why are some people perpetually stuck in the 2000s?

It's only fair to be specific: in the earlier games, you had to be strategic. If you taught a TM, you used it up. If you taught an HM, it couldn't be unlearned. And while the backend of the leveling and stats system was broken, at least there weren't any obvious methods to "cheat" that weren't straight out bugs. I remember the first time I played Omega Ruby and I started to discover all this. And when I realized there was an island on which I could simply hold the joystick in one place to endlessly walk/bicycle and hatch eggs, I just quit Pokémon and never looked back. Occasionally, I do pick up my Fire Red and Soul Silver, the two last great games, if you ask me, but that's all.

What hurts more, when you get downvoted or when your posts get ignored?

"use a strong password" whats that gonna do if the database gets pwned, sandra? or if you get pwned by a 0click 0day

Is that the metric you're using for what to do? If it can't stand up to a 0click 0day you don't do it? Might as well not set up an account or use any services then.

Like most things, it's defense in depth. Use a strong password to make it harder to crack. Don't use the same password on more than one site so if they do crack it your blast radius is still small (this also applies to the database getting popped.)

Use MFA so even if they do get your credentials there's another barrier. Use an app based one like Aegis and avoid SMS and email if you can (though these can be better than nothing.)

Your goal should be to not be the low hanging fruit, not necessarily to be impenetrable especially when you don't control every piece of the tech stack. A strong password is just one part of that process.

Hey I'm like that. Honestly it's just annoying. Your service isn't a bank, it doesn't need to be locked down like one.

Were you alive at all in the 00s?

I knew I recognized their username. You should check out this gem.

most things were sucking in the aughts but tech was still decent. that pretty much ended in the teens. you should use a strong password. Your like don't lock your door because how is that going to help you when someone breaks a window.

Nice bait, dude. I hope you get something from the answers here.

I have them tagged since they compared disliking big trucks to racism. They since deleted the post (wonder why)

I tagged them back when they had the diatribe about being taught wisdom