Glad you found something that works! And thank you for the follow-up!

Datorade, because relentless 21st century advertising has put worms in my brain.

Thanks. 😊

Office Space minus the happy ending.

bow chicka bow bow

Yup. Be aware that if you do donate money you’ll get bombarded with snail mail, email, texts, and phone calls for the rest of your days. I don’t say this to discourage anyone from being charitable. Just be ready for that. Politicians are the most aggressive about it.

Makes sense.

Ha! Yes, we have various fruity flavors of “licorice” in the US. In an attempt to avoid confusion we sometimes call it black licorice. We sometimes spell it properly, liquorice.

Licorice jelly beans and gum drops are somewhat popular.

Some iffy candidates:

• root beer
• black licorice
• grape

That mental image is gold. And yeah, corporate raiders suck.

My city has more than one. They are really useful at times, but some folks (like me) prefer forums where time seperation is the norm (like we have here on Lemmy). So I rarely use Discord.

Any job working for a PBM (pharmacy benefit manager). Completely unnecessary third party parasites that drive up health care costs.

Yes! I will complain about MS WIndows all day…but they did do a few things right and this is one of them.

Constantly. I’m a keyboard shortcut junky. I use it with several different key combos. The fact that the “super key” works slightly differently in Pop OS kind of drives me crazy. I really need to figure out how to remap it so it’s closer to the same.

Edit: I should clarify that I also use it to bring up the stupid Windows menu all the time, too. Then I will search for whatever app I’m looking for. I have turned off web searching with it, though.

Even though most-frequently used apps are pinned, there are still quite a few others that I need semi-regularly but not enough to earn a pin.

My basic bitch wireless phone charger stand. Holds it at a good angle so I can see when someone sending me a Teams message while I’m pretending to work.

Same answer as everyone else: Flying Squid.

Public schools and religious college failed me. I do not have a favorite amino acid.

Oral B Pro 1000. On my 2nd one. First one lasted several years before the rechargeable battery pooped out. Dentist has been very happy with the results.

One tip: I dry mine thoroughly after each use. I take the brush head off, and dry the metal parts under there. Keeps it from gooping up over time. Sounds like a hassle, but it’s not, takes about 5 seconds.

Beyond the obvious trolls and complete loons, I also block people who never contribute an original comment or post and only reply to other comments in order to “correct” other people or “call them out”. Their comment history makes it immediately obvious when they are this type of user.

They strike me as particularly cowardly and obnoxious, because they only want to attack / start something against, and never risk a simple original assertion of their own. Offense being the best defense, etc. They probably think of themselves as verbal judo masters.

IOW, they are basically using Lemmy as fodder for their pedantry. I’m not interested at all in engaging with this type of jackass. Unfortunately there are a lot of them on the internet. My block list is long.