<midfavila>
so i mostly just listened to the radio
<midfavila>
and read books and shit
<kris_>
that's mega unfortunate
<kris_>
could always go do some unhinged shit now :p
<kris_>
need me someone to sneak into the chernobyl exclusion zone with
<kris_>
once that conflict ends anyway
<midfavila>
i do scream about things in public on sundays so
<midfavila>
that's fun
<midfavila>
screaming at cops is a good way to de-stress
<kris_>
occasionally i just go explore abandoned buildings and whatnot
<midfavila>
i've considered that but the only sort of crime the cops here do anything about is like, petty property crime, including trespass
<midfavila>
so i'd probably get arrested doing that
<midfavila>
god i hate the cops so fucking much, they're so useless
<kris_>
i am very fast
<kris_>
and small
<midfavila>
they get paid nearly six figures to drive around in armoured cars and scream at people for loitering
<kris_>
i almost wish the cops would do something about trespassing
<kris_>
it's more fun
<midfavila>
if the city put a fraction of their budget towards like
<midfavila>
the housing authority
<midfavila>
crime would actually go down
<kris_>
i don't know how that reflects on me as a person but things aren't nearly as fun if there's no risk of getting arrested
* midfavila
shrugs
<kris_>
yeah probably
<kris_>
remove the reason to crime and crime goes away
<kris_>
but crime is an interesting concept as a whole
<kris_>
i also find it interesting how people tie morality and legality together like they're the same thing
<midfavila>
only when it's convenient for them
<midfavila>
happens all the time here
<kris_>
like with the trespassing example
<midfavila>
if a homeless person camps under the bridge when it's -55C out and causes minor damage that's like, the end of the fucking world
<kris_>
if a place is literally abandoned, why *shouldn't* i be able to explore it
<midfavila>
but if one of our ministers funnels millions of public dollars into his pockets well he was just taking advantage of a business opportunity
<midfavila>
if the leader of our province literally runs someone over that's just an unfortunate accident that could happen to anyone
<kris_>
bootlickers
<midfavila>
mmnh
<midfavila>
oh or another thing i love
<midfavila>
the government letting companies write off business expenses
<midfavila>
whoever fucking came up with that idea deserves to be given
<midfavila>
a stern lecture
<midfavila>
like my fuckin boss makes shitloads of money and only pays a small amount of tax on a small fraction of that
<kris_>
deserves to stub their toe, even
<midfavila>
meanwhile i have to pay 20-30% on my wages
<midfavila>
he gets to write off gas and food and utilities and like
<midfavila>
the fucking
<midfavila>
depreciation of his equipment
<midfavila>
as a result of use
<midfavila>
meanwhile i can't even write off my fucking bus pass
<midfavila>
or like
<midfavila>
boots
<midfavila>
but then he'll turn around and preach self-reliance to people and its just
<midfavila>
holy shit how fucking ignorant can one person be
<midfavila>
and then he turns around and complains that he has to pay taxes on wages himself
<midfavila>
like my dude it's 100-200 dollars of tax on wages per employee
<midfavila>
we have to pay 2-3x that
* midfavila
dies
<midfavila>
of course, then people go off about "well why don't you start your own company" as if we could base an entire economy off that
<midfavila>
meanwhile most of what drives economic growth these days is fucking grifting
<midfavila>
or finding increasingly sophisticated ways to fuck regular people over
<midfavila>
it's bullshit
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fucking tilde.club. keeps disconnecting me from time to time