Just because something can be automated doesn't mean it can't be performed by humans still, especially if it's something you do for fun.

Anyone know the song?

You might be thinking of Animals as Leaders, I can't find anything about Animals as Companions. And you're right, they're definitely prog metal. Super intricate riffing and bizarro time signatures. It's a good time! I'm not familiar enough with them to know what song you're talking about, but they're a very unique group.

Ahh yeah, that sounds right. When you use the official GUI on Linux it creates an IPV6 killswitch connection along with the VPN connection. Sorry, I don't have any better answers for ya there.

I can't speak about pfsense or router-based configs, I have zero experience there. The Proton website does have openVPN and wire guard manual setup instructions though. You could try it with a free account first to make sure everything works before committing to paying for it. If you're interested, I can show you the changes I made to the openVPN config file to allow split tunneling. Again though, I don't know how that translates to pfsense.

Good info, thank you!

Thanks for the thoughtful response! I guess the whole "identify with" part is what is tripping me up here. I don't live my life thinking about how I am attracted to whatever, I just am. Do you have more of an explanation for me on what it means for other people? Not trying to be inflammatory, just want to understand, because I've been curious about the "preference" thing for a while.

I was in a drive through once and the person on the other end of the speaker greeted us with "Thanks for choosing so-and-so restaurant" and nothing else. So I said "you're welcome" because it felt rude to just go right into ordering when they didn't tell me to order. She didn't think it was funny.