Usenet.

And nothing of value was lost.

God I hate “screen time” discourse. Not all activity that happens on a screen is of equivalent value.

Fun game, bought it years ago and really enjoyed it.

I hear Mint is great if you want something simpler.

Parasocial relationships and extremely niche content. Many girls will do specific roleplays. You want a girl to fart on a cake while calling you James Baxter? Someone will. Hell, someone probably specializes in it.

Have you heard Anamanaguchi?

I think it’s a form of clout seeking behavior. When a community is against something, extreme stands against that thing garner approval from within the community. This creates a reinforcement cycle so people keep doing it, doubling down in the sentiment. Simply defederating doesn’t elicit approval the same way talking about it does.

Proton has done wonders I hear. Wonder how bad it’ll be dealing with my 3080.

An empty, pointless sentiment. Useless even if true and I have no time for useless sentiments. I’m too busy fixing stuff and doing things.

Then we’re doomed because a 3rd party without voting reform would only accelerate Republican wins. And voting reform to break first past the post is unlikely at a national level.

Seems like the winning strategy here would be to find or make wedge issues to fracture the Right.

That’s not what DRM is and pirating has always involved extra steps.

How did I not know about this? Thank you!

China is a state capitalist regime lol.

Corporate consumer brands are crap now. If you want quality you have to buy from craftsman with janky websites they built in 1995 or sometimes on Etsy. There are still tailors and leather workers and so on doing their thing, but you won’t find them on Amazon.

The crazy thing here is that she wasn’t even traveling to Dubai. It was a layover! And all she wanted was help putting on some sort of medical device they made her remove. The whole thing was basically an extortion scheme.

The Republican party can stop denying women the right to control their bodies, stop denying science, stop censoring history, and stop othering anyone but Christian Cis Het White people any time they feel like it.

But they won’t, because that’s their entire political identity. I ought to know; I was one of them for 20 some odd years.

Well when you hoover up companies left and right…

Good.

I take it your server has been BUSY.

Love that shot from Elite, nice work.

Raft is really fun but explains very little about how things work.

A trap for the unwary.

They really have signs for American politics? Ugh, I’m sorry. Not what I’d choose for us to export.

There’s ample historical precedent. I say let them fight.

Hey, I have a mostly white kitchen and I like it. I built the thing from Ikea parts and it was a ton of work and it took me like a couple months.

So maybe we decouple our criticism of wealth inequality from our hot takes on interior design, hmmm?

I have a black and white laser but am considering color for crafting purposes. But the B/W laser has done well for years and rarely needs toner.

I am surprisingly ok with this.

I found a job that doesn’t ask me for 50 hours a week and they go to bed at a reasonable hour. But don’t ask me what I’m not spending enough time doing, like working out. Or how much we spend on takeout (way, WAY too much). And on top of that I have pretty great family support.

Basically, it’s hard even under ideal conditions with some less than great compromises.

Play Gris, if for no other reason than the art. It’s just so beautiful.