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[Parsely]

Are there any apocalypse stories where people aren't complete assholes to one another and isn't based on the assumption that every stranger is a bandit?

Metro does a surprisingly good job of that. In some places you still kinda assume every stranger is an enemy but that's because they're fascists or somesuch.

That's a pretty good one, in the book people aren't really afraid to just walk up and talk to each other in the tunnels, but you avoid tunnels that are run by whatever faction is causing trouble that day of the week (communists, fascists, etc.).

[redwallzyl]

Are there any apocalypse stories where people aren't complete assholes to one another and isn't based on the assumption that every stranger is a bandit?

Metro does a surprisingly good job of that. In some places you still kinda assume every stranger is an enemy but that's because they're fascists or somesuch.

That's a pretty good one, in the book people aren't really afraid to just walk up and talk to each other in the tunnels, but you avoid tunnels that are run by whatever faction is causing trouble that day of the week (communists, fascists, etc.).

Its like people are not all psychopathic murders or something. Even it actual wars like WW2 many people did not actually even attempt to kill people. I find the everyone is a raider stereotype rather uncreative and not particularly realistic. And mostly to give the protagonist an excuse to shoot everyone without feeling bad.

[Parsely]

My hands get sweaty and make my touch screens gross. I know there are conductive gloves to keep your hands warm in cold climates, but are there conductive gloves made of thin material so I can keep my gross hands off the screen without losing the dexterity of naked hands? It probably wouldn't be that great a solution anyways unless I kept my keyboard, mouse, and screens very clean though.

[Magistrum]

Order some capacitive cloth anywhere online, you can sew it into anything, and make some finger tip sewing thingies for phone use.

Edit: the finger tip sewing thingies are called thimbles.

[Trekkin]

are there conductive gloves made of thin material so I can keep my gross hands off the screen without losing the dexterity of naked hands?

ESD gloves are thin and conductive; maybe those would work.

[GiglameshDespair]

Remove your hands and replace them with bionics.

[Egan_BW]

If I could replace a hand with pretty much anything in exchange for never having to use a touch screen again, I'd take it.

[Frumple]

Well... you can? Chop off a hand and then never use a touch screen device again. You don't have to use one as is.

[Egan_BW]

Uh-huh.

[Magistrum]

Wait a bit, Egan_BW has sunglasses now?
Are you going to slowly built up a full catgirl?

[Parsely]

Sometimes I imagine music. I want to be able to write down the music I'm imagining. How do I learn to do that?

[TD1]

Get a grip of music theory. There are some ytube videos you could watch. Alternatively, learn an instrument. Theory often comes with that.
I tried it myself.... then got distracted learning to draw. Still intend to pick it up again, though...

[strainer]

Its not that complicated to learn the basics and very interesting. First you learn to recognise the 11 possible combinations of two notes called "the intervals" These are ancient and archaic ("It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift..."). Then you can understand how they can fit into ancient "modes" or modern "keys". Writing them in the staves is then quite straightforward just slow without much practice.
There is good free music theory and ear practice software written for linux and may be available on windows too. I think "solfege" is one of the packages.

[Hanslanda]

Is there a word for wanting what you can't have? I feel like there is and I know it, but it's escaped to the tip of my tongue.

[wierd]

covet