Thanks for your care and personal experience. I’ll say that perhaps one day I can re-examine whether this is something I can reasonably do. It’s nice to hear that it helped you.

Thank you. This is really insightful and something that I think might be a robust solution for me. I’ll research GPG more, I clearly need to.

Sorry my writing may not be at its best, my sleep is terrible and it affects me more than I think.

Not sure if it was posted before. Requirements would be encrypted journal entries for digital and pen/paper for cases where something needs to be truly destroyed.

I think I’ve settled on a raspberry pi and some journaling program or simply a text editor. It’s been good to brainstorm.

Many thanks for your help

I appreciate that a lot. The more I consider it I think for completely destroyed data, paper and a lighter will be best. The odds of me looking back on anything else are low, but part of me thinks keeping them is something I’ll one day wish I’d done from day one.

Thank you, the more I’m thinking about it, perhaps a raspberry pi with LUKS disk that’s airgapped would be best.

Though I still don’t know of a relatively nice journaling app.

Thank you very much. I’ll look into this.

Edit: I appreciate the suggestion but docker is not an option in my case. For further context for anyone else reading, I will sacrifice as many features as needed to ensure a secure system, even if this gets to the point of a locally run and air-gapped system. Though, if there is a level of convenience out there that doesn’t meaningfully sacrifice security then I would obviously like to take that route.

The weight of being unable to share things with literally anyone is totally fine until for some reason the crushing reality of your life comes crashing down on your consciousness and you start seeking some new form of mental relief like a cockroach looking for shelter in the midst of a nuclear fallout.

Good point and clarification. I’ll leave my error up there because hey maybe somebody else will learn too.

You’re right that I would argue for a specific case and I suppose that is what makes it a difficult measure to quantify.

And yes of course any opinion in this thread will inevitably have bias if they’re responding to my request for personal experiences, including my own. I’m not trying to avoid bias here but just gather what individuals are thinking. In my case, you’re right that my conflation of public interest is incorrect. Though I still believe in my experiences the system is very imperfect and overly rigid.

Thanks.

I would love to move to BC if the cost of living was not even higher than what I’m experiencing here. Maybe one day!

Please protect your personal information, people. For those curious what sparked the idea of posting this - it was Doug Ford’s proposal for live-streaming bail hearings, which gave me a push towards discussing things I’ve never really publicly discussed.

Edit: oh, and please make sure you are referencing Canadian law and experiences in Ontario. The legal system of other countries is not relevant here.

Fun fact when you apply for ODSP you are “encouraged” to fill out an “optional” self-assessment and talk about how your life is shit and plead your case and describe your issues to some unknown government shithead who’s not a qualified practitioner. Most reports I’ve seen, people say this drastically improves your odds at acceptance. I’d imagine from about 0.5% to 1% or something like that.

Isn’t that just the most fun fucking fact you’ve ever heard?

Hey when you apply for a job can they request you share your personal medical history to help your odds of qualifying? No, they can’t? Huh.

Gosh darn right bud I’ve been waiting over a year now for a surgery and the specialist’s office says not to call about appointment updates so I’m gonna just sit here and wait like the OHIP abuser I am. What’s another few months of pain?

Yes it is. But hey what if we’re just faking it for free handouts? Can’t be too sure. I mean, if they’re really disabled shouldn’t they be in wheelchairs or missing limbs or unable to talk or something?

Fucking circus.

Thanks for the insight on OW and issues that homeless struggle with.

But hey out of sight out of mind right? Let’s invest our money in homeless-hostile architecture and removing homeless from parks because that’s easier than fixing the root of the problem. P.S. foreign home buyers please feel free to “invest” in real estate here and sit on your empty property as long as you like - Canada is here for you. Real estate must not dip!

Your volunteering is appreciated by those you’re helping. It really does make a difference.

I want some mod permission to post my grievances and criticism in a dedicated thread up to two times a week, please.

If not on a Canadian owned Lemmy instance related to Ontario, then where? Ty mods looking forward to your decision.

Also to my fellow Canadians I love you all and you are totally free to disagree with me and I understand that my point of view is not gospel.

Mods please consider this creative expression with the intent to invoke thought and discussion, however crude.

Thanks ❤️

Doug Ford I would tell you to suck my dick but it’s important to me and we all know you like to cut things that are important to others. Maybe if my white Ontarian cock was filled with oil you’d suck it to see it spew all over and cause an ecological disaster on your face. Or maybe you take after your brother and just need a little “bump” towards making the right choice.