Maybe for some local elections. But you really need heavy support, otherwise you're dividing the vote which can lead to more harm. Some places have rank based voting now though which makes it possible to vote for 3rd parties without dividing the vote. Hopefully that becomes more common.
Seriously. I get feeling like you don't have much of a choice, but not voting is just giving up. Like, you're actively removing the little choice you have and handing democracy over to an overt fascist.
Yeah I honestly rarely use the terminal on my mint install. And that's even as a developer.
To be fair I initially had to do some odd tweaks at first, namely getting my keyboard function key working how I wanted. But even that was just editing some config files, and a non-power user probably wouldn't have the kind of mechanical keyboard I have anyway.
I find personally it's easier and more relaxed to hang out in person. But that's with friends, so unless you're on close terms with everyone that does seem like a big hassle.
I wonder though where you meet up, and what you do. I can totally see myself wanting to do a meetup like that if it's somewhere fun, like a big city, and there's some events planned out.
But like, they can still track you. And removing the badge that lets them track you is basically a crime. Also section 31 exists basically just to track and monitor people.
I think the main problem is that high school is way too late to learn a new language. Also at least in my case, the way it was taught was pretty bad. A lot of focus on worksheets and memorization and almost no practical experience - we barely spoke Spanish in the class.
I guess that's more just an issue with the education system though. Kind of like you said, the other part is just the culture. We're not raised in a multilingual culture so we don't expect it or value it.
I'm getting a bs degree in the sciences and use trig almost every day lol. Thanks for the personal attack though, really classy.
All I wanted to point out is that school teaches a lot of things. Some may be relevant, some may not. But that's not a reason to not teach it. For instance, I took bio and rarely need that info. But that doesn't mean it wasn't valuable, or that it shouldn't be taught. Same thing with language. It doesn't need to help everyone to be part of a school curriculum.
Cultural perspective. There are things in language that don't always make it through translation. Learning other languages can not just help you better understand things in those languages (moreso than a translation), but also broaden your perspective on communication.
I also want to point out that over 13% of the country speaks spanish (according to wikipedia). That's not a small amount. And while many are bilingual, it's a bit ethnocentric to expect them to learn english, but not expect people here to learn spanish. Plenty of other countries are bilingual with their native language and english, mostly because of colonialism. Instead of purely relying on them to accommodate us, maybe we should put a little effort into helping accommodate them.
I still wouldn't use them for dishwashers. They're overpriced and usually are worse than a standard detergent https://youtu.be/_rBO8neWw04