if you don't trust shady chat apps but still need to use WhatsApp, have a look at mautrix-whatsapp, a bridge between the open source matrix and WhatsApp. you can self host both your own matrix server and the bridge or use a public instance that has the bridge enabled.
Then, just use one of the many matrix clients and use it as normal, chat, reply, send images, location sharing, etc etc
the refusal of the friends money, the "buisness" as a last resort, trying to avoid medical care to go out with a bang instead of with a whimper, the emotional segregation.... wow. it's not even what the show is mainly about but you're perfectly right
other software that is so cool it's worth a mention
Iodine (VPN over DNS requests, not a vpn over port 53, actually encoding traffic in a dns request, in some cases can get you connection even before logging in a captive portal and paying, like in hotels/planes)
https://github.com/yarrick/iodine
People don't steal for no reason. It is usually desperation, a last resort. If we remove the pressure causing people to feel that stealing is their only option, people won't steal. I fundamentally believe in providing people their basic needs (food, clothing, shelter) because it makes these problems irrelevant.
While i wholeheartedly agree on supporting people both economically and with basic needs, i call bullshit on this one
try to explain that food, clothing and help is available to the guy high on weed, meth and/or heroin stealing your money to get another hit
If you need to resort theft because you actually need food go stealing at Walmart's, not my house
As for your fear bait, I'm more scared of dying via car because it's FAR more statistically likely than your invented scenario.
Ok? Feel free to be scared of whatever you want, the chance someone breaks into your house is still there, no matter how low (not that low, especially in some neighborhoods), and i'm not about to treat intruders gently. They chose to steal, they chose to steal from houses, and they chose my house. I had no choice in this, nor should i face the consequences of someone's else actions which i could not control in any way
and now I want a hoodie like that
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