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# Because feelings

     

       
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Something I've learned recently is that I might feel one way about a particular technology (atomic Fedora distros, for example), and think it's the best thing ever, and then at some arbitrarily later time feel a completely different way about it and not want to use it anymore. Then, at an even later arbitrary time, I might think it's the best thing ever again. There is no rhyme or reason to this, and I know it's kind of irrational.

     

       
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I struggle finding a goldilocks distro because my personal constraints are variable at arbitrary times, and sometimes these constraints arise after some negative experience with a distro, even a relatively minor one that interrupts my activity flow. Then I have to do some weird calculus or non-linear programming (emphasis on the non-linear) and may end up back where I started.

     

       
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The problem is never completely solved. It may be partially solved temporarily and I just put up with certain constraints not being satisfied until I don't want to put up with it anymore. It's frustrating, and I realize how ridiculous it is given that there are far more important and consequential things in the world to be frustrated about.

     

       
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Add to this my ADHD-like whim following when I see someone posting about a distro or something on social media and I'm like SQUIRREL! The fuck, man.

     

       
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## END

     

       
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Last updated: 2025-12-02

     

       
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title = 'Because feelings'

     

       
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tags = ["tech", "feelings", "tech-whims", "just-right-ocd", "ocd"]

     

       
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Something I've learned recently is that I might feel one way about a particular technology (atomic Fedora distros, for example), and think it's the best thing ever, and then at some arbitrarily later time feel a completely different way about it and not want to use it anymore. Then, at an even later arbitrary time, I might think it's the best thing ever again. There is no rhyme or reason to this, and I know it's kind of irrational.

     

       
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I struggle finding a goldilocks distro because my personal constraints are variable at arbitrary times, and sometimes these constraints arise after some negative experience with a distro, even a relatively minor one that interrupts my activity flow. Then I have to do some weird calculus or non-linear programming (emphasis on the non-linear) and may end up back where I started.

     

       
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The problem is never completely solved. It may be partially solved temporarily and I just put up with certain constraints not being satisfied until I don't want to put up with it anymore. It's frustrating, and I realize how ridiculous it is given that there are far more important and consequential things in the world to be frustrated about.

     

       
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Add to this my ADHD-like whim following when I see someone posting about a distro or something on social media and I'm like SQUIRREL! The fuck, man.