You’re correct, those things are avoidable and can be designed around. However hiring the people who know how to do that also costs money and it’s cheaper to hire shitty engineers who do things safely instead of well. We’re not stupid, we’re exploitative

I don’t know about you but the vast majority of bathroom stalls I see do not use wood. They are almost all metal, and keeping metal from rubbing on metal in a high humidity environment seems like a cost saving measure to me

Occasionally I hear people argue it’s so you can catch IV drug users without bursting in. Personally I think it’s that capitalism cares not for your happiness and it’s fractionally cheaper to have shitty doors, and so that’s what people do

Some people argue XIV is the best FF. It’s a little unfair because it gets hundreds of hours to develop it’s story but man Endbringers is fucking incredible. XVI feels like knock off GoT. XIII is really good, except it feels like the tutorial takes a third of the game and you also have to read the codex to understand what’s going on and that’s like adding a book to your 50 hour game. XV is really cool but very different from the rest of the series, it’s probably the most approachable of the 4 (although it does have a huge expanded lore if you really want to get into it)

In short: XV yes, XIV yes if you’re willing to sign up for an MMO, XIII maybe, XVI not unless you like GoT type stuff

India/Pakistan seem to be on the brink of war, multiple European countries have elected self described fascists into power, China continues power grabbing the South China Sea, the Russia/Ukraine war, expanding climate disasters (everywhere) but largely in Africa and South America, and as mentioned the US craziness which drags everyone else into it. I think there’s a pretty good argument that things are falling apart globally, it’s just worse in some places than others

I’m probably going to do a trial run of Bazzite on my secondary computer to see how much does and doesn’t work and make my decision based on that

I’m in the same boat. I am really not interested in Windows 11 at all, especially after using it at work. My primary hesitation has been video game playability in the past but the steam deck has really expanded how many games are playable on Linux and I also play a lot more games on consoles than I did a few years ago

It almost sounds like you might be suggesting that there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism