Agreed.

In a 'baby's first critical thought' kind of way

Side splitting

Showing people exactly where the NYT stands. On the fence at best...

Yeah, it's probably easier to contact Public Health directly and ask their staff.

Yeah, if it were ceded territory, that would be peak. Apparently Battle River folks are already annoyed with his presence. Their MP was up for retirement in 6 months... make me wonder how much he was paid to do this.

What an awful situation. I need to check out QoS and see if there's a repair fund

Good. I'm not usually one to praise law enforcement, but this is exactly the kind of nonsense I trust them to handle.

Honestly, some things don't need to be/shouldn't be "smart" devices imo

My point is, focus on the ones you've already got in your corner. Also, this applies to just about every group imo.

Taking the sting out of a shot to the ego isn't so hard when your focused on what you can do with the people who really connect with you.

And for what?

To maintain our relationship? Why? They don't care in the way I need them to and our moral compasses are misaligned.

So why bother being more than distantly respectful on the basis of their humanity alone?

Don't answer that btw. I know why, and yes, I get help with that 🤣

Now, I'm not advocating for cutting off the ignorant or being antagonistic to them otherwise. I simply don't share my thoughts with them.

Some have asked why
I'm silent now. For a while I used every plausible half truth to placate them. But what for? Those lies, small or not, are my soul tf up.