Yeah, nobody else understood it in the slightest. I loved to read, and was already consuming highschool level novels in mid elementary. My aunt gave me two or three Shel Silverstein books, I’m not sure where I came across the poem Richard Cory.

I was in like third grade when I was assigned to write a short essay comparing two pieces of writing and exposing a common theme. I chose The Mask, by Shel Silverstein, and Richard Cory, by Edward Arlington Robinson. My paper was titled, Does Richard Cory Wear The Mask. At the time I had not yet realized that feeling this way was uncommon, and it was strange to me that none of my classmates seemed to understand what I saw as a fundamental point of existence.

You should not have to buy a new key for a machine that came with windows. That will most likely automatically activate back to whichever edition you had before the wipe.

You carrying my bag around? Hehe. I also keep a tablet, and a leash and collar for my dog.

A Surface might do, unless you find that to be too big for your liking.

I first read that as Indiana, then was puzzled at the banners.

Systemd basically is what starts up other processes. You don’t need systemd, but you do need some init manager. Kernel loads, then calls up the init manager to load everything else. Anything you want to make run on startup gets added to the init manager.

Why would anyone running Linux even have an Nvidia card?

Another comment mentions heading for the door 30 minutes before you intend to leave. At that rate, one needs to leave a party early almost twice every week to save two days a year.

Well, if simple multiplayer is fine, then also check out Grounded.

That game is great fun. Also their other game, A Way Out, but that could be a bit mature at points for young children.