Yeah like I said your in your phase of socialist development where you’ve accepted that the west is evil, but you have yet to deprogram yourself from the propaganda about its adversaries. So you see both the west, and its enemies, as the problem. Which is incoherent. I do not think anyone exists who thinks a government is perfect, but China is very clearly much better in many ways than any western government, and that is the very reason most of the global south looks to China in friendship.

It’s a common mindset to go through. I hope you can get through it in a productive way.

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Edit: Read your other comments nevermind. I realize you are like in some sort of weird transitionary phase where you don’t like anyone. Try it out in a few years when you realize the axis of resistance is the only way forward.

Probably. I dont feel the need for a word for it tho. It’s not something I think about much. I just do whatever I feel like doing. I hear people talk about things like dysphoria and it just doesn’t compute to me. I’ve never been shot but I can imagine what being shot would be like, right? I can’t imagine what dysphoria would be like. If I imagine myself as the opposite biological sex its just like a logistical challenge. How do I use the bathroom. I need different hygeine products. Stuff like that. It doesn’t bother me.

A failure? What’s that even mean? Do we measure our success by how useful a specific capitalist organization finds us at any given moment? You aren’t a failure. You are just another person trying to make ends meet and getting screwed over by the system. Doing the best you can like anyone else.

Here’s a checklist:

Can you pay your bills for the next 6 months? If no, figure out how to fix that ASAP.

Do you know what you want to do next? If no, start pondering on it.

Have you taken advantage of any support that is out there for you? Unemployment for example. If no, do it.

If all of those are handled then you are good to take a breath and just figure your shit out. Maybe try to do something you didn’t have the time to before. Spend more time with family. Something like that. Whatever it is that would make you happy right now.

fr like when it comes to clothes I see anything above like 20 USD per outfit as absolute highway robbery.

i mean i do plenty of things that are wastes of time and moeny. What’s wrong with that? We’re hairless apes who like to do silly stuff.

Is it? Lot of stuff is a waste of time and money if you don’t care for it. It doesn’t mean you have a strong opinion about it. Like it could just mean you’d never spend your own time and money on it, but other people can if they want to. Since every recreational thing is a waste of time and money to someone who doesn’t like it.

I’m the same. I have to be careful how I phrase things because it can sound transphobic if like someone asks you what you are and you just say “Well I have x genitals so just go with that I guess?” because you just don’t care. Like call me whatever you want. want me to wear a certain type of clothing because of some social convention? Sure idc. I’ll wear a dress, or a suit. Don’t care. I just don’t want to pay for them. I 100% support anyone doing anything they want with their gender. Let me know what you want to be called, and remind me if I slip up because I don’t even remember peoples names most of the time, but I’ll say what you want me to say. But for me personally? You can call me anything you want. He, Her, They, It, Dumbass, Tankie, .ml, shut the fuck up, etc It don’t bother me one bit.

I don’t see what this has to do with trans people? As if people of the same sex at birth can’t end up with wildly different weights as well? Like a 200lbs woman beating the shit out of a 100lbs woman wouldn’t be allowed in any sport. So why would it suddenly be allowed if the 200lbs woman is trans? Also, “unfair” gets me here. Sports aren’t fucking fair! That’s the entire point. It’s a physical competition where some people have an inherent advantage due to genetics. Trans people existing doesn’t change that, and doesn’t make it any less fair. This just reeks of you seeing all these “no men in womens sports” arguments and not taking the time to actually examine if those arguments are valid or not.

Debian is also perfectly capable of running more bleeding edge stuff if you really wanna do it. I built niri from source on it. Works great.

Debian is honestly goated. Like I love me a nice boring stable distro that just keeps on chugging. I have done such crazy stuff to Debian and it just refuses to care. It’s like a nokia phone that got run over by a car and still works.

tru

Linux is so user friendly it will delete vital files when you tell it too and break your system. I think BSD should take it a step further. Just start to randomly do it just to fuck with people.

Nope. It’s not even Fortnite. These days it’s all Roblox.

I prefer it personally. I’m not a fan of games where combat is decided by reaction times and is high energy. I prefer to use proper preparation and strategy to win fights. And turn based is best for that. I’m also not a fan of “dice roll” style game mechanics for the same reason. Like Fallout New Vegas’s speech system > Fallout 3’s speech system. Because its based on a set skillcheck instead of a dice roll adjusted by your skill.

I’m partial to Quod Libet myself.

I actually didn’t know that that’s interesting. Definitely something I’d mention to your daughter when you guys chat. Also, if he’s comfortable with it, I’d reccomend arranging an in person meeting with her and Kevin. It could help her to actually look into the eyes of the person whose life you’re going to save. Even if they’ve met plenty of times before. Just all 3 of you sit down and chat. Not about the surgery but just in general.

I think you need to realize her concerns are entirely valid. Everything could go great and you could both have 1 working kidney then live long lives after. You could die on the table. You could give him your kidney and then 10 years from now your remaining one has an issue and then your on dialysis. etc. Your daughter is not wrong to be scared/concerned. You are not wrong to want to help your friend. Both of you have valid feelings about this. You just need to talk about them. In person preferably. Not over an email. Explain to her why doing this is so important to you. Make plans for what happens if the worst outcome happens. You need to seriously ask yourself: “Will my family be okay if I die on the table?” before you go do it. Because if the answer is no and you haven’t considered that yet it’s something you need to think about.

I hope everything goes well and you help your friend and both of you are fine. But I also hope you go into this understanding your daughters concerns, and being fully aware of all the risks.

If it’s diesel it’s already refined. It’s not crude they’re sending but the actual diesel itself.

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