shamrt

Was strongly considering a Kia or Hyundai for my next vehicle (I'm a current Hyundai owner), but if this is what it looks like, it's more than sufficient for me to look elsewhere.

I lost my sister suddenly 2 days before Christmas in 2008. The joy came back — after a fair amount of therapy and contemplation — and over time, life grew around the gaping hole.

A couple of quotes that I keep near me:

Yet, in a bizarre, backwards way, death is the light by which the shadow of all of life’s meaning is measured. Without death, everything would feel inconsequential, all experience arbitrary, all metrics and values suddenly zero.

Mark Manson

When you dull pain and hide it from yourself, you dull your joys as well.

Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate (Tawny Man #3)

All the best for this holiday season, and all the ones that follow.

Which bike?

I don't exactly experience a tonne of chill while playing FTL

I've long argued that it should be illegal for incumbents to sell retail connections for less than wholesale prices, but here we are

I have a love-hate relationship with Canadaland, but will fully acknowledge that their series on monopolies in Canada was excellent: https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/introducing-the-new-season-monopoly/

I'm not a Conservative voter myself, but respectfully, I don't think this is the kind of post that belongs here.

I get that a lot of CPC rhetoric is chimpanzees flinging poo at the wall, but there's no substance, not even a call for debate 🤷

Plus the last 10 minutes of every game won't be so bloody conservative. Teams will want to go for it

I've been with Teksavvy for nearly 15 years. This is a sad, sad day.

Also, this ain't CBC, FWIW: https://lemmy.ca/post/846107