I once had a co-worker like this named Andrew. One morning, while he scrambled to fill any moments of silence, I told him “Andrew, silence is ok sometimes” and went back to my work. He was significantly less annoying to work with afterwards.

I probably came off as a bit of a dick, though it wasn’t my intention.

I have the same issue. Brought it in and they cleaned the heck out of it. It’s better feeling though not perfect. I’ll bring it in under warranty another time because they said the process to replace the port takes like two hours and I didn’t have that time when I went in.

Is there something I’m missing? It wasn’t clear to me that he doesn’t have a mask or can’t get one.

They don’t bend without pressure being applied. If you don’t have AppleCare+, you’re probably going to be beat.

Fuuuuck it’s addictive. Love that I get it with Apple Arcade.

I’ve never heard the term “genericized trademarks”

I’ve always heard and read it as proprietary eponyms.

Thanks for sharing. Glad you’re happy.

Honest question:

How do you make money for things like food, automobile costs, and your connected device (assuming phone)? I’m not trying to make a broader point. I am genuinely curious.

That’s what I figured they’d jump to. It matches their branding focused and fixes the problem with their premium cases.

I started thinning rapidly in my early 20s which prompted me to act. Within a few months the thinning stopped and in the back I’ve been about the same since. Front started thinning a few years ago which prompted the finasteride and that seems to be slowing it.

I don’t know for sure, you’re right, but I also see no incentive to prove my experience wrong since the risk isn’t worth it, to me.

I started using Rogaine (generic versions) when I was around 25. I’m 40 now. It slowed my hair loss considerably and I have a pretty good head of hair still. My dad was completely done by 35.

I recently added Finasteride to the mix and I’m comfortable with the results.

Some people will tell you to embrace it and that’s ok too. I just didn’t want to if I didn’t have to.

I bought a mesh sneaker bag from Amazon that is designed to keep them safe in the wash and it seems to do the trick each time. Just be sure to take out in the insole before washing.

AdGuard as others have said.

Have to be honest…

I thought you were going to fool us with the “with ending” link.

The whole doctor bit was great.

Crazy that this works. There are some really smart people in this world.

Also cool to see a company invest money into something like this simply for the impact to the customer experience.

Libertarians will tell you that even this isn’t cause for government regulation and that the market will weed out the bad businesses by not buying their product.

That’s because the market is babies and they’d all be dead, Jim!

That blows my mind. Thanks for the factoid.

A lot of useful replies. Thanks everyone! I’m going to stick with the built in protections and just be a careful browser.

I really enjoyed Monarch.