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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Fedora proposing to remove X11 Gnome Date: Sun, 4 May 2025 07:02:35 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 68 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 04 May 2025 09:02:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="de7ba8b557a72419d28fff108bca5f49"; logging-data="1518647"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18A5xDYBYJM5aZI/Fz2Km1I" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hG3lPfdJEchw95JC/ChQHZChvWg= On 2025-05-03, Borax Man wrote: > On 2025-05-03, RonB wrote: >> On 2025-05-03, Borax Man wrote: >>> On 2025-05-02, RonB wrote: >>>> On 2025-05-01, Borax Man wrote: > [*snip*] >>>>> >>>>> I'm Australian, things are different here, and many Americans have this >>>>> imperialistic, domanting mentality where they think the entire world >>>>> must adopt their values, their culture, their beliefs, their way of >>>>> thinking. I don't hate America, but it irks me to see the American MAGA >>>>> movement copied here (look up Trumpet of Patriots for some cringe), and >>>>> it also irks me to see Californians, or American Coastal elites more >>>>> broadly, act as if they have moral authority to make us adopt their >>>>> rather parochial and extreme values. Unfortunately, Australians follow. >>>>> >>>>> It's sad that people like him don't realise that the REST OF THE WORLD >>>>> sees these city dwelling Californians as loopy. They honestly believe >>>>> they represent socity and the world. Its just...odd... A delusion. >>>>> Perhaps only existing because Big Tech is there and they can throw their >>>>> weight around. Who knows. >>>> >>>> I'm an American and I'm already fed up with Trump's bullshit attempts at >>>> bullying everyone worldwide — and of his idiot claims about the U.S.'s >>>> superiority. (Latest claim is that the U.S. did most of the heavy fighting >>>> in WWII ("by far the bravest"), while 27 million Russians died in that war. >>>> If Trump's hyperinflated ego was a brain, he'd be an Einstein on steroids. >>>> Unfortunately his ego is made up of hot air and bullshit. And, like an >>>> oscillating fan, he changes direction about every five seconds. >>>> >>>> I know in the big scheme of things his attempt at unilaterally renaming the >>>> the Gulf of Mexico, the "Gulf of America" is small potatoes next to his >>>> other, more dangerous, stupidity, but it does highlight the idiot's ego. Now >>>> he's "demanding" that both the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal allow U.S. >>>> ships free passage. >>>> >>>> And, of course, I'm also fed up with California Woke bullcrap, but right now >>>> I'm more worried about Trump's BS. >>>> >>> >>> Lucky I'm in Australia then! We'll, we have our own problems, namely >>> that the government decided that we shouldn't be able to afford a roof >>> over our head, and that our cities need to become overcrowded slums >>> ASAP. >> >> We've got the same issue with roofs over our heads issue in this country. >> The family home is rapidly being rapidly replaced by apartments and "town >> houses," with no property for gardens or self-sufficiency of any kind. The >> percentage of those who own their own homes keeps dropping. >> >> "You'll own nothing and like it" as Klaus Schwab (who definitely owns a lot) >> was fond of saying. Funny how these wannabe world rulers never apply their >> Woke BS to themselves. Self-centered hypocrites. >> > > Somehow we've determined we don't need families, nor do we need to keep > reproducing families and creating new generations. > > Its like we've decided that we no longer need to exist. For the Gates and Schwabs of the world, we have a surplus of population that needs to be drastically reduced. Of course they never volunteer to lead the reducing action themselves. It's always someone else they're thinking about reducing, not the "elites." -- Jesus sat with sinners: He didn't sin with them. Know the difference.