Old Jimmy Twodicks

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What's frustrating to me is that on the one hand, it's important to call out the hypocrisy and to report on it, but on the other, calling them hypocrites isn't just a lack of consequences. It's actively incorporated into their strategy. They know there will be public backlash, or even [gasp] someone slamming them, but through it all, Mitch McConnell is still in office, period.

Hypocrisy-shaming feels good to do, but if that's the worst price they have to pay, then that's hardly any price at all. Governor Beshear is making noise, and good on him for doing so, but that's ultimately all it is: noise.

George R. R. Martin is the human incarnation of procrastination, but he's written some pretty memorable lines. One that comes to mind here: "words are wind."

My personal experience is that you get what you pay for. The infrastructure required to run an acceptable VPN service at scale gets ridiculously expensive ridiculously quickly. It makes sense that free users will always go to the back of the line when demand gets high.

I've used a variety of providers, free and paid, over the years. I've had issues with both, but my issues with paid plans have been fewer and father between. I currently use ProtonVPN and, political discussions aside, I've had no issues with it. Connectivity issues have been hiccups at worst.

If you can justify the expense, I'd strongly encourage you to bite the bullet and switch to a paid solution. Proton, Mullvad, whatever fits your threat model and budget.

on Is it · c/Couplememes · 14 pts · 119d

Joke's on you, I still see big tiddies down in front.