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As someone who has only been training for a couple years, that's the point, no? Martial Arts is a self defense. The first lesson is always de-escalation and then removing yourself from the situation.

If it makes you feel better, the harm was going to happen with or without you. At least this way, that value isn't going to someone that is pushing more harm.

The worst part is in my city, they don't actually recycle. Even the stuff in the recycle bin goes to the dump...

Did you drive a flashy vehicle, by chance? I happen to have a bright yellow car and the number of people it seems to make irrationally mad should be a disclaimer at purchase. People are dumb. Including me for buying this yellow car I can’t afford to replace.

I remember going on a trip when I was younger, and my (also young) friend was driving. At one point we got onto a stretch of highway and he met speed with a slow or speed limit vehicle like that, kept going for miles.

I don't remember what prompted it, maybe an aggressive driver we encountered somewhere and were able to block in, maybe just because it'd be funny. But I do remember he'd tell that story for years, and we'd laugh about traffic being backed up further than we could see. Looking back, such a jerk move. I didn't argue against it at the time, but now I'm half surprised we didn't get a ticket. It's kind of a safety hazard.

Come to think of it, that was around 15 years ago. >.>

I would have to lightly disagree about Linux. I think for the average person, just using a browser and occasionally editing a document, some distros are absolutely plug and play.

Installing it can be overwhelming for people unfamiliar but once it's installed there's not much to do aside from use it.

My sisters been using Linux for years since most of her schooling has been online, she was on mint for a while and then I switched her to Fedora. The gnome interface was the biggest hurdle to get over and she figured it out in about 10 minutes. She uses firefox, libre office for documents and sheets, the software app to keep everything up to date and install stuff. That's all there really is to it. The only time she's ever called me for help is when she changed her password and forgot what it was.

I think if it came pre installed people would do fine.

Apple hardware had always been decent, but I don't understand the point of macos. If you can work entirely in the browser, than why waste the money on apple? Just grab a chrome book.

If your job requires software, macos is trash. Basic functions like window snapping are still missing. Gaming is non existent. Obscene memory requirements with nothing under 32gb usable for any real work.

I've been daily driving Linux for decades and occasionally use Windows, but any time I'm forced to use macos I'm just really confused why people would do that to themselves and then pay 3x the price for decent hardware.

Apple stuff just works

People say this and then pretend to enjoy their lives without window snapping or having a UI worse than GNOME, which I cannot understand lol.

The hardware is usually ok. Nowadays it isn't underpowered like it used to be and they have an OS that actually works. But it's still the logic of MacOS which doesn't work for everybody. It's not at all something that "just works". It's something that's "my way or the highway". And if you can't figure out what it's way is, well, tough.

I once bought an Apple laptop after staying away from their machines for ages (since the very early ones). It lasted about 3 months until I went back to a KDE laptop. I found it to be the most irritating thing ever. Everything seemed to be designed to be an annoyance. It definitely didn't work for me. So I went back to something that did.

If it works for you, great. Don't assume it does for everyone though.

Listen I like Linux, but every day usability with minimal tinkering isn't there. Apple stuff just works, and there's merit to that now.

Thank you. I've been saying this for so long. People like to act like Linux distros in 2024 are now plug and play without any tinkering. No, they still are absolutely not. Yes, they've gotten significantly better over the years...by many leaps and bounds honestly. But that are still absolutely nowhere near the level of making sense for a non-tech person unless you set it up and do the tinkering for them. And no, it still isn't good for games unless your library is all in Steam. Many of us don't use Steam for most of our games.

Always use the dust sticker.

That is not exclusive to women. Masculine, pretty (read: attractive and nice) men are having it very easy, too.