Beelink Mini PCs or ones like that, plus a wireless keyboard/trackpad combo.

Stepped on a rake, smacked me right on the forehead. More plausible than you might think.

Tell me you’re a 90’s kid who was designated as gifted and now deals with overwhelming anxiety and depression without telling me you’re a 90’s kid who was designated as gifted and now deals with overwhelming anxiety and depression.

I work in the automotive sector. Most OEMs are only getting more aggressive and invasive with respect to your privacy, and there are regular discussions about how to monetize your data. I’ve been in discussions where people proposed to analyze your driving style to track you better, and integrate that with targeted ads in your vehicle.

Also, full-autonomous (level 5) is still a long way off from general use on (non-modified) public roads. Most of what you see on the road today that advertises being “fully autonomous driving” is monitored and controlled by underpaid workers.

I believe the full(er) quote is “not a snowball’s chance in hell.”

“Wisdom has been chasing you, but you have managed to outrun it”

When a right-winger votes for a public program and then signs up for it

I’m sorry for your situation. It’s definitely a tough place to be. My wife and I recently moved back to Canada–we were planning the move before the election, but the election results only confirmed our decision.

In terms of coping, one thing I’ve done is to try to remind myself that his followers are also victims, in a sense. Not that they don’t bear responsibility (every person who has supported him is responsible for the growing dumpster fire that is the US), but it’s like you said–Trump doesn’t care about them or their interests. And despite it being tempting to think every MAGA is just stupid (which is at least partly true), there’s some rationality to how they arrived there. It’s mostly due to fear-based reasoning mixed with misguided patriotism and their upbringing (and probably other factors). It doesn’t excuse what they’re doing, but if I’m honest, I might be in the same place as them if I had experienced life in their shoes. Still wrong, but it helps me at least humanize them in my own head and it lets my anger (at them) dwindle to pity instead. I also try to remember the ways I’ve been ignorant in my own past. Again, not to excuse anyone, just to deal with my own emotions.

In terms of speaking up, I haven’t had much luck. Most of his people are all in, and there is literally nothing that will change their mind. More often, I find that disengaging is more effective–mainly for my own sanity. If someone wants to engage, I try to remember to first ask them, “what would it take to change your mind about Trump?” When I’ve asked this, 95% of the time, the person responds with “nothing.” Then I confirm that there’s no point in having a conversation about it, because at this point, there’s nothing that will change my mind about him either (due to the overwhelming evidence of his character and misdeeds). At the end of the day, our principles simply don’t line up, so a conversation would be fruitless.

Not sure what your life situation is, but if you have the means to move somewhere else, that’s probably the best you could do. It also sends the strongest possible message to your community, and leaves the MAGA crowd to their infighting (rember, their ideology is based on blaming people–if all the “libs” leave town, they’re forced to find a new out-group and they slowly eat their own). It sucks, but there’s nothing much you can do as the minority to turn your community around (aside from offering support to any like-minded people).

Here’s hoping you can get out of it.

If a man spanks a bear in a forest and no one is around to be confused and aroused, is it still a kink?

HELL YEAH BROTHER PUT THAT PITCHER IN THE FRIDGE

Taxes? I did those over a year ago

Wait, you guys are getting paid?

Chonky leopards incoming

Ah, gotcha. I kinda figured that was out there, but didn’t have names to associate with them.

I guess I’m wondering how a VoIP number would differ significantly from a burner phone. Obviously the burner is more private (assuming you pay cash, there’d be zero way to trace it anywhere). Signing up for a VoIP number with an alias seems almost as untraceable, assuming the VoIP company isn’t selling your data?

Ah, the giant house hippo. Haven’t heard anything about those in years.

Please be careful posting this. Based on the last US election results, there may be more people who don’t realize this is satire and try to paperclip it onto Project 2025.

Through data profiling? Not sure what you mean.

Honestly, if you don’t want a separate device, I’d sign up for a VoIP number. I use voip.ms, it’s a dollar or two a month for the number, and you pay per minute and per text (about a penny each, IIRC). You can forward calls to your primary number, or set up a SIP app (I’m using one called ZoiPer). I usually load it up with $20 per year or so.

Tough call. On one hand, having Pepe creating “flying chickens” would be a great gag. On the other hand, having a chorus of chickens bawking out the lollipop guild song… tough call.