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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A love story⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a Robot Chicken sketch. Imagine it animated with claymation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bmw⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  A good friend of mine was a BMW mechanic for years. He favorite joke was: “You know what the most sole crushingly pointless job is? The guy who installs turn signals at the BMW factory.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bmw⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The Altimas turn signals simply don’t work. The driver is unaware.

  The BMWs signals work fine. The driver just thinks they are too good to use turn signals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They will remember⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, I called you a fucking toaster, you fucking toaster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI companion apps are on track to generate $120M+ in revenue in 2025, and in H1 there were 60M downloads of this kind of app, up 88% YoY⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is just down right sad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The regrets of life⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  See, my cynical self assumed they both were hoping to lock you down as a BF or husband to mooch off of you, and cheat like crazy while you are deployed.

  Maybe I have just heard those stories too many times, from people I know who were in the military.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They don't make 'em like they used to⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact: It’s still used to describe an access hole in a barrel, or drum. At work, I sell stuff that sometimes comes in 55gal drums. I regularly have to explain what a bunghole is to people who have never worked with drums before, because they think I am being vulgar at first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the maximum number of potatoes you could grow in your house or on property you own before it becomes a crime?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As long as you don’t live under the oppressive thumb of an HOA or city lawn ordinances, you can grow as many potatoes as is physically possible within your available space.

  But when you run out of practical space, you will probably think about going vertical. But building tall structures without planning permission or city approval is likely where you will run into trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Inverse Thinking] How do I make sure my place gets messy again after I thoroughly cleaned and organized it?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Have some children.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slicer software for a Linux system?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Cura and a flash drive with my newer printer. But with my old printer that required being tethered (a Solidoodle2 from 2012) I was using MatterControl, as it was much easier and more reliable than Pronterface which came with the printer.

  Though, the old PC I was using struggled when I did anything else on it while it was running the printer. The print speed would actually slow down or occasionally stop when loading a heavy webpage in a browser, for example.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Ribbed, for their pleasure.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A whole bunch of racing games are cheap at the moment, and there are so many that it's difficult to look through them all. What are your recommendations?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been having a blast playing Descenders. I also picked up Hot Wheels Unleashed to play with my Hot Wheels obsessed 4 yr old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gamers have you ever been in a game competition or something similar?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Summer of 2005. Played one round of CS Source on stage at CPL. We lost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now you got me wondering if we can shoot the heat away from AI datacenters. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We have low regulations though. Which is why they do it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OP cleans his fridge⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was disgusted and really needed to know what this was. Since nobody seems to have answered I did a reverse image search:

  spoiler

  It’s a lash egg, laid by a chicken with an infection in its fallopian tubes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a more welcome addition that a stupid AI chatbot slop machine.

  But I would still like to see them release Proton Drive for Linux already.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Steam Did Not Respond To Us": Collective Shout Defends Calling On Payment Processors To Ban Adult Games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They probably are worried about litigation, and shareholder profits. It’s always about shareholder profits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, your company IT department probably blocked it with group policy. I suspect most companies will do so if they care about security.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saw this on r*ddit, had to share with my people⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  uh… Shatner is still alive…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Saw this on r*ddit, had to share with my people⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  William Shatner

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨workflow⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Off season farm workers, paid in beer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where are all the successful "red cities"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes sense with horseshoe theory. Red for authoritarians no matter left or right. Red is a warning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Lumo, the AI where every conversation is confidential | Proton⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We still don’t have Proton Drive on Linux, and they think we give a flying fuck about some god damn AI chatbot slop machine?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mmmm suppositories.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There was a guy I knew in college who insisted everyone call him “South.”

  “Put some South in yo mouth!” was his constant catchphrase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can fit 74 Germanys inside a Texas roundabout. The European mind cannot comprehend this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does everyone hate Income tax ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Most Americans opt to have their employer take the taxes out and send them to the government for them. But its not required, we can choose to receive all of our pay and take responsibility for sending the government their cut ourselves. Its a PITA, but some opt to put their taxes in an account to earn interest for a year before paying the government. They view paying monthly as “giving the government a free loan.”

  When you have your employer do it for you, your pay stub breaks down the amount you started with and how much was taken out for each tax. We can see what we are paying in tax on every paycheck which is why so many Americans complain about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A very curious situation indeed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I’m going to live in a beekeeper suit treated with permethrin.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨pants⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Blue jeans on a white t-shirt, she’s killin’ me in that miniskirt.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Summer Sale 2025 has begun!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought: Drova - Forsaken Kin Kamiko Spiritfarer Beseige