SincerityIsCool @ SincerityIsCool @lemmy.ca

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Mullvad is great if privacy is your only metric, but it's not unique in that respect and no port forwarding is a serious limitation in this context. I've been looking into alternatives and AirVPN and OVPN both look reputable.

See my response to feebleneedle. It works, but it's not just that it's slower. Port forwarding is important for the health of the community.

AirVPN and OVPN are options that seem to be of similar integrity to Mullvad.

Without port forwarding you can only connect to those who do have it set up. Doing so yourself allows you to be a better citizen of the internet and share with people who don't know what it is.

(Caveat: I am one of those people who don't understand it and am just parroting what was explained to me when I asked about this)

And so it is that Moth through subversion becomes Lantern

I guess you could say OP's wording was a bit rude (stylistically, not in substance, imo). Personally I'd go with a "No, sorry." or "Sorry, in a rush!" if on the move, and leave it at that as elaboration leaves the door open for them to pry. Either way the question is about whether it's rude to refuse, not whether the specific example was.

Personally, I'd rather assume OP is chatting/providing more context rather than fishing for sympathy. Many of the comments that say it is rude also say but not if it's a rando, which it was.

Sometimes people use that question rhetorically because it feels polite, viewing it as a small talk precursor to ease in to actually just saying what they want.

I don't like when people use it as such, because it is insincere, poor consent practice, and low-key manipulative due to the foot in the door phenomenon .

There are tons of legitimate reasons to not be comfortable with the question. Don't have time, bad headspace, don't feel comfortable... If they can't understand that, I try not to care what they think of me.

Assume they're asking because they want to make sure it's not imposing, in which case it's good to assert boundaries you need too. If they push it was just a manipulation tactic, in which case you're more than justified in walking.

Glad to hear it! Honestly I find almost everything just works. I often forget that things are supposedly Windows only.

Doesn't work with proton?

Humans do indeed contain multitudes, but I think this gives too much credit to the influence of corporate (and their political interference) interests. Enshittification is an active choice made in board rooms. Disinformation is an agenda. They're not inevitable grassroots outgrowths.

Lemmy, curated to avoid AI, curtail corporate news, and where the admins and community are fighting bots and trolls is an example of the reclamation attempt.

And you know what? It's kinda nice here.

Tldr: capitalist efficiency

There is a neat piece about the OS side; worth reading.

I'm no monarchist but this sort of ceremonial thing is way cheaper than the legal mess of revising the law to be Crown-less would be. It's harmless fun for some people.

We've got more important things to do.

Maybe sometimes you gotta shitpost the shitpost with sincerity. Maybe sometimes you don't particularly care about loss references. Maybe it's Maybelline. I don't think we'll ever know.

It's a "fantasy football" miniatures/board game, except by fantasy I mean orcs and elves. There's a lot of violence.

Mechanically it's about positioning and risk management. Like chess, but the pieces are asymmetrical, unbalanced by design, and wildly incompetent. But it's ok you don't have to do probability math because "haha funny sports man trips on his feet just before the endzone, then dies" is all you need to understand to appreciate it as a spectator sport.

Blood Bowl

Do you mean Lies of P? If so that one is on my to play list for sure. If it's on steam/pc I'd appreciate being in the draw

Deep Rock Galactic and Helldivers 2 are the ones I play. Usually at 2 players.

There's definitely problems with that option. But in the situation you described I'd just say fuck you and close the page rather than support that. People immediately leaving is probably worse than bad questions don't get answers.

An abstain, maybe? Would also be useful for questions that you won't know enough to answer. Then if you keep getting hung juries you know you're asking bad questions.

They're just trying to teach their human to hunt. First step is to demonstrate that the mouse is food. Diva is clearly just getting frustrated with how slow a learner the human is.