I currently use the TOR browser when I'm searching for things I'd rather for-profit companies didn't know, like health care information.
I have considered getting a VPN because I live in Texas, where a lot of perfectly legal content has been blocked "to protect the children," and because I know my political searches will be turned over to the government if Trump or Abbot asks for them.
Two things:
I'm pretty sure more than half of the topics now are AI
Every topic on Reddit, no matter how serious, turned into a contest to see who could come up with the best one-liner in the comments.
I think that trope "Hurt people hurt people" applies to him. I think he's desperately unhappy, and since he doesn't know how to fix himself he's lashing out at other people.
"Let the bad guy win every once in a while..." 😀
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right
Ramen or Macaroni & Cheese makes a good base. You can throw pretty much anything in there with it and have a meal.
I use them.
Since phone books aren't really a thing anymore, my stack of business cards has taken its place. I like having all the information– name, address, phone, website, and email– all in one place. It's especially important for things like plumbing and air conditioner repair, services that I don't use regularly and don't want cluttering up the contact list in my phone.
Where I live most of the "banks" are just kiosks located inside of grocery stores.
I'm not really seeing a lot of new buildings at all. So many places have gone out of business that they just keep re-using the old ones.
So Paula Poundstone has recurring character on her podcast, a woman whose husband died of food poisoning after eating tainted cheese: "It was the Gouda that got 'im."
And now, every damn time I'm in the dairy aisle at the grocery store… 🙄
In addition to the points the other posts have made, I think we've been conditioned to believe that cost = quality, "you get what you pay for."
Edited to add: I thought the question was about FOSS/Open Source in general. I guess it was more specific than I realized.
Eggland Organic Eggs.
I could go back to store-brand eggs if I had to, but these really do look and taste so much better. It's a little luxury I treat myself to.