save the frogs

I think you have no choice ... updates protect your PC. Most of the time, the updates are done when the computer shuts down. So you can shut down before bed. I think on some rare occasions, the updates continue again when you start up? I am guessing you haven't done updates in a very long time. And in most cases in the future, the updates will be done when shutting down, not when starting up. Sorry, that's all I got.

my understanding is you need updates because it will protect you from vulnerabilities/attacks/viruses etc ... click "update and shutdown" before you go to sleep. should be ok to boot up next morning.

yep, and get mauled by stray dogs in the middle of nowhere.

according to this guy, Putin will ally himself with Palestine

no, i havent try asking bob

exactly

maybe the word "love" is too abstract to actually mean anything practical and needs to be re-defined or completely eliminated from the vocabulary. . relationships are transactional. human beings are too shallow for "love". it doesn't really exist. hollywood and pop music has polluted people's minds with these endless fairy tales of love.

I would read the contracts carefully. I believe franchisers have clauses where they can terminate your franchise ...

yeah, my mother was liike that. never cared much for money. my sister married a multi-millionaire. money became the most important criteria. it all changed in one generation. it's not just thailand. it's everywhere. old skool women. they don't make 'em like they used to.

I don't think Western society has degraded to the extent you claim it has.

well, then the sky is truly falling and crumbling. a Western pilot who is pro-Palestinian lost his job. Best to keep your political views to yourself if you want to keep your job.

well, maybe women have had to tolerate a lot of annoying cat calling for years and years. just don't do it. i never did it, even before the laws.

we're illiterates here. keep it brief. they're putting you out of your misery. if you buy houses like that, you'll be a target.

harassment / cat calling , NOT talking in a civilized manner.

need to wake up early

tackle each problem individually. you are worring about putting on weight? are you? get a treadmill. growing old ... find some literature to prepare yourself for the inevitable, maybe some buddhist texts ... rising cost of living - be more frugal. read up on minimalism. marital situation - we have some relationship experts on AN.

he's right. it is a wasteland.

"where there are men, and while there are men, there can be no peace." Twilight Zone, Elegy

exactly. run for your life.

what about drugs? what if all drugs are legalized? combined with jobs being replaced by AI and people have nothing to do and are on (hard) drugs all the time.

human beings have repeatedly let me down. online is a substitute because you can keep people at a healthy distance, where most people belong. the Tesla humanoid bot Optimus may sell for as little at 10K dollars. i'm saving up for one. and Optimus may be my best buddy.

You just started a thread on an internet forum. But I don't think you or most people even appreciate what it is. In many ways, communicating via the internet is better than meeting people in real life. Youtube videos are far more interesting than meeting up in a bar. And online, if you're not interested in what someone has to say, just ignore it. You have access to way more people online than you ever could in the real world. Arguably, apart from playing sports or if you're the Beatles creating the white album, or female company for sex, with all the access to differente bloggers and forums online, there isn't that much need to meet up in bars with your 6 frienemies anymore.

https://www.thairealestate.co.th/property-detail.php?id=694 monthly rent 28,000 baht

he's a punk. not sure what they call that in ireland. but his luck of the irish is running out.

yeah, that's a lot! i didn't meet one person who dropped dead (then again, my social circle is small) but there's a couple of aholes around me I wish would have been obliterated by that flu.