I attempt to only talk about these things with IRL friends. When our opinions disagree, we’re all nice about it. When we agree, it’s really fun to geek out on it together.

Even when we disagree, it can be fun to hear the reasons why. Because we don’t attack each other over personal preferences.

But trying to do that online? Nah. Tis a silly place.

That really did seem like a major cultural turning point, and I was watching it from the outside.

Loneliness is a real bastard.

It’s good for fast food, but that bar is very, very low. My spouse used to love it, but we stopped going there years ago. And you’re right, it has a cult following like Starbucks and other places have had from time to time.

Does “thanks, mother fucker, have shit ass day, and please go fuck yourself” bring up my numbers?

Interesting, I didn’t know it costs extra in some places. TIL.

Remember when tap-to-pay was new and didn’t work at a lot of places and some people were freaked out over it?

And now most of us use it without a 2nd thought.

I speculate passkeys will be like that.

Written by the assistant to the manager, no doubt.

And these disruptions can be more than just an inconvenience. People can lose their jobs for being late. They can miss medical appointments and procedures.

Tariffs hurt America. The messaging is that simple.

Watch as we fuck up the messaging.

Looking at this photo hypnotized me and now I hate the sun.

I had similar thoughts. Someone more knowledgeable would probably call them “healthcare professionals”, or “healthcare practitioners”, not “doctors and nurses”.

And you’re right, as important as they are, they can’t do their jobs without the infrastructure you’re pointing out. Power and water are more essential, as they enable everyone all of the time. And waste piling up would create serious problems fairly quickly.

This reminds me of the Silo series, where every level thinks they keep the Silo running.

I use bullshit answers for these, and save them in the notes section of my password manager.

Google voice is hit or miss. It’s worked for a lot of smaller sites for me, but the bigger / more corporate it is, the less likely it seems to work.

I mostly agree. I do miss some niche communities, though.

The world would be a better place if we could replace every corporate climber type with this guy.

I refuse to use Meta, and I block their various URLs in my home. Friends and family complain and give me grief about it. It’s astonishing how much of a creep Zuck is, and yet he’s got his hooks in deep, and some people are still addicted to his garbage.

I know it’s been a while, but I’m still getting used to the curly hair. Looks much better than the stupid Caesar thing he was going with before. But he still looks like a synth.

The Brother PocketJet series of printers might have a model you like. I have never used one of the PJ printers, but I’ve had good experiences with other Brother printers.

I am interpreting the top half as play fantasy games all day and not actually live in olden times.