spankmonkey
@spankmonkey@lemmy.world
- Comment on Oh, now i get it! "Peanuts" is because they are nuts inside a pod-like thing, just like peas! 5 hours ago:
Charlie Brown saying “good grief”
(I was very confused by the thread title)
- Comment on We gonna fight 8 hours ago:
The right opposes free thought and favors conformity to support the privileged few.
The left favors free thought and opposes conformity, because that would impede social progress.
Yeah, I wonder why one of thsoe groups is likely to have arguments.
- Comment on We gonna fight 9 hours ago:
Gotta maintain that rigid tribal culture so it supports whoever steals the leadership role!
- Comment on Microsoft starts testing ‘Hey, Copilot!’ in Windows 13 hours ago:
Hey copilot, go fuck yourself.
- Comment on What is the definition of concurrent vs cumulative? 20 hours ago:
It is the same thing but with less prison time.
- Comment on xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa 1 day ago:
I can guarantee that Musk promoting lies about a white genocide in South Africa is the reason that Trump is welcoming white South Africans who claim to be refugees after denying all other refugees.
- Comment on Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026 1 day ago:
I have a dwindling list of brands that are not yet dead to me.
- Comment on AI Could Be the Most Effective Tool for Dismantling Democracy Ever Invented 1 day ago:
something something lamestream media!
- Comment on How I view others in social media 1 day ago:
“I don’t get punchline”
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
“I have enough stuff, but something to eat or drink is always welcome.” was my go to if they didn’t take my first answer that I don’t need anything.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
The other hurdle is needing to wait for a birthday/holiday as they might just get the thing ahead of time. I have been doing my best to separate buying things from holidays with my wife and kid because either it sits on a shelf for months instead of being given or there is an urge to spend too much because of how gifts are wrapped up in commercialism.
We are pretty much down to consumables and spending on doing something together instead of opening presents, which is awesome.
- Comment on Google might replace the ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button with AI Mode 2 days ago:
“I’m Feeling Unlucky”
- Comment on Can anyone recommend a thin sideways window fan? 3 days ago:
TIL thin window fans are a thing!
I’m not surprised they exist, just had not noticed one before. Will probably see them all around now that I’m aware they exist.
- Comment on I used to get annoyed at all the permission requests from Snapchat over and over again. Ever since the enshittification movement tho, I've been groomed to appreciate their transparency. 3 days ago:
All my Gen X homies knew what enshittification was before it had a fun name.
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto 4 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S reportedly in development, could release this year 3 days ago:
We already did, but we will again too!
- Comment on Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected 3 days ago:
That implies that having data be harvested for companies to make profits should be the default.
I sure hope those studies are not being done by for profit companies!
- Comment on Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected 3 days ago:
Send me your name, birthdate, web browsing history, online spending history, real time location, and a list of people you know and I will explain it to you.
- Comment on Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected 3 days ago:
I disagree with the base premise that being opt out needs to be a right. That implies that having data be harvested for companies to make profits should be the default.
We should have the right to not have our data harvested by default. Requiring companies to have an opt in process with no coercion or other methods of making people feel obligated to opt in is our right.
- Comment on Life is unfair to landlords 3 days ago:
So do houses!
- Comment on Life is unfair to landlords 3 days ago:
They are basically investors in the housing market when their money makes its own money without their direct involvement.
- Comment on Uncultured 4 days ago:
I am reminded of this term about once a year and then promptly forget because it never comes up except in internet memes.
- Comment on Lemmy Shitpost 4 days ago:
They do!
- Comment on Derek Smart unveils ACE Platform, a multi-blockchain ‘virtual town hall of engagement opportunities’ | Massively Overpowered 4 days ago:
Smart like in smart appliances that are anything but.
- Comment on How can you tell 23 subgenres of equally shitty growls and screams apart, but not see the most Metal basics? 4 days ago:
unless they bother other
Well, that’s the thing. So many people are bothered when someone does something they wouldn’t personally do, often because they were told their whole life that there is only one proper way to exist.
“…unless they are harming someone else.” though, that is a pretty solid criteria.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
That is an organic language, natural is only an extra dollar…
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
English seems to lean in a lot harder and consistently as time goes on compared to other languages.
- Comment on How do children address a non-binary parent? 5 days ago:
DAM!
- Comment on Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide 5 days ago:
As flawed as things are now (and there will always be a need to improve and fight injustice) slavery has been abolished,
Except in prisons
all men and women can vote,
Except for the ones who can’t because of felonies that are arbitrarily decided to be disqualifying.
child labor abolished,
Except for family businesses, and if you haven’t noticed Republicans are bringing child labor back.
40 hour work week,
Except for exempt employees.
gay marriage legal.
Conservatives are working on getting this overturned just like they overturned Roe v Wade.
Yeah, we aren’t as shitty as we were 250 years ago but the gains we have made in those centuries is pretty fucking basic. We still have massive problems and Republicans and their half of the voting population are working turelessly to bring back the absolute worst things.
Yes, I have read history.
- Comment on Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide 5 days ago:
Yes, I was pointing out why you shouldn’t try to convince yourself to think that there is any possible chance of a positive coming out of this.
- Comment on Airlines Are Selling Your Data to ICE 5 days ago:
Any reasonable court would equate requiring a warrant and requiring payment in the context of the 4th amendment (and similar rights/laws in other countries).
