Why stop there? Shut it all down. Pull the plug.
Say it with me
Trans rights are human rights!
Why stop there? Shut it all down. Pull the plug.
I’m taking note of all the prominent individuals and organizations which chose to remain on the fascist platform and thus implicitly support it.
I feel ya.
I’m lying here alone right now, in my noisy hovel of an apartment, scared shitless, trying to block out the sound and light, to sleep as wave after wave of sorrow washes over me. The pills really aren’t working so well lately. Hooray for “the weekend.”
For the first time in my life I’m considering substance abuse. The world mostly just disgusts me right now.
Saaaame, happy for you <3
It’s a scary world right now but we got this.
30 is about right. Same for me. Beware
Thank you, from my friend to your friend.
And then there’s clowns like StabilityAI where if you so much as imply the presence of a woman, the resulting image is a censored blur or rejected out of hand, regardless of context. Worst money I ever spent was getting a pro subscription. I was trying to use it for clothing and tattoo inspirations.
and before some wise ace notifies me “I can run Stable diffusion on my own hardware…” yeah if you want to front me the $2000 for a new rig! My 12 year-old PCs aint gonna cut it…
That was quite the pivot
Uh money is an issue and I’m still getting out of this trash belt state. Even if I have to crawl on my hands and knees.
It’s OK to be “disconnected.”
Especially if “connected” implies dependency on one corporation which has shown general disregard for its customers’ privacy and mental health.
I don’t use Whatsapp, FB, Instagram, snapchat, google, and somehow manage to make my way through the world.
Believe it or not plenty of people still interact in meatspace, limited as it is.
My friend’s not stupid per se… just struggles with things most people find trivial. Like answering the phone or going outside.
I mean, if God lets it happen, it was meant to be
More importantly,
Are any of you single and willing to settle for someone unattractive, not too smart, and otherwise limited?
Asking for a friend.
Introducing Google Pay-I.
Revolutionary AI learns from your habits and personality to make payments on your behalf! It will buy things you didn’t even know you needed!
Haha I’m driving my 13-year-old car like, what you all don’t have buttons?!
Oh yes, my phone is nearly impossible to use as a camera, between the inherently awkward shape, the case, and the long processing delay. Does it work? Yes. But it’s not much fun. I love the ergonomic grip(s) of my DSLR and how every button and dial is in a natural position.
That’s another thing we miss, plain old tactile feedback of buttons, dials, sliders, switches.
Not as strange or pointless as it might seem at first glance, I’m reminded of this article from years ago comparing the experience of a modern phone with the old handsets: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/why-people-hate-making-phone-calls/401114/
What does Gen Z suffer from even more than the rest of us? Loneliness, isolation. So using a phone that is designed with physical comfort foremost is a way of reclaiming a sense of social connection and physical touch (“reach out and touch someone”), even when distances between callers are great. And touching the cord, again, a way of feeling the connection with the other person, which in a world of wireless devices isn’t possible – there’s nothing there but empty space. It’s not just about twirling the cord.
This isn’t to suggest there are no benefits to smartphones, and others here suggest earbuds to improve call quality and ergonomics. But the fact is modern smartphones are designed to do many things OK-ish in compromise, but nothing so well as the other devices they replace (phones, TVs, calculators - remember those?, flashlights, keyboards, etc etc.)
It’s the immigrants
Finally! The day I’ve been waiting for so long. Goodbye Linux, hello Windows!
- nobody ever
-Bibi Goebels, basically