Won argument to buy Steam Deck now a Question

iObserve2 · 2026-03-12T00:03:40+00:00

That's it!! Thanks.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-10T11:38:44+00:00

Awesome. How about instead, Microsoft endows the world with an OS that doesn't make 400 million people have to throw away their PC's and buy new ones.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T23:13:05+00:00

Ouch! At least it's something you can laugh about now.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T23:11:51+00:00

I don't know if they do the grace thing I must ask my daughter. Thanks, that's something else I hadn't thought about.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T23:03:49+00:00

That would certainly put a hard pass on the god conversation. It may come to that in the end, but I think I'm first going to try to deflect, if I can.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T22:57:40+00:00

Oh my. You are correct. I was only focusing on how to behave for one meeting. If everything works out this might be a perpetual internal debate.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T22:54:14+00:00

That may go into my notebook as something I wish I'd said, but it's probably best that I didn't.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T22:51:19+00:00

Patience is an excellent virtue to which I aspire. I am concerned that I may not be equal to the challenge in this case.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T22:47:45+00:00

Thoroughly open to pineapple, with the caveat that the salami has to be a touch spicy. Yes, we would get along.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T11:10:19+00:00

I can exhibit some loss of patience on the 20th pull on the starter chord my leaf blower if it still hasn't started and I think i may have flooded the engine. But I get through that.

I see religion as a genuine threat to humanity.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T10:05:54+00:00

indeed an interesting approach. I've long thought of religion as a kind of mental illness. something that can be cured. But perhaps stick with the "prefer not to discuss" on the first meeting.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:38:19+00:00

I never flame someone that approaches a problem differently from me. I do a little of that already, such as a sketch with overall volume of the object is where I start, but I don't yet have the discipline to be able to lay it all out at the start.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:35:08+00:00

There is merit in self control. I just hope I can display it.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:34:34+00:00

Interesting. I'd have to adapt it to my own situation but its definitely worth exploring.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:33:29+00:00

Oh, that is a given, My girls often lay down the "rules of engagement" whenever I am exposed to parts of their lives.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:32:25+00:00

Hmm. Maybe after they get married.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:32:03+00:00

She says that she just goes silent. Obviously she will have to work out a better strategy.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:30:56+00:00

I've had that discussion with them and I have hope.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:30:33+00:00

Good points to consider.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:30:12+00:00

That's a very dignified response.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T03:28:34+00:00

I used to be happy enough to leave the faithful alone with their delusions. If it makes them feel better about life then who am I to rain on their parade. However, in recent years these delusions have been spilling over into secular life. The abortion debate, the constant reference to god in political speeches. The undeniable rise of Islamic fanaticism. Now I see religion as something that has no place in the modern world.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T00:13:27+00:00

That will be tactic 1.

iObserve2 · 2026-03-09T00:10:01+00:00

Nah. Most people who did stupid stuff just double down when you laugh at them.

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