Yes, I do. I’m a devops engineer and even “coding camp devs” have problems understanding what I do for a living.

I think you answered your own question. You asked about “retard”, not about R-word. Some snowflakes will get offended on behalf other people but normal people will just acknowledge rude language and move on.

None, you should appreciate people in your life on a daily basis and not because some holiday tells you to do so.

Every machine is a smoke machine if you operate it wrong enough.

And my favorite: If you’re good at something, never do it for free.

I see there’s no point in continuing this discussion. Don’t want to support your claim? Fine, do your thing. I’m done entertaining you.

First of all, update that title. It gives a really bad vibe.

As for the question, don’t try to be a “good uncle”, don’t pretend to know stuff the kid does unless you know it. Ask your friend how to approach the kid. I’m almost sure all tips you get from the random people from the internet will be useless or confusing.

Could you quote (with a context) what I wrote that made me dishonest? I have a feeling that you are nitpicking few words from my whole comment and try to make me look bad.

Please, explain like I’m 5 how do I lack empathy for the people.

Why? Is it because I did the same thing you did but my response did not meet your standards?

I wasn’t talking about US immigration issues. I don’t live in the US and I wouldn’t express my opinions about it. I was talking about EU issues - rapes, stabbings and general increase in crime. And I’m not taking this out of my ass or nut case media (which is worse than my ass). I’m looking at statistics and try to be as unbiased as possible.

Yeah, because the US is the centre of the world…

I don’t like the left-right political spectrum.

Couldn’t agree more.

I think we have similar views on the problem. The difference is how we define “centrist”. I agree that parties painting themself as centrist tend to lean right. But I was talking about my views and opinions. I’m far from turning into right-wing nut.

Why not supporting illegal immigration, social handouts and calling a guy in a dress a man doesn’t make me a target for left-wing nutters?

As I said, I’m not from US and have no idea what border bill is. I was talking in a global context, not local, aka US. I know that nitpicking is a way to sway argument but in this case it’s a swing and miss.

I’m not taking an offense. I see that the discussion is going towards US political landscape but I think the issue is more global. We as the people are slowly losing the ability to compromise and fall into 1-or-0 narration.

If you knew someone was a serial rapist & murderer, but they volunteered at homeless shelters, donated to charity and fostered rescue animals, would that “balance it out” enough that they aren’t evil anymore?

The problem here is that this view is binary. There is no middle ground here. In the real world you could be pro some left-wing ideas and pro some right-wing ideas. This is the problem with bipartisan “democracies”. As a centrist you are always the enemy.

Check my other comments in this post and call me a right-wing…

If you want to buy online go to Amazon, check the brand name/producer and look for a website of that brand/producer. As for your example, go to that coffee shop and ask. Before I got into baking my own bread I had an amazing bread in a restaurant. I asked where did they get it from and I got the address of a local bakery. Another example - I was staying in some hotel and the mattress the best one I slept on. I asked about it when I was checking out and bought it once I got home.

As I said in my comment above. I’m not from the US and I have no idea what’s happening with your borders.

I’m not from US and I have no idea what border bill is.