it was covid lockdown. i don't think i was the only one who skipped the odd laundry day.
this was a whole different thing, though. i'd already lived here (i'm still in the same place) for three years without any issues. i'm not neurotic, but i do try to keep my place clean.
or at least i thought i did..
these roaches taught me so much. to this day, i still keep my organic waste in a bag in my freezer. i got rid of my coffee machine and switched to instant - explaining why would probably make you sick. i never leave dishes to "soak" any more.
i'm telling you, it got bad. really bad. i talked to the super, and she said that someone moved in who 'was from a different part of the world and is used to roaches'. like, what? it got to the point where i always had a fly swatter in one had and a bottle of windex in the other. i was killing 20-30 by hand every night. they weren't coming over for food; they were so bad at the other apartment that they were coming there to scope a new place to live.
i've got to say that life is a lot easier these days as a linux evangelist now that valve is changing gaming in such a monumental way. the memes are real: he really is a saviour.
not to the roaches.. i learned that the hard way a few years ago.
during covid, i left a couple of cases of empty bottles on my kitchen floor and didn't think anything of them for a month or so. that's how i found out my neighbors had cleanliness issues, and the roaches found out they had a new place next door to terrorize. horrible experience - don't keep your empties in your apartment.
here's my out-of-ass prediction: more will start happening now that it's getting warmer. this summer is going to be HOT in more than one way. you'll see groups start to resist when people are removed from town halls. you'll see more neighbors coming together against having ice agents in their area. i don't see much in the way of protests, but there's bound to be an incident in the next month or two that sparks nation-wide riots. i could go on, but my candle just burned out and my quill nib is running dry.
if LLMs were marketed as language assistance and productivity tools, that would be splendid. instead, they plug it into google and tell everyone it's artificial intelligence. Now it just bullshits to everyone because they think they're talking to a sentient fucking machine instead of 21st-century Clippy.
all that said, your post has a bit of an accusatory and judgemental tone to it - at least as i'm reading it. did i address your concern?
i'm pretty sure i agree with you, but it took me far too long to understand what you're saying. you've got a great vocabulary. your intended audience probably doesn't.
yeah, as a canadian i feel like i criminally neglected that part of your comment