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Canvas straps can be good quality, less sticky, and last way beyond the lifespan of any consumer grade electronic device.

Not to sound like I'm a textiles expert, so don't come at me

On the flip side, they are immune to any other "cringe attacks" that come up. Who knows it might be strangely liberating

It actually leads to at best inertia

Is there a client that lets you easily block vote counts and buttons?

I remember RedReader did this for the bad old place, and it greatly improved my QoL while browsing. I only looked at what people were saying.

I'm finding it's the opposite. Depending on what thread I stumble into I'll get wildly different takes

I get ya. I'm also privileged enough that I used to be able to ignore politics unless it was really in my face, because most of it didn't affect me directly.

But some people's actual identities, bodies, their continued existence, is political - whether they like it or not.

So I'm sorry. We live in interesting times. Historical times. Some people feel we might be at the end of history. It's going to get loud.

Same. Honestly it got me to stop putting butter on my toast. It's so nasty.

It's funny because it's so obvious that no one would ever need to say it, but these two are whispering like it's office gossip

I know a few nurses in the neighbourhood and this is basically their survival strategy.

My point is it's learned behaviour. Most people just forget the learning of it

The Best of World SF is undeniably an excellent sampler of voices from around the world, both of authors and of translators.

The editor comes off as maybe a bit self-centred? But I can't deny they have excellent taste and connections.