Thank you, that is a great answer that helps me both feel better and take steps if necessary. 10/10 would ask again.

Edit: sorry I know this sounds sarcastic but I really am grateful.

I saw that, that’s what I meant by “it sounds like it has the capabilities to spy”, something that can do all those things must have lots of access and could provide perfect cover for any number of undesirable processes.

I’m sure this wiki page is fine and very useful, but fandom itself is not a very good place to host it. Thats all I meant by that.

My stove has a “hood”/fan that runs through the microwave and into a cabinet and that’s it. What can I do? After reading all this I intend to keep the window open nearby when cooking, and I always have two large air purifiers running in the living room attached to the kitchen.

Huh TIL. Thats cool

https://solarcooking.fandom.com/wiki/Scheffler_Community_Kitchen

Apologies for the fandom link

One example I can think of is that it could be a safe food for someone with an eating disorder or sensory considerations.

I don’t know if you realize this but when you say “you’re being picky” about food in contexts such as this it can be considered ableist, and also dismissive and inconsiderate in my opinion. I prefer oatmeal to eggs but if someone told me I was “being picky” because of a choice I made because of price, sensory experience, and energy cost, I would be offended. I wouldn’t say this every time the word is used but the context and your username make me think it is appropriate and you might be receptive to the feedback.

Lol but they are fine with reminding me constantly of the one time I bought syringes for “a friend” with addiction years ago.

Edit: to be clear I don’t use Amazon anymore as of last year and this is another good reason why.

I only use their Drive, I need a privacy focused alternative with a browser version in case I can’t convince my family to download an app, any recommendations?

Yeah true. I still wouldn’t use the word petty but you’re right, its absurd.

I mean I guess? When I think “petty criminal” I don’t really associate that at all with child rapists. Or vice versa.

My opinion on this generally boils down to that the system has been set up to reward evil/antisocial behavior, and this part of the system is so entrenched and well established and organized that it has not been effectively and completely toppled or eradicated in so long, it has been able to consolidate power and resources to a point where very few extremely evil people are personally in charge of so much of what happens that it seeps into everything. Actually “seeps” is the wrong word, it’s injected into everything. It’s like has been said many times in recent memory, the cruelty is the point.

For a simplified example, evil executives reward evil behavior by their managers, who in turn punish their employees, who lose control of so much of their lives to these companies and managers that they end up hurting their families and friends out of confusion and anger and other complex emotional reactions, and harm is perpetuated in every area of life.

It’s self sustaining, and even worse it replicates itself. In some ways I think of these systems as viruses. Also as cults. We all buy in to some degree.

Not petty criminals. Accused of rape, statutory rape, sex and human trafficking, and more.

What about the “Android System Intelligence” app that someone else mentioned here? I just realized I have that one. It sounds like it has the capabilities to spy and maybe even more.

How exactly does one “suck a fuck”?