Just an aside, but it may help others who have this issue to share the solution that worked for you

Ah yeah, that is sadly true. Too much lobbying and corruption for this to work the way it’s supposed to.

Encapsulated in that “etc.” in my first response is “going out of business”. This type of response would be way too difficult to get actual numbers for, but it has worked countless times. Just look at all the businesses that are no longer in business at all, they went out of business because they were no longer earning enough to stay viable.

It doesn’t matter if the company connects the loss to a specific action (although it would be nice) since the end result is the same, after enough time.

Lastly, I just don’t like the idea of my dollars being used by a company to further an agenda that I don’t want to support.

I would argue this is actually one of the most effective ways to respond. If enough people do it then the company has to react somehow (by pivoting, etc.). Obviously an organized effort would be better, but the “vote with your money” method isn’t anything to ridicule.

Easier to get a job if you have a job. Probably should use the earnings to see a therapist to deal with the job application anxiety.

This is oddly controversial, but an even more satiating method is to consume more protein. If you hit your goal body weight (lbs) in grams of protein, you won’t be reaching for that end of day snack.

Note drinking the protein instead of eating it doesn’t work nearly as well for this.

Or even “He has been…”

From another tall guy, how was it? Obviously not worth the price, but is it absolutely not worth the price or just very not worth the price?

Canada is debatably worse than the US when it comes to tipping. In the US, wait staff are paid less than minimum wage so it makes sense to tip them (even though the system should change), but in Canada they is no such exception and the minimum prompt is 18%.

Also, the other day Subway prompted me to tip…

Crazy idea: pay them both more so the public doesn’t have to

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Nope, you can backup the chats and import them when installing Signal on the new device

Not commenting on the content, but you should not dismiss an argument because it contains a slippery slope. A slippery slope fallacy is an informal fallacy, meaning it’s existence does not inherently mean an argument is flawed.

The 3 "M"s are not numerical, but indicate characters. For example 01 Jan 2023.

I use Duplicacy to encrypt and backup my data to OneDrive on a schedule. If Proton ever creates a Linux client for Drive, then I’ll switch to that, but I’m not holding my breath.

No no, that’s Benedryl Cummerbund

Those countries are actually capitalist, but with strong worker protections

https://www.lifeinnorway.net/scandinavian-socialism/