Yes, dosens of times.

I grew up in eastern europe and things work differently there.

Oftentimes the cops would fish for bribes. Cops would pick you up on the street/stop you in traffic and search you/your car/whatever in hopes of finding something to hook onto and escalate the situation further and put you in a legally difficult situation.

Then they would generously offer that they can make it all go away if somebody from your family comes and brings X amount of money.

This didn’t happen just to me, in most countries of the former eastern block that’s just a fact of life.

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As an expert in claiming to be an expert on the internet I can confidently say no

Hahahahaha what a great answer!

You’re absolutely right

Really cool work! It reminds me a lot of The Incal

You understand my current state of mind.

I just stopped believing in existence of deities and the existence of inherent meaning of life (not to mistake it with value of life).

The world is just a mess beyond our comprehension and we tend to attribute random events beyond our comprehension to the grand plan of things.

I do think that life is much more beautiful with the acceptance of atheism, mortality (no afterlife), personal and sexual freedom. I tend to just enjoy the moment and the life I have while I still have it knowing that this is it, this isn’t a preparation for what comes next. This is it.

I’m still against mocking religion because I find it to be in poor taste, in the same vein like mocking someones gender, nationality, sexual orientation.

Peanut butter + Raw Carrots / Cucumbers / Apples / Bananas / Cottage Cheese / Pickles / Raisins / Raw Celery

Yes I absolutely love peanut butter and eat huge quantities of it.

Oh wow this is really cool! I love it!

MIne was from 2007. So not as old as yours. Yes, there are many things connected to it, but you can’t imagine what a feeling of relief that is.

That’s not what I meant by removable battery 😉

In my case the main reason is… removable battery.

This fair thing sounds like a gimmick to me too

I’m in a very similar situation like you are. I too have started to be annoyed with the Big Tech products and the Internet in general.

I have switched to Lemmy, shut down my gmail account and opened a Proton Mail, and switched from using Google search engine to Qwant.

I too have switched to Linux Mint, and I’m loving it. TBH my IT colleauges talked me into buying refurbished Thinkpad laptop and told me to install Linux Mint. Boy am I glad I did that.

The next step for me is switching to Fairphone :D