toynbee

@toynbee@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I haven’t signed into anything work related on my phone since we switched to Google.

  Anything work requires goes on my tablet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yesterday I read on here that Microsoft doesn’t let their teams use Teams.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That guy sounds snotty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stubborn, maybe, but if it ain't broke⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Has your test worked out?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨accused of being a man pretending to be a woman, CCP incel, ragebaiter, let know i've been blocked... but i'll keep going on here🫶⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Attention and entertainment desired? On social media? That’s just plain wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨accused of being a man pretending to be a woman, CCP incel, ragebaiter, let know i've been blocked... but i'll keep going on here🫶⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Futurama You and I are enemies now

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the end⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You have misjudged me, but I do appreciate the response.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I am especially proud to be the first President in decades who has started no new wars" - Donald J. Trump⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but presumably evidence is needed for such an accusation. I’m not saying it didn’t happen, but I’ve seen no other allegations and am asking for evidence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A joyful reminder⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If they display this at his funeral, you’re gonna feel real silly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I am especially proud to be the first President in decades who has started no new wars" - Donald J. Trump⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am specifically refraining from expressing my politics publicly, but I do have a question. Borne of curiosity, not to make any point.

  Didn’t his brother die of alcoholism? I thought that’s why he doesn’t drink.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the end⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You put “stupid” in quotes but what’s the “joke” here? “Haha, I lied to you, hilarious”? I’m glad people get joy out of this … I guess … But I’m curmudgeonly and don’t get it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the end⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You have not changed my feelings regarding it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the end⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I appreciate that my client finally shows YouTube pictures but, for those whose don’t - XcQ, link stays blue.

  Never understood the appeal of that stupid “joke” anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well I could walk them through it step by step⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a healthy relationship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The script is mysterious and important.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And that car, though.

  I mean, it had nothing to do with him, but still. Goddamn sexy car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well I could walk them through it step by step⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Allegedly my great (maybe great great, I don’t know) grandmother tried to murder her husband by putting rat poison in his morning coffee. I don’t know if the forensics back then would have been able to identify that, but fortunately it didn’t matter because apparently rat poison floats.

  I was never told what happened to her, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well I could walk them through it step by step⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sleep with him in disguise, then accuse him of sleeping with someone else. Then you’ve managed both!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨One for the ignition and one for the trunk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought the first part was so that you could give a valet the keys to park and retrieve your car, but not easily get to your belongings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Administrative task management⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Was that employee Elvis?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that treatments for back pain can cost thousands. But some of the best fixes are actually free⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was signing for my house, the attorney stated this question as an example of the things to which I would be agreeing while signing the contract.

  I told him that the question was being debated and briefly described my understanding of why.

  He took it well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Until I actually got to the link, I thought it was going to be Technology Connections.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did I discover a fake conspiracy theory?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was told the same thing literally across the country from you a decade and a half back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Truly. I can’t imagine the guilt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was a kid, my mom put a lot of effort into teaching and reminding us to cut up our food into small pieces to make cooking less likely.

  I don’t know if this story is true, but she would always reference how a relative of hers had gotten steak stuck in his throat, couldn’t communicate that, and died in the middle of the dining room seating, surrounded by relatives I guess just thought he was being quiet.

  (And that’s why you always leave a note)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The meaning of life?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought it was 42.

  Or “A book, the contents of which are totally belied by its cover. For instance, any book the dust jacket of which bears the words, ‘This book will change your life’.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The meaning of life?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey, I’m ~40 and this is that I do, too! Plus work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Small little shenanigans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Small little shenanigans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hopefully they don’t need to do an MRI of my spine after they operate on it - apparently for their sake, not mine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Small little shenanigans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think, as someone else said, things installed into the body are usually titanium and thus non ferrous. Fortunately they don’t generally cause issues with MRIs as a result.

  (I only know this because when I broke my ankle, during the pre-surgery interview, I asked the surgeon about going through metal scanners at an airport.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, really, I will!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am prepared for impending friendship.

  I don’t recall where I originally read the joke but I spent years - unsuccessfully - trying to find it again. The version I read followed it up with something like “hard as a rock, dumb as a brick.”