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Tyty I missed the update I'll check out slop

Thanks I'll check out slop. I need the perspective I think. Its pointed out flawed arguments I hadn't considered

Thanks I'll head there

Damn I liked the critiques there. Guess I'll check out c/slop thank you

You're not wrong either I like reading enough that I still enjoy reading a book even if I don't finish it. I think I tend to get hooked pretty far into a novel 100 pages or so... Its actually pretty rare that I'm hooked on a story immediately although they do exist. Lol I guess I'm saying I have no idea

I read a lot and at least once a year I encounter a book I almost put down but I decided to keep going and I had 0 regrets. A few of them ended up becoming favourites. Slow burns are a real thing unfortunately

Have you heard of Daryl Davis? Black dude who convicted KKK members to quit just by being friends with them. I think empathy might be the key, I.e. its hard to be homophobic if your friend is gay.

That's the energy I like to approach discourse with. Its harder online but it is possible.

Genuine question, why do you need to change peoples beliefs? Idk I find that 95% of people are pleasant to talk to and share your views with if you just speak with them nicely and try to understand their POV. And that applies to people who I vehemently disagree with.

Protondb will be your best friend here. If I were you I'd look up the games you want to play on there and check peoples comments on how they got them running. Almost everything out of box using steams proton tools but often it needs tweaking. Depending on how much you want to play a game it might not be worth the trouble to setup. For instance I stay away from every live service game now. You should also check out the os people are using on protondb to make sure it works for you I use arch (btw) so I won't take instructions from a Debian setup if I can find one with a similar os.

Worth pursuing and you sound experienced enough to get it set up. Idk about modding though that can be painful to get setup BC of how wine/proton work.

I've only seen this on a system I hadn't changed the wallpaper on. But agreed the stock ones suck

Mostly BC its low effort. The most intimidating thing about arch for me was the troubleshooting when things go wrong. I'm cool with that in general operation but not during the installation process. Endeavor makes it painless while still being a minimalistic install

EndeavorOS if you want to have an easy time. Also be comfortable reading documentation.