If only we paid them a living wage so they wouldn’t have to seek additional income to survive.

My mom shared with me “GMC: Grande, malo, y caro”

“Big, bad (read: poorly made), and expensive.”

What you described about someone taking on the police department kinda happened about 11 years ago:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dorner_shootings_and_manhunt

I remember the manhunt briefly making the news, but I don’t remember them covering his motivations, just his actions.

“Is the caterpillar dead because it became a butterfly?”

The caterpillar IS the butterfly. Perhaps not as you know it, but change is the universal constant, my friend, and trying to hold on to the past is a futile attempt.

In my experience it’s best to acknowledge the past enough so we can appreciate the good things, learn from our mistakes or anything we feel we did less-than-great at, then try to do better as we evolve.

No, you’re not the exact same person you were a few years ago, but we live in a changing world and we change with it as time goes on.

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us”

Best of luck, I’m here if you want to talk about anything :)

The “can’t do anything” factor is what makes it appealing to so many schools and businesses who issue these machines. Cheap and less likely to have a software headache created for IT to solve.

If memory serves, it’s Usually short for “opposition” - anyone you’re against or beefing with, effectively.

In my experience/from what I’ve witnessed, FOMO is a pretty strong driving force, especially among younger people.

When I explicitly started avoid ads and things marketing stuff to buy at me, my financial situation started improving.

Just my 2 cents, YMMV