As a non American, Thomas Jefferson is pretty famous as historical figures go.

Morris is defintely a first name in Britain. I went to school with a Morris Morrison.

Tbf, I’m not sure many people succeed on industrial level Anglo-Saxon literature analysis.

Spot on with “lieing about having your shit together”, I’m in my 40s and in academia and almost everyone is “just pretending” to be a high functioning adult.

But you don’t need to spend your life in front of a computer. You can do all sorts of shit. But people like economic security and that makes “college > soul destroying job” seem appealing. But life can be all sorts of things, as long as you realise you’re in control of the choices not the results.

There’s a well established trope that at every age, people think there life is about to settle down and stop being as open and free. I was defintely the kind of person who felt that turning 21 was becoming ancient and tbat life was basically over. But each decade has been completely different and often wild, I’ve done lots of different things, lived in different places and even now I’m married and have a house and all the more “settled” things, I’m confident the last few decades will also be varied and interesting.

What foss do you recommend for email? I don’t love Gmail app, but I’ve not come across a better alternative yet (not tried very hard tbh) .

I think ‘most’ is hyperbole for dramatic effect / increased engagement. “more files than you might think are actually following the zip file structure” isn’t as punchy.

Almost every part of this is wrong. But I suspect op’s parents do have better music taste than them.

People act like this hasn’t been a thing for over a century…

You don’t want to mess about with that democracy nonsense. We’ve had a monarchy that has worked decent for a millennium, and you want it replace it with some untested, newfangled system?

Except it mostly isn’t.

I switched to Lawnchair a while back (android 14 broke folders in nova for me). It’s not got the same depth of customisation, but ive found it pretty good alternative. And so far seems quick and reliable.

Are you talking about the ancient practice of dog sacrifice?

I’m actually surprised it’s as high as that!

Yeah, defintely not a swifty, but down voted. I don’t know a lot about TS but the little I do she doesn’t seem noticeably goofy. Distinct lack of a case presented by op.

Is that not a word you hear very often? Or does it sound like a dirty word or something?

Ah! Fair point! Yeah, I guess retried / has-been youtubers are going to be a weird demographic. I wonder if they’ll do nostalgia fuelled tours of student unions or coffeeshops as the kids that loved them become adults? The ones that aren’t already multimillionaires.

Is there some reference I’m not getting? Or is this just a “there are more things in heaven and earth, buddy, than are dreamt of in your philosophy” kinda thing?

As others have observed, a glottal stop on its own is completely silent. But the idea of responding to distinct weird sounds is awesome! I’d like to be able to whistle commands like Alexa is well trained sheepdog!

That’s a really good description. I feel like people focus on the highs and the lows of addiction. But one of the main reason it is hard to give up an addiction is it’s such a comfort. The ecstatic highs are fun, but the real appeal is having something so simple that makes you feel good.

You mean Christopher “that’s not the sound a man makes when he is knifed in the back” Lee?