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Try each. One of the great things about Linux is how easy it is to just hop around. Spin up a ventoy USB with those and maybe even a few other ISOs. Then boot into each one and go through the process of finding a piece of software (krita, for instance) and running it. Do a doodle of a dog and run a few filters or something. Doing so will tell you which one you like, which one your computer likes, etc.

Ah, yes, the Irish American…

The mockery in ‘chav’ is not about class, but choices in relation to class. Class is not chosen. That particular ‘look’ is certainly chosen.

This is a young man in a pub. They might call him working class, but few would call him a ‘chav.’

The young men in your provided images are absolutely the sort who would be called chavs, not because of something intrinsic to themselves, and not because they work for a living, if they do, but because of the choices they have made in how they present themselves to the world.

The chav look is not respected because it simultaneously follows neither the unwritten rules of modesty and dignity that the working class often use to claim moral superiority over the wealthy, nor the unwritten rules of ‘tasteful conspicuous consumption’ used among the wealthy as their in-group lanuage. It is part of a subculture within working class spaces that attempts to draw esteem via conspicuous consumption, but without wealth. It is a subculture which has ‘bought in’ on the consumerist ethos which says ‘who has the shiniest hat, and the most attention, is the best person.’ The message is subtle, but present.

You can be attracted to the aesthetic, just as some people are attracted to the aesthetic of prison inmates, serial killers, fascist uniforms, etc, but the real-world versions of those things are not something to hold in esteem, regardless of how hot they might be. You aren’t the first person to be attracted to an aesthetic tied to a problematic culture, and you won’t be the last.

Interviews have always been a crappy way to determine candidate quality. Eventually people started to realize this, but then their idea was just ‘what if we did the same thing, but twice?’

To be precise, the element giving Trump and his people the ability to do the things they do seems to be simply that they do them without consideration. You can do a lot if you don’t worry about the repercussions or consequences.

I have been wanting a Linux phone for ages but I can’t afford a librem and pine seems to have stalled out. Just found out about Furi and now I’m wondering if it really is that good. It’s still expensive but it at least doesn’t look like it’d choke on running a calculator app.

Hmm… Tittyscript…

Note, the spectrum does not end at ‘neurotypical’ and from what I understand, is not a singular spectrum because autism is a classification and can present in varied ways. There are individuals who have superlative function in the places where autistic individuals have atypical function. e.g. Where autistic individuals can display, say, difficulty with changes to an expected pattern, there are those who integrate changes with a fluidity exceeding the norm.

There’s the concept from Nine Nations of America and various similar concepts looking at how the boundaries shown on maps do not necessarily reflect the demographic reality. I’ve wondered for years about the possibility of a sort of ‘hyper-federalism,’ taking the idea of federalism (having a local ‘state’ government and a national ‘federal’ government) a bit further, empowering not just towns to have councils but neighborhoods, and nesting the local within the broader form. (e.g. X voters and their living space form a ‘district.’ Representatives from X districts form a ‘locale.’ Representatives from X locales form a ‘region.’ etc.) It’s obviously just my random thought but I wonder sometimes if it could be developed into something usable.

Yeah, it being even all the way around seems a bit out of place, but the space for the dot would be important for a W.

I tend to treat words fairly literally and try to be precise, so if I say ‘I’m sorry,’ it’s because I am sorry. If I want to sympathize, I can say other things. (‘That’s awful.’ ‘Those bastards…’ etc.) On occasions where I have not felt sorry because the other person has reacted emotionally to something , I tend to ask questions. Calmly giving people a chance to feel heard can often help.
In most cases, though, I try to move people toward solutions-oriented thinking to prevent spiralling. Asking questions lets them put the problem into words, helping them switch from a defensive emotional stance to an open brainstorming stance. Giving people a goal can make them feel a sense of progress, giving them distance from the problem and possibly netting a better final result than even might have happened without the inciting event.

Kinda like this…

Great, and now there are adventurers on the lawn.

Now you’re thinking like a dragon.

I hope something good comes of it.

I think I’m past being mystified by there being a market for stupid, terrible games. I used to find it confusing but the answer for so many confusing things in life is just ‘idiots exist.’

Use of non-play store apps is not mainstream enough for Linux phones to get more than a little bump from this.