Nope, this is the info I was looking for, thanks :)

I’m struggling heavily to find that OS to learn more about it (literally just got a google tcl tv delivered today, as my old one died last week), can you provide a link of some variety?

I was very heartened to find out that it’s just big android, so there’s likely a lot that can be done with it (but I got it to be dumb).

The only problem I found with this is that Roku knows it’s being blocked so it’ll kill some apps over time (like the Plex app) in a way that forces you to fully reinstall the app. Which means unblocking their domain and allowing them to phone home (or disabling/bypassing pihole), because the app downloads go through that domain as well.

Before I just factory reset them and denied them any internet at all, Plex would break and need to be reinstalled about every 2 months like clockwork, and it wasn’t due to app updates or anything. I know this because I did a test once; reset on one tv, and 2 weeks later on another one. The first called for an update at roughly the 2 month mark, and the other exactly two weeks later. Meanwhile an absolutely ancient Samsung tv still has a copy of the Plex app that hasn’t been updated in like 5 years (it’s a fully obsolete tv)… works fine.

My speculation is that it records the data for that period, and then breaks things you use so it can phone home when you are forced to connect it to fix it.

In Wisconsin it’s like 90/10. I’d guess probably similar.

Someone invites me to look at/pet cows, I wouldn’t even think about negative ulterior motives, cuz there’s several dozen dairy farms within a half hour drive. Tho I would assume they were angling for free help.

Now baby goats, as a draw, are 50/50. Way more likely to work, and way less common.

Edit: words cuz I’m dumb

Oh god, at that point you might as well just go to a sex shop. At least those employees deal with absolutely nothing else and are totally non-judgy about it..

Can I get a buffet with both?

I know buffets are poor people stuff, but I mean.. I feel that’s appropriate.

That’s rude.

I’ve been dealing with some of these issues since my early teens (yay genetic lottery! I’m almost 40) and most of the people in my life are well aware of that. I had my first surgery for it when I was 17.

I know it comes from a good place, but that doesn’t make it any easier to deal with, when I’ve been dealing with it for years. Decades. And getting the same slap-dash advice for years. Decades. When those people know I have a team of specialists to manage it, and go through what most people consider somewhat horrific management treatments.

I guess I’d rather have constant “feeling better?/are you ok?” Than constant “oh I heard about this on Facebook! You should try it even tho it’s obvious bullshit! And if you say no I’ll be offended, so make sure you phrase your reply with adequate appreciation for me sharing this gem of information with you!”

I wish I had something other than chronic daily headache with migraine as a “main” disability. Everyone thinks their dumb little regression to mean trick is a cure (for the two headaches a year they get), but like even if it did work sometimes, I’m not, for example, sitting with my hands in ice water all the fucking time, because that’s also painful..?

I’m glad nobody tries to troubleshoot my back pain or other medical issues.. they just get sad for me and ask if I’m ok when I wince or whatever. Like no, but I’ve been dealing with it for over half my life now, so just leave it, please?

Since 2020 I haven’t touched a door handle in public. Because that’s when I realized just how backward some people are (I’d managed to avoid learning that prior). I wrap my sweatshirt around my hand to open them, now. In the summer I have paper towels in my pocket.

Instead of setting them aside, I put them in a plastic baggie, write on it what they are for, and tape/magnet it to a wall or toolbox, somewhere prominent.

Works a charm for me.

Well at least it’s only for married couples. Non-procreative casual sex is still fine. (I’m not gunna read it to find out if that’s wrong, I don’t really care enough to fact-check insanity)

I guess he supports gay marriage? I’m not really sure what he thinks he’s saying here, other than “I have a breeding fetish but don’t really understand how biology works”.

I have enough popcorn to find out.

It would be fucking priceless if America only got universal healthcare as a result of executing rich people. Very character consistent.

Sad, but I mean we take what we can get and that lesson will be around for a long long time if it works…