Ah, so you are just an asshole, not an idiot. OK, I get it.

I’ll still do my things, do whatever you think helps best, like pissing off people with the same goals.

What the heck is your problem? Are you unable to do something by yourself? Can’t you be bothered to think on your own? EOD.

Well, at least there are people who still use Perl.

I remember being forced to learn this in university.

I started CS from the POV of someone with several commercial projects under the belt and at the time being fluent already in five or six different programming languages. But the university where I started had had an issue - they had been way to theoretical (imagine people writing their CS thesis on a mechanical typewriter, and professors telling us that one does not need computer access for mastering CS!). So they had been more or less forced to include at least a bit of real world stuff into their blackboard and paper world. Which resulted in a no-excuse-mandatory beginners course in Turbo Pascal in the first year and Turbo Prolog in the second.

And I was not alone. It was painful. They showed a programming task to be done on the overhead projector, and about 90% of us could have just typed down the answer without thinking and be done with the weekly assignment in five minutes. Nope. Instead, we had to follow (and join) a lengthy, boring, and worthless discussion about the very basics of programming, before we were allowed to work on it. And woe to us if we did not follow the precise path that we had been “taught” in that lesson, even if it was done in a way that no normal programmer would ever implement it.

If they had given us all the assignments for the semester in one go, we would probably had finished them in one afternoon, including documentation and time to spare.

At least with Turbo Prolog we learned something new. First and foremost that there are strong reasons that nobody uses Prolog for serious programming.

You can stop insisting that this is my personal problem for a start.

What you do is inherently your personal problem.

Are you fine with the rise of fascism?

I am definitely not fine with that.

What are you doing against it and how do you believe is it going to work when it hasn’t all those past years?

What I can do, I do, and what makes you believe it has no impact? You don’t know what I do, and, for a number of reasons, I’m not going to make public what I do.

I don’t “subbornly refuse to engage with” it. I cannot help you to find your personal path to your goals.

No, it isn’t. I have dined exceptionally well in the UK. Our Christmas dinner is based on an a recipe from an English cook. We have a Scottish cafe/diner in town which serves excellent food.

OK, I’ve dined horribly, too, but it is definitely not the norm - I made the mistake of ordering half a chicken in a fish and chips shop. My recommendation: Don’t repeat my mistake.

Sorry, but I cannot help you decide what you want. Maybe it is time to think about that first.

What are your personal goals in life? How could you achieve them, what would be the path or paths to your goal?

Then you might find some political group that matches those paths or even goals. But finding clarity is something you need first and foremost. Anything else is “just” a consequence.

Oh yea? I don’t see the US deal with their blatant fashism problem. One of the biggest American fashism problems actually wants to get back into the White House.

I don’t have one either

Well, then stop blaming politicians.

How about finding the political party you find best, and join?

I once gave our telco/internet provider the permission to call me on my main number if they have an interesting update regarding our contract. That went without problems for over ten years. One or two calls a year, and usually something worth thinking about.

Then their marketing decided to pull all stops and call us, on all our numbers, not just the main one, but also the kids personal phones. And not only from their official numbers, but random numbers all over the country. We suddenly got a dozen calls a day(!) from them, offering the same two products (at least where we picked up and declined the offer) again, and again, and over again. We blocked numbers, and new ones came up. The block list went from two entries to over thirty. I had to threaten legal action got get our numbers blocked again, and get them marked as such according to our privacy laws.

Silence returned.

Well, the best way to fix political issues that concern you is getting active in politics.

I see the problem with it, but it also means they have not won (yet), and you can work towards the next election to fix it.

Calm down. While he got the biggest share, it is “just” 35 seats in a 150 seats parliament. He would need another 41 seats in coalition to get anywhere, which means (as his share is the largest) he would not only need one, but at least two partners willing to form a coalition with and a government under him.

While those 35 seats are still 35 seats too many, I doubt he will run the country.

Just compare that to the US system with checks that needs days to process and clear…

You forgot that they have English in school, too, sometimes starting in first grade already.

Siiski on sul õigus.

Maybe you should differ between those people in active service and ex-soldiers with PTSD and mental issues that makes them hear voices…

Excerpt from the US version of the Prayer of the Lord: “… and give us today our daily bread mass shooting …”