I am glad your friends and family are more technically literate than mine or the people I meet.

Asking for someones email when they ask for your whatsapp is weird.

It would be nice if I didnt need a dozen chat apps,each with their own faults, but being able to communicate with friends and family is more important than software evangelizing.

SMS has issues if youre traveling a lot or want to send large files. Nobody has Signal and Im not going to ask someone I just met to install a new app.

Half of them are boomers or have the tech literacy of boomers.

When I tried to move my family to Telegram, only 2 managed to successfully install and verify a client.

Do you have WhatsApp?

No Telegram?

I dont have that one, none of the clients seem to work on my phone… Wechat?

Cant verify, SMS doesnt get through. LINE?

lol I dont have a japanese number. Kakaotalk?

No… …discord?

Sure!

Shit he’s 30 seconds from finding out Im a furry.

Sure, they can work with the Hong Kong protesters, Lamas, and Cuban patriots. Maybe some Free Syra Army guys can help too.

No, even in 1776, there were contemporaries who mocked a bunch of rich slave owners talking about freedom while stealing land from native americans. American freedom had always been the freedom for the ruling class to exploit the underclass.

No, being in poverty is really bad here, but I just picked SK out as a close example, old folk becoming recluses who only interact with Fox News and people serving them is pretty specific to American and/or car-centric culture. Hell even car-centric parts of america have retirement communities where they all drive scooters or golf cars.

Why not move to a place where low mobility doesn’t cut you off from the rest of society?

There’s plenty of retirement communities where you can get around with a golf cart. In the 3 biggest cities here in SK, old folk can ride the subways for free, and sometimes you even see them drive mobility scooters on.

Other places I’ve been have level boarding for buses, but I’ve never seen someone drive a mobility scooter onto one. Certainly it wouldn’t fly in SK.

Im not sure how true that is, at least FL requires you to renew your license more frequently as you get older. Idk if its just a vision test though.

Higher up and brighter lights=driver can see more and feels safer. Yes, even if shadows and the area immediately arounds the car are less visible and the vehicle becomes more dangerous for everyone around you.

Shhh youre not supposed to think critically, just nod along, be thankful for your freedom , and remain prepared to liberate those poor brainwashed souls.