Literally is mate. Try looking it up. It’s well documented.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/know-your-mind/201407/cannabis-really-can-cause-paranoia

A known side effect of taking a large amount of cannabis is paranoia. He smoked a LOT, so although it’s not definite, it’s a bit of a smoking gun.

Well, he’s dead now. He hid it well. The first thing we knew about it was when he disappeared, leaving an insane paranoid note. But hey, I’m sure you lot all know better than me about what happened.

Made my brother in law depressed and paranoid so he did dumb things.

Don’t know why you are being downvoted. Smoking huge quantities of weed really does fuck up your head.

Note that this survey was pre-COVID and pre-Trump. The public are now probably wrong about absolutely everything.

Yes, I do see your point. I think part of the problem is that old farts like myself started with it 3 decades ago, when it really was only for the ultra-nerds. It really was something only enthusiasts would ever consider using, and totally unsuitable for “normal” people. The change into something that can be used by everyone has been slow, but relentless. At some point it will be something that everyone can use, but I really don’t think it’s there yet. Every year as accessibility improves it moves into the reach of more people, but at the moment you do still need to invest time in converting to it from Windows.

Which brings me to another point - Linux is not a Free version of Windows. A lot of people seem to think that it should be like Windows, but gnarly old nerds like me like it precisely because it is very different from Windows. This is both its weakness and its strength. I like it because there is less hand-holding than with Windows, but most people probably don’t want to use an OS that you can essentially brick with one command on the command line. To me it’s power, but to most (normal) people it’s danger. There has to be a trade-off between complete control of your PC to the point where you can destroy it, and your PC telling you what you can and can’t do to the extent that Windows does.

I think at some point there will be a distribution that manages to get a balance of freedom and hand-holding that a majority of people find accceptable, but at the moment you do have to put effort and time into not only learning new things, but changing the way you see your PC. If someone complains that it isn’t easy enough, the only solution at present is for them to not use it. Is it a good situation? No, but that’s the way it is.

I don’t really know what else to say. Linux is what it is. It isn’t perfect, but then again what is? Some people like it, some people don’t. No one is forcing anyone to use it, so use it or ignore it. It will always need more effort on the part of the user to get going with it, but some people find this rewarding. Some don’t, in which case it’s not for them. Accessibility is a real problem, and one which people are working on, but there is no end game with Linux - no inherent need to be used and loved by everyone. It is already far better than it used to be in terms of accessability and it will only get better, but in the meantime, it’s not for everyone.

Linux is not for everyone. If you don’t like it, don’t use it. The terminal is used so much because it’s often the quickest way of doing things - instructions in WIndows are like “click on that icon, scroll down to this and choose that, then select that tab…” but with a terminal it’s like “copy and paste this into a terminal”. It’s a powerful and useful tool. There are distros like Ubuntu which try to avoid doing terminally stuff, but it’s just so useful it’s difficult not to use it.

ICE are redefining the meaning of “low hanging fruit” almost daily now. Still, it’s good that they are getting tough on the wrongly accused.

It gives us old farts something to talk about, reinforcing the community of elder carers in the tribe, and thus the health of the tribe.

That’s bollocks, by the way. All I know is that it’s fucking weird when you have to shave your ear lobes.

tldr; Sarah Vine, a Tory tradwife, gazes in wonder at the sunlight coming out of JK Rowling’s arse.

Viz invented the word “fitbin” as the most offensive word ever. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fitbin

It’s for bicycles not wheelchairs.

I suppose it’s because you need to have a confirmed miracle in order to have him made a saint.

Since when did Trump realise anything?

Guster

My instance just blocked UK users. Je suis francais maintenant, mate.

Musk is a real fucking prick, isn’t he?

Schopenhauer’s Theory of Human Suffering and Lack of Meaning: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/history-of-nihilism-in-the-nineteenth-century/schopenhauers-theory-of-human-suffering-and-lack-of-meaning/E64B94DBB5CC35F61046073595377F25

He seems like a happy chappy.