mascarasnake

@mascarasnake@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ditto. I vetoed Starlink at home for the exact same reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This right here. More poignantly perhaps since the Boomers (not everyone in that age group, obviously) ruined Gen X lives first, before they destroyed the futures of subsequent generations, so we’ve been watching this dumpster fire for decades and warning about how bad it could become.

  What might be unique to X-ers is that we witnessed the social fabric in the U.S. falling apart in the 80’s under Reagan–when the likelihood of a blue-collar worker having a solid career at a good company for life, supporting a family on one income, and being able to retire without living in poverty went from being a common thing to more of a lost dream.

  So yes, to be lumped in with the same generation that pulled the rug out from under us is adding insult to injury.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Generation X forgotten once again. Whatever.

  (It was kind of expected at the time that the Millennials would be named Generation Y because they followed us, but that name never took hold. So they skipped Y and went straight on to Z, then continued with A.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2825: Autumn and Fall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Or as we call it in the Southern U.S., “Summer Lite,” where the daily high temps are finally at or below 90°F a good bit of the time. We keep getting teasers of autumn, but it’ll be a week or two depending on where you live. The heat index in Houston looks to be 105°F today, so autumn is still a little ways off. Ouch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The mist Texan of all expressions - Y'All - is ungendered and therefore woke⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  in Texas