And why that specific order for the bins? Why aren’t they arranged by dirtiness, ffs? Aaaah!!

Or they missed the /s after the bit about it being a great opportunity.

Or all these people are fucking idiots who are just obsessed with labels and culture wars.

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Good to know, but can you elaborate, please?

After watching Jan 6th, I don’t think a civil war is on the horizon. Most people are too soft and comfortable. Hell, there was one lady that stormed the capitol, got maced, and then complained about it to a reporter. When she was asked why she stormed the capitol she said, “It’s a revolution, man!”

Also, you can’t really divide the country up geographically by left or right (more people in California voted for Trump than in almost every other state, for example). So, no, I’m not worried about a civil war.

That being said, I don’t see the far-right disappearing anytime soon. There are powerful people that benefit too much by having our society divided, and it’s not just in the US where this is happening.

These are built from the open source version of Android and do not have Google stuff:

• LineageOS
• GrapheneOS (can be installed on Pixels)

These are based on various flavors of Linux (Android is technically a flavor of Linux too):

• PureOS (Librem 5 line by Purism)
• Ubuntu Touch (support for lots of devices, but typically not the flagships)
• Manjaro OS (on PinePhone by PINE64, an open source hardware community, which is the best way I can describe it)

Sounds like a good reason to stop using Google services and products. Some examples (note, I haven’t used some of these yet):

Search - DuckDuckGo

Email - ProtonMail

Drive - Dropbox

Sheets/Docs - Zoho

Some of these examples may not the best for everyone, but my point is that we do not have to let Google continue to push us around.

I think the main point is that the policies have so many exclusions in the fine print that you are unlikely to get them to pay even if something does happen. That seems pretty scammy to me. But I guess there is something to be said for the peace of mind you get when you buy it, eh? Even if it’s unfounded.

I heard this eloquent way of saying it the other day:

The IRS doesn’t have the money to go after people with money.