Hey.  Y'know what really, really REALLY grinds my gears?  Operating system end of life.

I've already ranted about how much I hate change.  Twice!  But this demands its own entry.  I basically live on my computers, and I am so, so f*cking sick of having my life and my world uprooted and upended and thrown into chaos every few years when my operating systems reach their Celestia damned "end of life".  Why, why, WHY in the name of Celestia's sunny ass do they have to kill operating systems all the time?!  Why can't they just keep supporting them and keep updating them?  Yeah, I know--because then Microsoft couldn't extort more money out of people every few years.  But y'know what?  You're not even free from this bullsh*t on freaking LINUX!!  Oh sure, it's far less painful to upgrade to the next major Linux distro version than the new Windows, but it can still be a b*tch in its own right.  It's still a pain, it's still an annoyance, and it's still a huge inconvenience.

I just want play some freaking games.  That's all.  I just want a little time to play some freaking games without constant software changing bullsh*t.  I'm so sick of chasing this moving target.  I'm so sick of the constant, tireless maintenance, the constant work of staying on top of the constantly evolving tech just so that things continue to function.  I feel like 10% of the time spent at my computer is actually playing a game, and 90% is just updating, upgrading, installing, maintenance, etc.  I just wish software would stop moving, just for a little while, so I could get a moment's peace to play a few games without my OS nagging me that it's dead and I need a new one.    But then the hackers would win. 

Yeah, I know, I know--it's a pretty nice and privileged problem to have.  At least I'm not getting blowed up every day.  I'm grateful for that.