Sounds like your emails are too long. Trim it to the minimum amount of words to get your point across and be professional, and put all questions in a numbered list.

Fuck it, UDP all the way. Who cares if the data actually arrives?

The harassment and danger is the point. It’s meant to drive trans people away from public spaces. It’s disgusting.

A women’s clothing brand. Back when I was on Reddit there was a subreddit for it and all of the women would brag about their weekly hauls that they spent hundreds on, and how they would have to hide it from their husbands, or how their constant purchases were leading to fights in their household. It was insane.

Where’d you go?

Watch local social media to see if anyone reports losing money. If nothing, and you’re trying to set a moral example, donate it to charity.

When the jury acquits him? I agree.

If every incel could get an arrow to the knee, they would be cured

This is literally a meme board, so yeah. If I wanted to seriously contemplate reality I would seek it elsewhere.

Tldr?

If you learn to cook, you can have those foods anywhere you move.

It worked for me. I was convinced to switch to Linux after joining Lemmy and I’m blown away every day at how much better it works. It’s just faster, smoother, and even has better compatibility with my monitor.

That’s your survival instinct doing what it’s supposed to do. Don’t let a stranger into your home, don’t go into a stranger’s home. That’s just asking to be a victim.

This is the bad place.

For the power outages, at least, power companies have mutual aid agreements and send in workers and equipment from out of state to assist in restoration. No federal government needed, they just jump into action.

That’s not solace for people who lost their homes, but I thought it was nice and a bit comforting.

Government cheese inspired many amazing dishes in my household.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain drain

brain drain.
noun.
: the departure of educated or professional people from one country, economic sector, or field for another usually for better pay or living conditions

Avoid the Corsair, they’re horrible for teleconferences. I can’t speak to that particular Logitech model, but I’ve had good luck with their other professional headsets.

Personally for wireless situations I use Samsung Galaxy Buds for audio and a wired mic.

I sincerely hope these cuts do not happen, but if they do, I hope we see a massive “grey wave” of large scale protests from older folks who rely on these programs. They worked and paid into Social Security their whole lives and deserve that money.

Man this is a tough one. It might be worth just leveling with your dad - a quick “Hey, this situation is weird for me and it’s gonna take me some time to come around, but thanks for being super nice.” It will voice your feelings while validating his attempts at smoothing things over. If you continue to just be totally aloof without explanation, he’ll eventually run out of the energy to be nice.