That was my experience. If I did want to check an executable because I was getting a cracked copy of something I had a piece of shit computer that wasn’t connected to anything where I could move the file and test it.

Most of the malware was hilariously unoptimized and would grind the piece of shit to a halt immediately. I had a stolen copy of Deep Freeze from work so a quick reboot put everything back.

I know a family who was directly behind one and one of the thinner logs flew off the truck and through their window directly between the two adults in the front seat.

A friend of mine was riding behind a semi when the bracket holding the mudflap detached. Ended up with a 2 inch hole in his hood. The cop that came out wouldn’t write up a report for insurance because he didn’t believe the story, even in the middle of the damn interstate with a fresh hood hole. So my friend drove around for years with a hole in his hood. I think that’s the day he started hating cops.

I’m actually very happy with both, I just like to talk shit.

My therapist just asks if I drank less than last week. Then we have a staring contest for 26 minutes.

I got a coach at the gym and we do the same thing.

Now I need to figure out which one to fire because that’s almost an hour of me not admitting shit. I only really need it from one of them.

I love blue rare filets, but I don’t enjoy a ribeye or strip that way because the fat doesn’t have any time to render and ends up with a gross texture.

For a really good ribeye (assuming I have the time and energy) I’ll smoke it on low up to rare then sear it so it comes out medium rare.

I grew up in Texas. Needs more dominos and spades, and pawpaw needs to pray over the food.

I ain’t religious but I ain’t telling pawpaw not to pray over the food.

My new retirement plan is to open that joint here in the States.

I bet I’m about to own one just like it

It does look like a sapper or field jacket.

And it’s constantly screaming at us.

I didn’t even see that photo bomb.

That’s my philosophy.

Shadow Play, season 2 episode 26.

You’ve got to spell and pronounce it slightly incorrect.

I’ve got a friend who was slightly too old when the word yeet became popular. He decided he would use it confidently, often, and incorrect. He still does.

He’s excited to embarrass his kids by doing that with whatever the current slang is when they are 12 or 13.

Also in Texas and I was surprised at the line for early voting when I went. Usually I just walk in and walk out because there’s no one there before election day.

Some states (I want to say Mississippi?) have no early voting and only absentee ballots with a good excuse. So yeah, a federal holiday or some provision for time off to vote would be awesome.

I have a family member whose middle name is a letter. A friend of mine has two family members that only have initials for their first name (one was named for the other). When the older joined the army they just gave him a name that fit the initials and that went on all his official paperwork.

I removed Gemini and installed assistant. That made it searchable in my app list. Then I just plopped the button on my home screen. When I short press the button it pops up something that asks me to try Gemini, but I just say whatever it is I want and it does it just like it used to in the search bar.

The old assistant wasn’t bad, especially before they put lens in the search widget instead of being off in its own place where it belongs so that I can uninstall it.

I thought Gemini needed 6 more months of development to be ready for prime time. Apparently I wildly underestimated it. Simple tasks barely work and it offloads anything useful to the old assistant anyway.

I set up a separate assistant button because the assistant on the search bar, even without Gemini, only searches now. I use Firefox so I don’t need it for search. I use it to add things to my to do list and to set timers, the only two things voice assistants are good for in my life.

I don’t understand why they won’t just let me use technology the way I want to use it rather than trying to force me to use it their way. Well, I refuse to understand even though I kind of get it (if I used shit the way I wanted they’d never have the opportunity to show me an advertisement).

Edit: clarity

Thank you for the detailed and nuanced explanation. I feel much better informed now.