Forgiveness is always possible, although if someone hits me with DARVO, I’m going to forever filter their behavior through a check before helping them. It’s sorta amazing what we can go through and forgive after, but I guess the misnomer is that the apology is for them and not ourselves.

I don’t consider it Art, but the specific reason I hate it is because it is meant to be an illusion of something that it’s not, and it’s crafted that illusion off the blood sweat and tears of people whom it treats as a line item in a database by people who don’t respect it. It is fundamentally a bastardizarion of the creative soul and rather purposefully at that.

I mean, every highly contrasted media we’ve ever watched, just about, is about someone with a modicum of empathy struggling against a fascist with no empathy to their cause, and what is more fascist than diminishing or dilluting the perceived value of art to the public? Art is the only language allowed to those who are repressed.

“It’s a lot later than I thought it was. At least I got a decent amount done.”

Opposite direction: “Crap, it’s a lot later than I thought it was. I wish I had gotten more done. Maybe I’m not cut out for this.”

Best parking I’ve ever seen on a truck that big, and it’s still crooked.

I was pretty shocked at how many big brands around cosmetics, haircare, and hygeine were big Trump or Project 2025 supporters. It’s about as rampant as gas stations and tool brands.

I use them as well. I wish there was a better agregator though, Walmart passes their check, but treat their employees and suppliers like dirt.

Ones I haven’t seen mentioned here yet:

Honeywell is a major millitary contractor.

Meijer, Hanes, Circle K, Jimmy Johns, Thermos, Thortons, Hyvee, Milwaukee, Ryobi, Conair, AAA, Yamaha, Dixie, Roku, New Balance, Sparkle, Saucony, Hoka, Sport Clips, and Lowes - donate almost exclusively to Republicans

Tripplite (bought by Eaton) - Barre Seid donated 1.6 billion to a dark money conservative group.

It’s a minefield out there.

Hope you’re right, that’d be a major score

Charging developers for API access after they go out of their way to make products that greatly improve the experience.

I’m not from Lazaro Mexico, but let me tell you that the Mixtas there are the best food I’ve ever put down my gullet.

I imagine it’s similar to an enterprise not using Windows update. If it’s stable and no exploits have been identified then why rock the boat?

I’ve replaced a C8000 versalink toner basin with a C7000 versatile toner basin… Do not manually relocate the toner particles. It’s not worth your lung health. You cannot vaccuum it, it’s hard to even wipe up without piercing the paper towels you use and getting all over you.

The powder itself could be different as well, you would need to refer to the temperature of the fuser. If it’s the same, then it’s probably the same.

I find more violations scrolling than I do from the reports. There should probably be a lot more of them. This is also why there’s a big ideological divide on removals because people are less likely to report something they agree with.