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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Have you encountered this?⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  20% has actually been the norm for a while. Maybe it was a bit on the upper end a couple decades ago while now it's more default, but I remember my parents tipping 20% for normal service back in the 90's. Of course, with prices soaring tipping is still getting pricier and pricier, but the expected percentage here has been relatively stable.

  The thing that's out of control is where you're expected to tip now. I often see a tip prompt come up at retail stores where the only service the employee provided was ringing up the items I brought. I never tip in those kinds of situations, and I doubt the employee would see any of it even if I did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deep dish thought⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Love me a Papa Murphy's stuffed pizza.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  What you see as "spot the error" type training, another person sees as absolute fact that they internalize and use to make decisions that impact the world. The internet gave rise to the golden age of conspiracy theories, which is having a major impact on the worsening political climate, and it's because the average user isn't able to differentiate information from disinformation. AI chatbots giving people the answer they're looking for rather than the truth is only going to compound the issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the real concern. Copyright abuse has been rampant for a long time, and the only reason things like the Internet Archive are allowed to exist is because the copyright holders don't want to pick a fight they could potentially lose and lessen their hold on the IPs they're hoarding. The AI case is the perfect thing for them, because it's a very clear violation with a good amount of public support on their side, and winning will allow them to crack down even harder on all the things like the Internet Archive that should be fair use. AI is bad, but this fight won't benefit the public either way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pro tip⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It definitely was, but now I can only find this pic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did you have one of these?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It was pretty useful until I had an argument with my mom and the lights would constantly turn off and on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sad but true⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Guilty in the legal sense means you've been found to be guilty in the court of law. Until you've been tried, you're not guilty. Otherwise anyone could just say "that guy committed a crime" and it'd be their word against yours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Videos that pushed this rhetoric were the first step in turning my mom from a normal shitty person into a full-blown conspiracy theorist. This is definitely going to be a problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheat Codes Activated⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to have a 1.5" leg length difference, so I had to wear a big lift in one of my shoes throughout middle and part of high school as I had a few surgeries to slowly fix the difference. It was a major pain, and I often rolled my ankle in gym class and sports.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Idibiks Oiho⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Forbidden PEZ

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheesfull⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuddruckers still exists, but they've downsized significantly since the mid 2000's when my friends and I used to go there a lot in high school. There aren't any locations left in my state anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Itch.io apologise for "frustration and confusion" after delisting thousands of NSFW projects⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ...those are all corporations. Nationalization would make it a public service, rather than a corporate profit-driven service like how it is now.

  You can bet that if libraries, for example, became privatized, we'd quickly see several different library companies pop up, each with their own paid book subscription service with exclusive partnerships with various popular artists, much like we have today with streaming platforms. Conversely, if we were to nationalize those streaming platforms, we'd likely see the service transformed to be more akin to our current library service.

  It's why the rightmost parties generally want to defund many public services and move them to the private sector - it transforms services that we spend money on to benefit the people into services that the people spend money on to benefit corporations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Think about it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically those trees generally became coal, while oil is generally from marine life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doing a pack a day⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I've never liked them in a carrot cake. Most older recipes will call for both raisins and some kind of nut, but I've never had a problem leaving the raisins out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stop Killing Games reaches its goal of 1.4M signatures, covering the risk of valid signatures going under 1M⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To what extent to they have to talk about it, though? Can they address it, come to the conclusion that it's infeasible (while subtly tucking millions of dollars from game companies into their pockets), and consider the matter settled? I understand that governments are meant to keep corporations in check to benefit the people, but functionally they keep the people in check to benefit corporations and their "lobbyists" (bribes).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨its painful each time (┬┬﹏┬┬)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It really is good advice, and you do get more and more energy to do it after you get started. The thing I did was DnD, and I just found people in the area advertising in-person campaigns and went to some. I only wanted to do a social day once every week or two, so I started with that. That didn't last long, though, since after finding the one campaign to be really fun, I ended up joining 2 more and having multiple sessions every week! I wouldn't have had the energy to start with that, but now I've got plenty. It's a bit of a balancing act to both acknowledge the height of the mountain you're about to climb, but also keep in mind that all you need to do right now is take a single step.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I loved the original Rayman game so much as a kid that I'd specifically look for that old rainbow logo on other games to figure out which ones I might like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, she had just broken up with her boyfriend and found a bunch of "self-help" youtube videos that basically just said everyone who disagrees with you is a narcissist, then the algorithm started recommending her videos that said everyone who disagrees with you is actually an "energy vampire" literally and maliciously draining you of your life force. From there she got into all the crazy health conspiracies - which of course happened right as she was diagnosed with DCIS, which is easily treatable, but if left untreated becomes breast cancer. She dove head-first into all of the conspiracies after that, throwing money at anyone claiming to cure cancer so long as the method wasn't backed by "big science," and died of breast cancer a few years later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It took my mom less than 4 years to go from crying in horror when Trump was elected in 2016, to crying in horror when he wasn't elected in 2020, and lamenting her inability to join Jan 6 due to her cancer that was mysteriously worsening in spite of all the 5g blockers and expensive heal-all herbal teas she bought.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s the little things⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I'll often spread spilled water across the table just so that it evaporates within a couple minutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how did he do that?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  From this Tumblr blog. Unfortunately the Creator stopped posting a while ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨holee shiet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My conspiracy theorist mom shared stuff like this all the time. This will absolutely be shared among climate change deniers as they roll coal on their way to the funeral for their daughters who died in the Texas floods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does the 6 refer to a body part or a measurement in inches?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The phrase "got your six" is a variation of "got your back," referring to the method of using a clock face to denote direction. So, your 12-o-clock is directly ahead, your 3 and 9 are your right and left, and your 6 is behind you. Kind of a weird thing to put on your license plate, but I've seen weirder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pop it in your calendars⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They did all this because they know that the vast majority of the playerbase will never hear about this, and many of those that do will either forget, or simply not care enough to boycott the game. We're in an age of apathy across the board, with so much bad press that any given scandal just fades into the background noise.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Whaooo Wah Hey Ha!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have this on my everyday playlist...

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fuck the rules!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I smuggled a whole pan of brownies once. I barely even tried to hide it, but nobody asked about the weirdly square bulge on my stomach. They don't care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Milking dust⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I saw the new one with my father in law today, after not having seen one since the original trilogy. It was just not good. I'm usually able to turn off my brain and enjoy a movie regardless of the quality, but there were so many things that didn't make sense, or were glossed over without explanation, that I just couldn't suspend my disbelief.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DIY 4th of July⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I learned this by accident while heating up some hot cocoa as a kid, haha!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guys on dating sites be like:⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It depends on your strategy, and the amount of effort you're willing to put in. I'll talk to guys who tell me they found no success on dating sites, but when I ask them about it, they'll talk about their experience as if all they did was send a "hey" DM to every girl on the site. The quantity-over-quality approach just doesn't work, since girls are already getting an overwhelming amount of messages, and something generic just gets lost in the noise.

  When I decided to bite the bullet and do online dating, I got cleaned up nice, planned a few events with friends to get nice, active, up-to-date pictures, made a well-thought-out profile, and spent a couple hours every day reading through the profiles of potential matches. I'd only contact the ones I not only liked, but that I felt might like me as well based on their profile. I'd find something I wanted to talk to them about, and make a personalized DM for each one that could serve as a good conversation starter.

  It took a few months, but I eventually found a partner - we've been together for 8 years, married for 3. I'm not sure how much of my experience was luck, but my wife tells me that a lot of what interested her in me as a match on the site was my profile responses, interesting pictures, and unique DM topic, so the effort definitely made a difference.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minion pizza⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can see that the arms didn't melt at all, so it's more likely that they just put too many toppings on without an exposed crust to keep them in, causing them to spread off of the crust as they melted. I've done the same when I get overzealous with the cheese on homemade pizza. The crust underneath probably still looks like a minion.