bobs_monkey
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- Comment on Far-right websites got hacked and defaced; 6.5 terabytes of data got leaked. 4 days ago:
They easily could push more socially positive virtues, but it’s likely more profitable to push a divisive narrative, especially as someone else said, to keep us occupied fighting amongst ourselves, as opposed to unifying against the wealthy.
- Comment on A great disturbance in the Fediverse 6 days ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
But regardless, that functionality is still built into the car, and could theoretically be used unless you disable the telemetry/communication system.
- Comment on Mom sues porn sites (Including Chaturbate, Jerkmate, Superporn and Hentaicity) for noncompliance with Kansas age assurance law; Teen can no longer enjoy life after mom caught him visiting Chaturbate 1 week ago:
And then she’ll be just so confused as to why he never talks to her.
- Comment on Is America headed for an age of dumb phones? 2 weeks ago:
No worries! It may be exposure bias, and I’ll be honest that the only BI articles I read come from here and there certainly is a certain slant. But from where I’m sitting, it really does seem like there’s a coordinated effort among so called ‘culture journalism’ articles such as this to push a certain normalcy of nothing I’m that I can’t help but wonder if there’s something funny about it. Perhaps it’s a sort of tin foil hat theory, but prescient in a really stupid way. This article in particular isn’t exactly a defining example, but more of a contribution to that nature. I dunno, I probably need to go to bed lol.
- Comment on Is America headed for an age of dumb phones? 2 weeks ago:
It just seems like a good chunk of the articles I see from them are stories promoting going without, dealing with less, and downgrading lifestyles in response to cost of living, but doing so in a “feel good” sort of way, kind of like a life hack in a sense. They just seem to keep pumping out stories that portray families and people in their 30s to 40s that are downgrading into small homes or even trailers, eating next to nothing, or forgoing basic necessities as a way to somewhat normalize not having shit but still working your ass off, or at least that’s what I’ve perceived from it.
Like with this article, they promote it as some kind of performance-enhancing life hack to not have an internet-centric phone, yet the person on the article is carrying three of them for different purposes. It just seems ridiculous. If you want to spend less time on your phone, uninstall the time wasting apps, set do not disturb on a per app basis for the ones you keep, and make a conscious effort to put your phone away. It just seems like a clumsy solution for not having self control.
- Comment on Is America headed for an age of dumb phones? 2 weeks ago:
BI is one of the biggest culprits of trying to push social trends in a ridiculous, serflike direction, and then they wonder why their ‘prestige’ has dropped to the level of rag.
- Comment on The U.S. Just Ran a Solar Storm Emergency Drill. The Real Deal Would Be a Catastrophe 2 weeks ago:
It’s worth noting that even though a building might have solar, the systems usually disable themselves in the event of a blackout to prevent back feeding into the grid.
- Comment on Got any grapes? 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Oof 2 weeks ago:
I really wish we would make it a crime to spin narratives in bad faith.
- Comment on A family of 5 downsized to a one-bedroom apartment to escape feeling 'house poor.' Saving money hasn't been the only benefit. 2 weeks ago:
Gotta love that many of these supposed “feel good stories” written to goad the masses into living like serfs live to conveniently gloss over the fact that the story subjects just so happen to have a house to rent out. Cheap attempts at population programming.
- Comment on We gonna fight 3 weeks ago:
Oh deer
- Comment on We gonna fight 3 weeks ago:
One thing I’ve always wondered, who/what decides their hierarchy?
- Comment on Heheheh my secret door of secret knowledge 3 weeks ago:
Electrican here, it’s even worse.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Basically cheering on young pretty gals into sleeping with old crusty conservative men for the good of humanity.
- Comment on guys what the heck theyre putting micro chips in the cheese and using blockchains to track the micro chips 3 weeks ago:
But I only had two marijuanas, I was told that was ok by the cool guy on the corner.
- Comment on How does Netflix, HBO and other services get their subtitles? Are they now using AI to help translate? 3 weeks ago:
Of all the big services, Netflix subtitles are notoriously bad though. Like missing entire sentences or just flat out wrong.
- Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout 3 weeks ago:
Again, that was the style and not the exact ones we had, but yeah they were all fixed position, however ours weren’t too bad. I dunno, I don’t remember anyone complaining much, I was on the taller side of my peers and fit fine while I recall even the smaller kids were alright too. Id wager a big reason they were chosen was so kids couldn’t balance on the back legs, fall back and crack dome. They were great for cracking your back!
- Comment on Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout 3 weeks ago:
Not even that, but they are simple and repairable. I remember we had these sleigh-style desks (same idea except the seat was one-piece molded plastic) that were a total of four parts (two rails, the seat and the desk top) aside from bolts/hardware, and they had a graveyard of parts to replace pieces as needed. And those desk were tough as all hell.
- Comment on X blocks 8,000 accounts in India under government order 3 weeks ago:
So that’s why him, Zuck, and their ilk are the way they are.
- Comment on Today, The Document Foundation is releasing LibreOffice 24.8.7. Our goal is to offer citizens, businesses and governments from around the world quality and free software 3 weeks ago:
OO is fantastic.
- Comment on AMERICAN POPE LETS GO 4 weeks ago:
The Donner Party says hello between bites
- Comment on rawdogging it 4 weeks ago:
Meh, close enough, same spirit.
- Comment on rawdogging it 4 weeks ago:
That actually sounds rather pleasant, minus the book. Air travel is great for books.
- Comment on OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI In Drug Evaluation 4 weeks ago:
They don’t care though, if anything it’s more money for the medical profit machine.
- Comment on The clueless people are out there among us 4 weeks ago:
The on/off switch always struck me as odd. Like, in a recessed plug such as this where the male prongs have a bit of insulation to them, are they really that worried about a tiny arc that might occur when someone forgets to turn off the device? Like it would make more sense to have a limit switch built into the socket that activates on insertion and deactivates on removal. And even then, with our caveman sockets in the US, a small arc isn’t the end of the world, you just know not to have your fingers near the shiny bits.
- Comment on What American small talk sounds like to European 🇪🇺 4 weeks ago:
American dude here, right there with you. Just some of these conversations you overhear from girls in their 20s or even 30s is mind numbing, and they can keep going until the sun comes up. And they’re loud.
My wife and I saw Dead and Co last year at the sphere in Vegas, and there were these two women behind us that wouldn’t shut up the entire show, just talking like you’d envision two teenagers gossiping out their asses.
I think a lot of it just comes from a complete lack of social awareness, and if they’re the slightest bit pretty, they’ve likely never been checked for being rude or obnoxious.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Nah I’m with you. It’s just unbelievably lame that we have to be careful about seeking help for the possibility of having it used against us.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I’ll be honest, you’ve just justified a years long paranoia regarding doctors and therapists I’ve had. The likelihood of me being a target for anything is extremely low, but that fact that any goon in the government can get access to medical records and (even worse) therapy records that can be used against you for whatever purpose they deem necessary is unsettling. I’ve always been leery about letting on what’s going on in my mind, and this kinda just confirms it.
Luckily I haven’t needed to go to a doctor outside of urgent care for simple stuff in a very long time, but I’m also reaching the age where I need to start paying attention, so off to Mexico I go.
- Comment on The fact that even 3D games are old now blows my mind on a regular basis. 4 weeks ago:
It still bugs me that your life count reset to 4 if you turned off the console.
