It wouldn’t be a shame, I’d be dead. I can’t worry or be upset about anything then. I get your point though - no point saving up money just for the sake of it. I’d like to buy a house eventually so that’s something meaningful to work towards, but I don’t think I would have any regrets about not accumulating random stuff if I died tomorrow.

This is my thinking too. I had a housemate who earned the same as me and paid the same rent, and yet every month he managed to spend all his money while I saved a good chunk. Our pay was okay - not loads, but we lived in an area with a relatively low cost of living so the money went much further than it would elsewhere, so at least saving up a safety net should’ve easily been doable. I suppose it didn’t help that he took every opportunity to go on holiday half way around the world… I don’t think I’m miserly, I just don’t buy random stuff I don’t need. I also refuse to use Amazon, which probably makes things easier.

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Soup, the great equaliser

Excelling across a wide range of fields

Maybe a jailbroken one. But I have no idea, I’ve never used one.

Any major OS should be fine, although of course a good Linux distro is best. As long as it supports multi-monitor setups, you’re fine. Not sure what your issue with browsers is, given that the ad blocker is the whole point of the operation. As for a remote, there are probably many potential solutions. A Bluetooth game controller or probably any number of apps would work as a remote.

You can plug a computer with an HDMI cable into your TV

Yeah, I donate to my favorite creators. I’d much rather do that than give YouTube a penny.

… Or you could just use an ad blocker

This isn’t really true though. Although many IE langauges don’t use a descendant of *h₂r̥ktos for taboo reasons, plenty of languages do, e.g. French ours, Albanian ari, Greek άρκτος, Welsh arth etc.

That tracks

And the most iconic landmark of the US

I don’t doubt that, I’m just saying the name itself doesn’t imply the centre of the world

Isn’t 国 more like land, country or kingdom?
So less to do with being the centre of the world and more like the central region of a nation, broadly speaking. But also I’m not a native speaker so I’m not trying to argue against your observation, just looking for clarification.

Yes and yes. We need to stand with our closest allies and that means not acting as if we’re somehow more special.

TIL Scotland and Wales don’t exist

An Atomic Shrimp, to be precise

gyne is Greek, femina is Latin.