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I bet most of them are affiliated with a Christian church of some variety, at least 60%

Because of this reply, I went and double checked myself, and it turns out I said the phrase backwards. I did not change the meaning, just the order.

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Where+ignorance+is+bliss%2C+'tis+folly+to+be+wise

There’s this concept called circle of influence, which is basically what things can you actually do about the things that you know.

99.9% of politics are outside of any of our individual circles of influence, And news profits immensely off of sharing every single bit of misery inducing sad and dreadful knowledge they can peddle.

So if it’s outside of your circle of influence, then feel free to completely fucking ignore it, because you can’t do a goddamn thing about it, and knowing about it only makes you sad.

Like the saying goes, where it is folly to be wise, ignorance is bliss.

That being said, if there are things that are local to you, or things that you or your friends are passionate about, that are inside of your circle of influence, take the energy you would have spent being sad about the stuff you can’t do anything about, and direct it to the things that you can do anything about.

Chances are, since this is a 15 year old, that they’re going to stick with the default install of Windows. Not a lot of people start off with Linux.

That being said, I would also recommend the AMD processor over the Intel processor just because it’s a better processor and why not, Especially if it will make transitioning to Linux easier and the future should the kid choose to do so.

What is a sissy hypno mode?

Probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to do something along the lines of stating upfront that “if anyone in the company does anything to offend you, please report it to the appropriate channels. You’ll have our full support. We’re here to get work done, not to make people feel bad”

You’re not likely going to say by accident something they haven’t heard before, or to offend them in a new and novel way, But establishing and occasionally reinforcing the fact that they don’t have to tolerate it, that putting up with abuse is not part of their job, and that they have the boss’s backing at the same level of the non-LGBTQ employees should they find themselves being abused or offended, would probably go a decent way in minimizing the risk of something actually bad happening.