It may sound ridiculous to a lot of you, but I get emotional when I think about the seriousness these folks take to respect and honor our dead in this way. There's a lot to be said about the uselessness of war and the many, many failures of the US government, but the fact that everything is put aside to show the maximum amount of respect is a beautiful thing.

Thanks for the tip, I’d actually never heard of this distro. It seems like it might be pretty heavy duty for day to day use, though? Can you do your banking, taxes, etc.? Those are the essential things that tend to fail for me when I take a more privacy-focused approach to my digital life.

Can you clarify here, are you suggesting that any internet browsing should be via VM?

I think it can be more than one thing and the name has never helped.

Like Jesus, what do said people do when their OS upgrades versions?

Man oh man, let me tell you: some people just never upgrade

Man, respectfully, for those of us constantly in online spaces a logical answer like this seems to make total sense. In reality, that's ridiculous and totally impractical. And it's ridiculous when a software program that's intending to replace a mainstream commercial program doesn't consider the branding. GIMP has been around for decades and are steadfast about this name, but you are deluding yourself if you truly believe that they wouldn't have made considerably more progress toward broad adoption if they had a better name.

City Lights is a great example of this but it is ALSO a great example of the opposite of this, specifically with all the jokes where drunk driving is the punchline

Would REALLY love to de-surveillance my vehicle if anybody has any tips (please quietly make the "buy an old car instead" jokes to yourself)

It’s because companies aren’t run by Joe Business anymore, who founded the company and has been in the Business business for three generations. It’s a hedge fund now and the 40 layers of middle management just need the line to go up. Then they get a bonus and a pat on the back for crushing their KPIs.

Anecdotally, I've noticed the same thing, but I think it might have something to do with the type of gatekeeping and "well akshually" apparent in the original post.

If your cat isn’t the first entry in /etc/sudoers I’m not sure I want to know you

But it’s such a good album tho