As the Discordians say, “In five years, a complete stranger with your memories will inhabit your body. But don’t fret; another five years and they’ll be gone as well.”

Good question. He was mostly lucid and coherent on our last phone call, but that was a few months ago. I never knew him that well, so it’s difficult for me to gauge. I’ll have to check in again.

So fun story. I knew a guy who was a teetotaler in high school. Dude didn’t even drink coffee. We drifted apart for a few years and got back in touch. He decided to come and visit me. The night he shows up, he drinks 6 500ml beers in an hour and a half, gets weepy, and talks about wanting to strangle his sister. He was with me for almost two weeks.

Thank you so much. You’re my hero.

Who is this artist? Unless I’m mistaken, I’ve seen their work before.

Hey, man. I’m sorry to hear about your situation. That really sucks, and I genuinely hope you pull through. Unfortunately, this isn’t really the best community for this sort of post. But if you want people to point you to resources that can help you, you’ll need to give a little more info. What country are you in? If it’s the US, what state? Maybe then, someone can point you to a relevant aid organization.

Neo-confucianism is a broad term for a loose collection of philosophical ideas influenced by or based on the writings of Confucius, the Chinese philosopher. It strongly influenced the development of Korean society, and it was the official state ideology at one point. It is still very prevalent, although not always expressed explicitly.

So I live in South Korea. The medical system here is heavily subsidized and socialized. This makes it very cheap and (mostly) accessible, but the downside is the bureaucracy that comes with that. It is also a very litigious culture, which makes it worse. Doctors here are extremely wary to prescribe anything too strong, and they communicate very little with the patients. It’s just, “Trust me, I’m a doctor.” And of course the neo-confucian mindset is also very strong here, with all the rigid hierarchy that comes with it.

The word ‘normie’ is just insulting. It implies a hierarchy of knowledge that I just don’t accept.

Exactly. That second example infuriates me. Just give me something to troubleshoot, for fuck’s sake.

I mean, for gen alpha, that’s an intentional effect. Tech is becoming more and more obfuscated by design.

It’s funny; I’ve been seeing these posts and comments recently. Pro-AI, similar vocabulary (The term Luddite seems to be quite popular with these folks - what’s next? Decel?), all from fresh accounts. You’re not fooling me, which is impressively incompetent of you.

I seem to have met my match. We are both telepathetic, it seems.

That’s the spirit. With cooperation and a little bit of luck, we can reach unthinkable levels of disappointment.

Fair point. But can you spend 4 hours not getting sound to work on a Linux distro?

I second this. I recently bought a domain from them, and they didn’t even ask for my name.

I am irreplacable. I’d like to see AI drink 12 beers and disappoint my girlfriend sexually.

Funny story: whenever I roll a cigarette for a Korean person, I have to spend 5 minutes assuring them it’s just tobacco. They are terrified of drugs.

I used Cachy for a long time. It was really stable and dependable, in my experience. The Arch Wiki is also insanely useful. If you know how to troubleshoot, and you don’t mid tinkering, it’ll be fine.

I’m currently reading the third novella in Radicalized, a collection by Cory Doctorow. It’s chilling stuff, especially this third one.