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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Srsly⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, but with “fixing” the structure, you have robbed it of colloquialism. Maybe it’s just me projecting.

I lived among non-native speakers for the longest time, and shaped my English using my knowledge of other languages to bridge some gaps in communication. Now I’m back to a native environment and catch myself slipping up with my invented phrases.

The thing is, I can’t find another combination of words to convey the exact sentiment so succintly, even though I’m not sure it’s gramatically correct.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Srsly⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Man, English is so wacky. After reading that post twice the structure fell apart in my mind, and I’m a native speaker. Hats off to anyone who picked up the language along the way.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
A Game About Digging a Hole looks to be a fun game to play while your legs fall asleep on the toilet. Only 20% off, but it’s a sub $5 game.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk wants to rewrite "the entire corpus of human knowledge" with Grok⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I rented that multiple times when it came out!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OF alternative fediverse?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I think I might never use that phrase again!

I came in thinking someone would link some alternative porn to a lost soul, and it never even crossed my mind that they might be looking for work.

It felt attentive, and I just wanted to convene (so very poorly) that your company must be a pleasure.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OF alternative fediverse?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I have a feeling you’re fun at parties.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Dang, thanks. I read the post, thought it wasn’t happening to me, and I just realized that the start of some videos is being throttled. The more ya know 🌈
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemmy.blahaj.zone has setup a piefed instance.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Pooping up?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Now this is how you do pride month, take notes AAA devs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Rant Elude
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Exactomundo!

The only reason that last paragraph ain’t outright ai garbage (besides my elegant use of ‘everyperson’, mind you) is that there is a semi-original though buried at the end of it. This paragraph is odacious, so point taken.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Thank goodness. I was worried there for a second.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pro-AI Subreddit Bans 'Uptick' of Users Who Suffer from AI Delusions⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Or maybe even take a step back. Dead internet theory is real and we’re living it, but just because the main subreddits and FB are ai schlock doesn’t mean Lemmy is the only ‘real’ place.

I feel the hardest part is keeping my senses about me when I argue with hivemind mentality. You will probably get a feeling from my writing, that I too embraced the hive speak and mind. And this is where the bots get the everyperson. Bots speak in hivemind and meme format. I think this whole kerfuffle will do wonders for real online discussion, as low-effort discussions will be dismissed as white noise.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve CEO Gabe Newell’s Neuralink competitor is expecting its first brain chip this year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
It’s still fun to hear the man himself talking about a larger than life virtual reality.

The tech still scares me, I’m not even sure I’d be okay with EEG-like patches that work both ways (scifi, I know), not to mention brain surgery, for pure decadence. But the quality of life benefits really can be huge for many, and that really got my fantasy going, once I ‘accepted’ we figured out the limits and safeties of bodily autonomy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Techno feudalism, here we come⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

both corporations and consumers have shown

I don’t think this a preference question. More like something intrinsic to a society based on market.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨True wisdom⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
They call it ‘The Valley of the Hung Hobo’.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's yours?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Hey baby… You lookin fine tonight!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finished my 10" rack (for now)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Like when you set up 10 pins for someone else to knock down with a ball and it’s pretty symmetric?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
It’s also pretty slimy that reporters had to snoop it out of the new EULA and Nintendo didn’t put out a press release addressing it.

I’m really happy you recognize a megacorp’s evil behaviour, but you don’t have to agree with something just because you understand why and how it works.

I guess the proper answer to your diss would be: cope better. Maybe I don’t understand this corner of the internet yet, but I feel we’re missing out on great debates and ideas if soapboxing is more important.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
I do understand their point in a weird twist of copyright and marketplace spirit:

Companies lose money on consoles, so they can’t afford to sell the hardware without people paying for the software.

All in all, I don’t think it’s totally anti-consumer behaviour, but they will face the appropriate backlash in some form or the other.

As someone who grew up on Nintendo I don’t wish them ill, even though they are suffocating that part of the emulation industry. I’d rather we find the reason of the imbalance why we don’t have 80 bucks to easily shell out for a game and address why Nintendo feels it needs to sit on it’s old IP.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Where were you for the last decade? I’d think tiktok is starting to wind down by now, but me and my shaking stick wouldn’t know that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’ | The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

There’s no guarantee anyone on there (or here) is a real person or genuine.

I’m pretty sure this isn’t a baked-in feature of meatspace either. I’m a fan of solipsism and Last Thursdayism personally. Also propaganda posters.

The CMV sub reeked of bot/troll/farmer activity, much like the amitheasshole threads. I guess it can be tough to recognize if you weren’t there to see the transition from authentic posting to justice/rage bait.

We’re still in the uncanny valley, but it seems that we’re climbing out of it. I’m already being ‘tricked’ left and right by near perfect voice ai and tinkered with image gen. What happens when robots pass the imitation game?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even PewDiePie thinks you should install Linux on your computer after saying he was "tortured by Windows"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, but providing that push at the wrong time… Maybe I just presented it the wrong way. I think there was some snootiness to how I advocated it. Like I knew more than them, which might be the case… but it’s still alienating.

Maybe we can wait until they ask.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘You Can’t Lick a Badger Twice’: Google Failures Highlight a Fundamental AI Flaw⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Just put on some moosic.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Only being used because someone is paying you to do it, then snuffed out after an extended death throe.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU fines Apple $568m for deterring third-party payment methods on App Store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Naw, you’re right. There are still ways to get a decent windows experience, but it will fall to the domain of power users.

I personally see MS not really caring about their windows users. With more than enough revenue from enterprise to keep them going for decades, they will lose grip on gamers and older casual users, who remember windows before the marketplace and preinstalled adware.

With all the flavors of Linux (and a proper walled garden like Apple), I’m thinking Windows will follow Skype in the next decade or so.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Applying 'extreme heat' to lithium-ion batteries reportedly restores their capacity, and I think it's the sustainable tech breakthrough of 2025⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
By not switching to Na based batteries and keeping a lid on Li mining.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the world connected on Skype⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
But they had a good run. God knows I stayed with windows thanks to my skype account being accepted. But even those day are bygone.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Maybe the time is right for a 3rd party to rise?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
They’ll have their hands full extracting the lithium from the dead Tesla batteries.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The admin of the third largest Mastodon instance (16k monthly active users) is asking for help to pay rent⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

reframe the discussion

Simple solution. Mimic what paid online news does. Paywall, but like don’t raise the perimeter anytime someone finds a ladder. Like we have here with the linked archive posts. Definitely a good way to keep out the heavy commies.

Selling ad space

Go for it! But you won’t get me to uninstall my adblocker until I am convinced ads are any good to me. Like not the piece of shit manipulations that treat me as a skinner box. Many good examples of incorporating ads into shows, but with dignity and taste and a clear indication that it is an ad.

Also, if the admin deserves compensation for their time, why don’t I get a pretty penny for this? Sure, the admin hosts and supports the frame, but they could twirl their short hairs all night without the buzz.