I did this as a young kid. I can confirm it was a complete lack of empathy and likely a power thing. It’s something thats haunted me more the older I get, as it should. Moments like this made me realize empathy is something I wanted, so I actively worked on it, and it grew like a muscle. I’d say I’ve improved quite a lot but others can judge that

As far as advice goes, yeah teach em about empathy. While this is also psychopathic behavior, I see equally bad feeling based reasons for being that cruel, the same ones that motivate bullying: power and superiority shit

How’s that even happen?

Keep so much shit running on my work computer I’d be loaded

Schrödinger’s fart until proven otherwise

Assuming you also weren’t able to pirate Acrobat, a crack of Foxit PDF editor is a great replacement

Filebot comes in clutch a lot

You can match “legal” media files with media databases so things like Plex or Jellyfin can see all the files with the correct seasons and titles. I’ve also set it up to move the stuff where it needs to go at the same time. Might seem minor, but was what pushed the convenience factor up above streaming services for me. Unfortunately not free

Also Usenet

I prefer Pig Latin for all the pork

Friends not food

Where/what a given amount of time’s energy allotment is focused towards

In the wise words of Scatman John: I wanna be a human being, not a human doing

There’s a small town near where I live where you can walk to a bunch of small furniture stores, some with antiques/used and some with new stuff. Prices range but you can usually find a good deal. I’d look for one of these types of things, or IKEA

I have a close friend group and several non related friends who I’d say I know a lot about and vise-versa. With the group, certainly some more than others.

When hanging out with people I often find the most satisfying activity is to just chill, talk, and get to know each other better; pick their brain to see how their views differ from mine or are the same. Often an easy thing to do when we’re low on energy too

Good to hear you can still have fun with them, even if it’s muted in comparison to before. I imagine after so long, the reused game mechanics in most stuff would start to feel stale for anyone.

Hope you get some bangers in your favorite genres soon!

If I can ask, around how old are you and your friends? How many years do I have left Doc?

Can confirm, I do this for shampoo, conditioner and body wash too.

I get to smell like fruit and shit instead of “pleasant chemicals”