Re: Distros specifically designed for children

On Tue, 27 May 2025 22:31:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

That’s the kind of attitude the Communists had. There were these stories
of defectors from the USSR, back in Cold War days, being completely
bewildered by their first visit to a Western-style supermarket. Why do
you need a dozen brands of bath soap, or a dozen kinds of toothpaste,
they would ask? Soap is soap, and toothpaste is toothpaste, isn’t it?

I sometimes ask myself that. I don't buy potato chips, tortilla chips, and
so forth. I was going to the market at lunchtime and a friend asked me to
pick up a bag of Super Dorito Lime and Cat Shit chips or something. Sweet
mother of god, there was a whole frigging aisle of that crap and I'd
forgotten the exact flavor he'd asked for.

You're not even safe saying 'Pick me up a tube of Crest toothpaste'

https://crest.com/en-us/oral-care-products/toothpaste?
_bc_fsnf=1&PasteNeeds=All+Toothpastes

I'm amused at bewildered looking men in grocery stores talking on cell
phones. I assume their wife's list wasn't specific enough. "What brand of
diced tomatoes, honey?"