What about moderate deflation? Not “nobody is spending money” but “everybody is spending 5% less”, to go in accord to your groceries example.

I think no rolling releases has gotten their act right. All eventually break with an update, and if you skipped several, the likelihood of reinstalling is high.

At least they teach you good backup practices.

My goal is finding a challenging hobby to keep myself intellectually active. Being old and lonely might be unavoidable, but being bored isn’t.

The Spanish names barely count because those were originally Mexican and had been named before USA was born.