davi [he/him]

The worst part was that I was already paranoid about literally this exact thing happening.

same here except i accidentally smeared roach guts on my bare chest while scratching the itch that disturbed my sleep.

in addition to what others have said: this is also a classic symptom of territorial insecurity so maybe there’s a stray cat spraying the outsides of the walls of your home.

I’d be really curious to see material addressing contagious diseases and prevention specifically for promiscuous people, I wonder how it would differ from information addressed to a general audience.

i’ve learned from reddit and the knowledge i’ve gain feels less delusional and much more grounded in reality than anything a doctor has ever told me; try using a condom in a sex club (bathhouses not so much) and you’ll end up learning how to enjoy your own company and block out being surrounding by men very enthusiastically enjoying their time with each other. lol

i came here to say something similar: reddit is the only place that has more than basic information on something like this and i wish there was a way that i didn’ t have to recommend reddit.

The meso American version of this is so fascinating because they built so many civilization supporting infrastructures and then seemingly forgot or just stopped how to using them leading to a collapse several times over.

I want to believe that religion or politics prevented them from enduring to the present day as they were at their height and that we’ll meet the same fate for the same reasons.

i lol because it’s the only way i can find to keep myself sane through the insanity from the last 40+ years and it’s taught me to expect more because boomers and the silent generation (eg biden and trump) are still in control and will be for atleast another 35+ years so shit will continue to happen because they only give a rat’s ass about themselves and maybe their children/grandchildren.

unless you’re one of those children/grandchildren, more shit will happen and expect to have to vote for those children/grandchildren into office or, at least, expect to call them boss at your next job; assuming you can still get a job.

and don’t bother complaining about it; the last 40+ years have also taught me the hard way that doing so will only label you a malcontent and make it more difficult to find work in your future.

learn how to fake a convincing smile to your bosses and find something to lol at for yourself to keep your head above the water.

As an a vintage millennial I can say w confidence: there will be more and you should prepare yourself. Lol

use lspci to find out if a module (aka driver) is running and google the pci id’s if there isn’t one. the man page or google can show you how to do this.

alternatively, you could use dmesg to show you what happens (if anything) when you plug/unplug your device. if nothing happens then you’ll still need to google your device’s pci id’s. to see if there’s a module for it.

this sounds more like network problem than a linux one; but since you’re using linux w/o an internet connection, you’ll have to use the tools that usually come with Linux:

start with basic information. see if your computer has an ip address and who its primary gateway(s) is/are

ip a
ifconfig -a

if you see no ip address preceded with the word “inet” these commands (127.0.0.1 doesn’t count); your computer doesn’t think it’s connected to a network and the source of your problem is somewhere with either the hardware, driver or mint itself.

if you do see an ip address with the word “inet” in front of it; then use that basic information to start troubleshooting; these commands are a shortcut; duplicate information; and should be run in order:

for i in $(netstat -rn | grep ^0.0.0.0 | awk '{print $2}') ; do ping -c 3 -W 1 $i ; done
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then cat /etc/resolv.conf ; traceroute google.com ; fi

this command provides duplicate information but provided here in case mint has really weird packages on it

for i in $(route -n | grep ^0.0.0.0 | awk '{print $2}') ; do ping -c 3 -W 1 $i ; done
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then cat /etc/resolv.conf ; traceroute google.com ; fi

if neither of the last 2 stanzas worked, then your computer doesn’t think it’s connected to a network that has internet access and you need to figure out what’s up with your network or fix routing on your computer.

I wonder how many times it takes for a judge to get tired of sending you too jail for contempt over and over again for refusing to say yes. Lol