binarytobis
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- Comment on xkcd #3198: Double-Pronged Extension Cord 5 days ago:
- Comment on Grinch 5 days ago:
As if the grinch would get his dog anywhere but out of the trash.
- Comment on We must remember the simple wisdom of nature 5 days ago:
Reminds me of the story of the girl who worked at subway, and she would greet everyone with huge smiles except for That One Rude Guy, who got a completely neutral expression and no chat. After a few weeks of noticing his effect on her, he apologized profusely and promised to change his attitude.
- Comment on Chomp! 5 days ago:
You’re mostly right. They’re trendy with an app. Although their overpriced cookies aren’t great, they are fresh and therefore better than any you’d likely find on the internet.
- Comment on We must remember the simple wisdom of nature 5 days ago:
When I was a teenager, I watched this hacking 101 show made by that Kevin guy from Tech TV and hosted on his own site. The first episode was about social engineering, no computers involved.
He demonstrated how to get free pizza. First, he awkwardly followed a family in and stood nearby as they ordered, then left with them after hearing what they got. Next he called in and was like “This sausage on the pizza we just ordered is too hard, might chip my teeth. Make me a new one.” Went in and grabbed the free pizza, then strutted out like dark spider-man.
I thought this was so smart. Told everyone who would listen to me about it. This was important! The world was my oyster.
Thought about it again a few years later “Wait, everyone knows you can get free food by being a dick to employees. Hell, the manager who gave it to him probably knew he was lying and thought making a pizza was less hassle than dealing with it. The reason not to do it all the time is because humans usually* have some sense of shame.”
*I say usually because some people simply don’t have any shame at all. I once invited someone from work out to lunch with me and my friends, and they left one small slice of pizza uneaten, asked for a box, and when it came they put their thick ass restaurant plate inside and stole it. While all of us stared on in horrified fascination.
- Comment on Spong Berb Adventures #2 1 week ago:
Cigar bar and a haberdasher?
- Comment on Spong Berb Adventures #1 1 week ago:
I was at a BBQ place the other day and the most expensive thing on their menu was pork ribs + two sides for $23. Waiter was all excited “On Wednesdays we have beef ribs, you have to try it!” Tried it and was pretty good. Get the bill and it was $70 not including the sides, total was $95 before tip. At no point was the price disclosed to me before ordering.
Maybe if I had Kratos’ grit I would have just walked out.
- Comment on Opinions 1 week ago:
I’ve heard people say Taco Bell is so greasy it gives them the shits, but I just don’t think that’s objectively true. You open up the classic bean burrito or taco and if anything it’s too dry, you need the sauce just to level it out. I’ve never actually known someone to have bathroom issues after taco bell. Real life experience just doesn’t agree with the joke.
I heard someone posit that people who say that are reacting to beans because they don’t normally get much fiber and their body can’t handle the sudden influx.
That said, taco bell isn’t good for the most part.
- Comment on post modernism 2 weeks ago:
You get me.
- Comment on post modernism 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on post modernism 2 weeks ago:
I have a long sleeve shirt that says “Sun’s out, guns out”. A couple of weeks back I saw my 8 yo niece silently sounding it out across the table followed by a withering look of “What does that mean? That’s stupid.” Didn’t want to interrupt her mom to explain myself and just took the hit to my uncle cred.
- Comment on Parents... Huh... 2 weeks ago:
Parent: Don’t have kids. They are awful and will ruin your life.
Only child: 👀
- Comment on Coca cola reverse-engineered recipe for "homebrewing" 2 weeks ago:
Huh.
- Comment on The forbidden fourth leche 2 weeks ago:
Wow, that was really the perfect scene to channel this energy.
- Comment on always watching 2 weeks ago:
Sometimes I like to think that the reason a god isn’t around to help fix things is that they are constantly seeding new civilizations around the universe, and ours just didn’t work out.
- Comment on Auto update 2 weeks ago:
The worse version of this is when accepting the box for “Update now?” just opens a browser in their homepage and you have to manually download the installer.
This blacklists the program.
- Comment on I can taste sounds 3 weeks ago:
Tried cold brew concentrate once. Thought it was normal concentration tea, and my coffee hating self was in for a hefty swig of regret.
- Comment on Check mate, atheists. 3 weeks ago:
Have you seen Wake Up Dead Man? Had a really intriguing take on reconciling atheists and theists in a way I found very valuable.
- Comment on Shout out to the NYE shift at all the Emergency Departments around the world. 3 weeks ago:
I’m always treated like a loser nerd for stopping some drunk dad from throwing a box of leftover fireworks on the bonfire or something, because it’s not like anything would happen. We’ve done this a dozen times!
But, survivorship bias aside, injuries are very common! And severe!
- Comment on Stay under the speed limit, guys. It's not worth it. 3 weeks ago:
Never heard it put like that before.
- Comment on Stay under the speed limit, guys. It's not worth it. 3 weeks ago:
It’s so dangerous when the passenger tries to pressure the driver to go. If they thought it was safe they would have gone. If they decide to listen to the passenger instead of their own judgement, they are way more likely to get into an accident. Even if the advice itself is good they might take too pong to process it or misunderstand. Like “Take a right, now!” then they drive up onto the curb ten feet before the turn.
My passenger yells anything they can walk the rest of the way.
- Comment on Among games with over 10K reviews, Deltarune is the most highly rated 4 weeks ago:
Honestly, I hate partial releases so I haven’t played it yet, despite loving Undertale.
- Comment on We'll probably never see a Grand Theft Auto set in a futuristic city like GTA 2 because the team "hated it": "People didn’t connect with the game or its city" 4 weeks ago:
One of my friends pointed out to the teacher that they shouldn’t store the grades on a shared location the students could access and got expelled.
- Comment on Actual theft 1 month ago:
To be honest I just don’t want to google to get more money. They suck.
Also your use case is very specific. The people I was referencing have more basic needs that would be easily bypassed with ublock. It’s fine if the way you like to listen to music is best served by youtube with a subscription.
- Comment on Actual theft 1 month ago:
I’m often surprised when I hear how other people live. Conversation at work will go like:
Employee A: “Youtube ads are getting ridiculous.”
Me: “You still see Youtube ads?”
Employee B: “Yeah, just get Youtube Premium. Such a smart investment.”
Me: “Wait, what?!”
Several of my millennial friends have cable TV and Tivo or something just because they are creatures of habit and are too tired from raising kids to consider changing their process. Weirdly, my boomer parents are the most tech savvy media consumers I know. They just have terrible taste.
- Comment on 4 reasons Plex is turning into the thing it replaced 1 month ago:
For me I just want a fast forward button. They have something they call fast forward, but it seeks instead.
- Comment on The Bat 1 month ago:
Only music video from the pic I could place. Love half alive.
- Comment on Choose wisely! 1 month ago:
I’m also hung up on “Crypto is UBI”. Surely this is a one off crackpot quote and not a thing, right?
- Comment on JD, is that you!? 1 month ago:
I guess a Bris fits under “any excuse to party”.
- Comment on I love doing THIS 1 month ago:
A real rollercoaster going from “This is a chance to use that word, it fits perfectly!” > “Wait, oh god how do you pronounce it?” > “I think I nailed it!” > “Oh no, they don’t know that word and now I have to explain it like a pretentious jerk.”
