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The Best way to switch to Linux is to NOT

Was ready to downvote but this is actually a really good guide, well done OP! The one issue I will raise, though, because I faced it myself, is that as long as you're still using Windows, it is way too easy to just go back to using the Windows programs not the open source ones. Only through switching to Linux can you really "throw yourself into the deep end" and force yourself to learn these new things. Microsoft has made themselves the "path of least resistance" (or at least that of "most momentum" for a reason) and if you've been using a computer for a while, it's a lot easier to break the habits and realise the benefits by giving yourself no other option than it is by trying to discipline yourself into using the new options.

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$1K a month is a good deal

Wait American health insurance costs THAT MUCH? And then you have to pay MORE to use it? I'd been imagining a few hundred dollars p.m. and still thinking "that's too much". How is there anyone in your country who believes that public health could cost more than that?

You guys need serious help, I'm so sorry.

I have a medical treatment coming up that I'd thought was rather expensive, but after learning that it costs the same as 2 months of terrible medical cover in the USA I feel a bit better about it...

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Cast iron rule

Folks love to harp on about how "iTs So HaRd To CaRe FoR" but honestly Teflon pans (the more common option) are worse

Cast iron:

  • be a little careful when washing it
  • will last longer than your grandkids

Teflon:

  • don't get it too hot
  • don't use metal tools
  • don't use too much oil
  • often not oven-safe
  • will last like 10 years at most
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Sexy Haruled

Please put an NSFW tag on this. I was on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously masturbating. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like “what the fuck” and “call the police”. I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this image. Now there is a whole train of men masturbating together at this one image. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this post NSFW.

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How do people in cities have fun without spending money at every turn?

Honestly I've found there's way more to do for fun that's free in cities compared to when I lived in a small town. The libraries, museums, parks, etc. are all much larger, more exciting, and easier to access - I don't even need to own a car to have fun anymore. There's also more social groups for more niche interinterests. Back when I lived in a town, the options for free(ish) fun were: go to a house, go to a mountain, go to the beach, and all were places you had to drive, god forbid you want to take a bus or walk somewhere, and then the people you would hang out with at those places were just co-workers or people you met in school, because there was no other way to meet people.