Roughly translated, it means, “We are men.” It’s a French term (as the French were the first to colonize the area) derived from the term “Illiniwek” which was used by the natives there to refer to (in English) the Illinois Confederation, a loosely organized group of 12 to 13 tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley.

100% this.

…huh; I guess that’s one way for me to learn about this.

*Jerry Seinfeld enters the chat*

🤌

Yupppp; same here.

I think the Librem 5 (may’ve been another phone) came with a hole to attach to a keychain so it’s the only one that I constantly have on me solely because someone thought to design for it.

Man, Leprechaun 9 looks so good.

Transexual Transylvania, on the other hand…

Not if the office building is constructed with mobile capabilities.

I mean, there are still obvious health benefits; you’re going to get vitamins from OJ a can of soda will never give you. But, yeah, there are definitely, additionally, health detriments, as well.

I was always low-key terrified of getting kidney stones (especially as someone who never drank water). Switched to drinking nothing but water last year and it’s just one of the many benefits.

For real; the second I saw “hugbox”, I was like, “Hmm….”

Really wish you didn’t, though.

This.

I remember, when Unity first came out and Gnome was considering mockups for Gnome 3, so many people complaining and me thinking that, yeah, maybe these weren’t perfect but they so clearly contained improvements over Gnome 2.

It was an exciting time to be joining Linux because there seemed to be real desire to experiment with new work flows and UI ideas that improved the standard computing experience.

I feel like time’s kind of borne out my feelings, there.

I dunno if you can claim Boomer if rage-comics were your time; maybe Gen-X?

…

*begrudgingly slow-claps*

The problem with the r-slur wasn’t the word itself but dehumanizing mentally disabled people; I guess being more overt about it is preferable, if we have to choose one or the other, but you’re not circumventing anything.