Aww, cheers to you, internet friend. Be well 😊

This is an incredible comment and contribution. Thank you for sharing. This is how I feel as a white guy here now too.

Almost 38, I spend all my free time with my wife. Started off more balanced before we moved for my work, and the more I focused on time with her, the happier we were. I hang out with work friends occasionally.

My pre marriage friends became vile, Trump-worshipping, incel assholes, so I am very content with my decisions.

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What a great comment from an infrequent commenter. Thank you! This was a lovely read, good points, and I shared with my wife.

My God, how can we do this to one another? It hurts every time I see this.

Ahhh I missed that one! Appreciate it, I will probably move to mullvad next renewal.

I don’t remember all the details but their CEO said some unprompted pro Trump things and the retraction was halfhearted. That, combined with a couple cases like freezing journalists accounts that may or may not have been compromised (thus permissible to freeze imo), harmed their reputation among this community.

I’m not in the loop enough to be an expert so please correct me. Their solutions currently work for me as a rando nobody that wanted a fast VPN that wasn’t YouTuber shilled.

To anyone who ventures this far, enjoy this relevant Simpsons reference

I’ve seen rebuttals that this was an advertising firm embellishing capabilities to sell themselves, which…maybe. But I have too many anecdotal experiences to believe that.

Last month, my wife and I talked about how we hate Morgan Wallen. Never even typed his name until this post. And yet, after the discussion, she had IG sponsored posts for his out of state concert and Alexa had ads for him on Amazon music. Both within 2 days of the conversation.

I threw out the Alexa, increased Pinhole block lists, and we just leave our phones in another room in airplane mode for some topics.

How do I can my friend contact them?

Facts are too hard for them, try a picture book.

Surprisingly, seems like they are. Too soon to be sure of course. https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/05/politics/nra-transgender-gun-control

Indeed, you’re surely right. Pour one out for the big boys.

Agreed on all counts :( I just don’t want all this to distract from the topic that might take him down, one way or another. The Epstein files make him afraid. He’ll make mistakes. That’s what we need.

Fully agree! It’s so much work and so incredible to look at and admire. Art deco too for the same reasons.

Steam locomotives!!! Maybe not the full intent of this thread, but they’re terrible for the environment, inefficient, complicated as hell, and SO COOL!

Yes he did, and he definitely wants to. Now… where are the Epstein files?

Illegals have constitutional rights. Everyone in the US has these rights. That’s kinda our thing.

Same, I’m sure he’s a nice guy but I loathe his content

Yes please