October 2026 Five Questions

Answer as many questions as you like in your gopher phlog or gemini log
Email me at either:
christina@zaibatsu.circumlunar.space (fellow Zaibatsu folk)
or
christyotwisty@sdf.org
or
msg me at christyotwisty@jabber.sdf.org
with the URL to your five answers. I post the URLs below.

1. How best for a North American to plan deGoogling? Beyond easy fixes like 
installing F-Droid, using proxies for video watching, how much planning should
 a beginner do to migrate from a Gmail account, install a custom ROM, choose 
new alternative FOSS apps?

2. What is your preference: hiking up a mountain, or reading a good novel?

3. What were your horseback riding experiences? If none, have you ever caught
 a fish?

4. What is an activity that makes you feel alive? Have you repeatedly remained
 hyper for hours post-activity?

5. Adult citizens in my locality have the opportunity to vote in two elections
 this month. To what extent, if you are eligible to vote, do you research a 
candidate running for public office?


Bonus Question: If you experience stimuli that trigger post-traumatic stress
 disorder symptoms, do you keep quiet about its origins when your
 parasympathetic system recreates stress (heart palpitations, acute anxiety,
  wooziness, nausea, et cetera) thinking everybody else has experienced equal 
  or worse trauma and come out of it adjusted and comfortable? Do you figure 
  that people who haven't gone through your specific trauma won't understand,
  so why bother opening up?
  
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ZaphodB from Zaibatsu  
gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space:70/0/~zaphodb/phlog/5questionsoct26.txt

Kinker31 from SDF
gopher://sdf.org/1/users/kinker31/journal/10012026

agk from SDF
gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/agk/2026-10-04-5q.txt

Ben Collver from tilde.pink
gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/log/2026-10-05-christinas-october-questions/

xiled from SDF
gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2026/20261006_5q_oct

gallowsgryph from SDF
gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gallowsgryph/phlog/2026-10-07_five_questions.txt

tomasino from gopher.black
gopher://gopher.black:70/1/phlog/20261004-christina-s-five-questions-october-2026

threatcat from tilde.club
gopher://tilde.club:70/0/~threatcat/2026-10-07-October-5Q.txt

jdd from SDF
gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20261018-5q.txt