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3 days agoWhy the downvotes? Was something I said untrue?
CptHacke
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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…
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.
I agree 100%.
No crisis was ever averted through worry, anxiety or panic.
7·8 days agoMy library has determined that Hoopla is too expensive and uses Kanopy, instead.
While it does have a decent amount of mainstream films, it does seem to lean toward indie and art house content, yes.
9·10 days agoCheck to make sure you are using the ‘recommended’ video driver for your system according to the driver manager. Also, check to make sure that you have installed all available updates through the updates manager.
It sounds like you are using Steam, so I would recommend using the install directly from the official site instead of the flatpak, if that’s what you’ve done.
Thanks for the replies, all. It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one who does this! I find it very therapeutic, and I enjoy being able to really focus on the lyrics and the music itself. My high school band teacher taught us that music is not a spectator sport - if you’re only hearing sounds, you’re missing out on half the experience. :)
Currently using Fluent Reader for desktop. I’ll never not use RSS for news.
This was a really great answer, and I appreciate your perspective. Things aren’t always what they appear to be on the surface (although sometimes they definitely are).
Vampires suck.