My impression was always that ‘Wormtongue’ was a derogatory nickname given to Grima by those who secretly despised him and were truly loyal to Rohan and Theoden. I never felt that it was his actual name.

Posteo is ridiculously cheap, secure (e2e encryption and the whole works) and just all-around great. Been using it for years without a single issue.

I found some scenes from the movie ‘Amistad’ (1997) deeply disturbing, and they haunt me to this day (as they should any sane human being).

We have never had free or fair elections in this country. Not once. Ever.

I guess we’ll find out. If a viable option that isn’t Android or iOS comes along, I’ll use that. Until then, I refuse to play the game anymore.

Can you point me to an Amazon game that’s a runaway blockbuster success?

I’ll tell you what I’m going to do. I’m going to stop using Android. I don’t need my phone. Sure, it’s convenient and often helpful, but it’s not something I can’t live without. Fuck these assholes.

I mean, considering what a train-wreck Rings of Power is…yay?

30 years? It’s happening now. A significant portion of the homeless people that exist in this country are senior citizens who are too old to work and cannot afford housing. There are programs that are able to help some of them, but not all.

I’m guessing that the ‘pastor’ has some pretty heavy callouses on his knees that aren’t from praying.

Vampires suck.

Why the downvotes? Was something I said untrue?

Show me a period in American history when there wasn’t an even split between progress and atrocity.

To be honest, every decade has its share of ‘greatness’ and ‘terribleness’. Every generation has its heroes and villains. Sure, there weren’t kids on cellphones back in the 80’s but your kid would most likely be murdered if they came out as gay in high school. Yes, people weren’t digital shut-ins back in the 70’s, but cops were beating the living shit out of black people on the streets.

It’s all relative. There never was a ‘golden age’. That’s not to say we shouldn’t fight to make things better wherever and whenever we can, though.

“If you don’t profit from it, someone else will, so you might as well get yours.”

Don’t even get me started on how toxic and self-centered this is…

This is the way.

Ah, beer - making dinner and your date look so much better than they really are for thousands of years. ;)

Yeah. Here in the US, grocery prices are such that I simply don’t splurge or go to restaurants, anymore. The steak sure looks good, though!

At current grocery prices, I can afford to smell it. Does that count?

Fluxer appears to be the most promising, though it is still very new and they are working furiously to get it up to par with a tiny dev team that consists of two (three?) people. Most basic features are quite usable now, though.