every word of this title lowers the stakes of whatever the fuck this is about

AI has all the popularity of the spoiled vaping neighbor kid and his new drone.

it's like an unstable ex-girlfriend trying to get back together. and now she's down on her luck with even less to offer.

I saw a neighbor fill his lawnmower with gas, take the can and take a huge swig. He capped it and started his lawnmower like nothing. so many questions.

Sucks, Costco makes you buy two.

Don't smoke cigarettes ever.

Slow down at that blind corner in October 1989.

Don't take the shortcut to downtown in July 1994.

Don't lift that giant tube tv by yourself in May 2005.

Never stop exercising, playing guitar, writing, and painting/multimedia art.

I found my home server is sooooo much faster and more reliable than my streaming services. I usually forget I can watch in a legit way. No ads to skip, stupid popups when you pause, or buffering issues. I ❤️ Local Files!

How else are people at Trader Joes going to hear Cannibal Corpse?

I've given up on humanity, but not open source for some reason

There was this new kid at (public) middle school we kinda started feeling sorry for. He was always dressed nice. Had an excuse for PE. Had a special lunch from the cafeteria because of dietary needs. Turns out his parents were super specialized doctors or surgeons or something. After a couple of months he said he could have one of person over at a time after school. I went over first on my skateboard. He had one that he didn't know how to ride, so he walked. We get to his house and they have this amazing view of the water and mountains. A fucking indoor pool and jacuzzi. Green house in the middle of the entryway with tropical plants. The mom greeted us and makes us leave our skateboards outside, take off our shoes, and told us the house rules. She asked me what my parents did and was just kind of deadeyes when I told her (boring, middle class work). We went to his room that had a goddamn computer in, most households didn't have anything like that at the time. He had his own private phone line, cable tv, and tons of plastic model cars and planes. He had an RC Car. I was blown away and then he shows me their entertainment room with a giant projector tv, air hockey, a film projector and screen, and a bunch of other shit I can't remember. I feel like I spent about an hour there before the mom found us and sent me home because they were having dinner? Gee thanks lady, I guess you don't want the poors coming back for free food. Or your son to have any friends. My other friends went over there (one at a time!) with the same results. Looking back, I guess his parents were trying to research what other kid's parents might be wealthy enough for their son to hang out with. or maybe for them to entertain/socialize. It was pretty gross.

you remind me of my acid dropping goth friend from the 80's. the "crazy" stare really sells it. wanna take drugs in the park and laugh at people in pleated jeans?

explain this to a person in 1998

A couch surfing hippy my room mate let stay with us for two horrible weeks decided to make some oily vegan garbage in our stock pot for a "thank you dinner". I took one bite and almost puked from all the veggie oil she used. I asked if I could skim it off the top of the pot and she got all pissed, grabbed the pot and tried to flush it down our (only) toilet. It immediately overflowed a bunch of oily, undercooked, and flavorless crap onto our bathroom floor. There was much more drama after that involving an expensive bike, an ex boyfriend, unpaid roto-rooter bill, a rental steam cleaner, and new rules involving house guests. bonus: she used all of our food to make it, she bought nothing herself!

Oh you like gummy bears? Here is some peanut brittle, a loaf of bread, and the definitive repair manual for the 1964 Studebaker Avanti.

upvotes stopped at 69. I am legally required not to vote rule.

like a garage door spring

Filming on film and showing in the theater is wildly outdated and unecessary. At the same time we have reached so much bloat in digital content that even the act of sorting what is worth watching takes a lifetime and feels disappointing. It also feels like a guantlet to find anything for a rewatch to the point I give up and just do other things like write tepid takes on lemmy.

Letterkenny, Trailer Park Boys....the Canadian loophole

if you draw or photoshop, a wacom screen is a life changer. not an ipad pro or surface, a 20"+ wacom cintiq on a solid desk is still light years beyond anything else out there. also, if you edit video, a usb shuttle wheel with mapable hot buttons makes cutting much faster than click and drag. really good speakers are important. lastly, get the best chair (with a headrest!) you can afford.

I would hypothetically look up how to set up a Usenet account for downloading and a tracker account for finding said show. I would also buy an eye patch, a funny hat, and a parrot for me shoulder...arrrr.

omg, the rich kid letting you watch....ugh, been there. that kid at my school had the nicest skate board you could buy and never once road it. Meanwhile we were mowing lawns to buy plywood for ramps, smoking weed, and chasing girls. I wouldn't have traded his isolated life for mine, but I doubt he ended up going through the tough times me and my friends did. Tough times don't build character, IMO, they just increase resentment towards the system.

the culture of the wealth gap (or intentional moat) has always been there, embedded in our everyday lives from birth to death. Temporarily embarrassed millionaires indeed.

how else am I going to get all these rocks through those car windows?

Walk away unless you plan on doing a large, time consuming, and expensive renovation. Don't fall in love with the idea of what the property could be. Make sure it suits your needs now and the seller is much more transparent.

listen to college/indie radio and follow their playlists.

KUOM KCPR WFMU

just got my multi season science fiction show downloaded via the salty seas. apparantly it would cost $50-85 to download or stream from the "legit" vendor. A vendor that bought the rights and closed the ability to access previous seasons. So, not going well for the loyal customers.

their window sticker makes me feel threatened

OC via AI and Photoshop

Ad"Choices"...ugh, get stuffed.

I'll gay-woke everyone in this room. try me!

I had to tell a job lead (not via linkdin) that I don't frequent the site and please contact me directly. They did, it was like we never needed it. I freelanced most of my work and I never got a gig from a job website/social media platform.

#COMPLY.

My family won a lifetime supply of chunky peanut butter in a seat number lottery at a baseball game. It was 12 large jars of peanut butter (36 oz) for 20 years. Needless to say we asked them to not send anymore after the first year. I hate chunky peanut butter now.

if only. i'd get right on that catholic shit. instead, Satan is my boy 4life! thanks Ozzy🤘

Ditto on all telemarketers/robo calls. Useful tip: if you know its a robo/marketer/scam answer the phone with "Thank you for calling, can I get your last name first and your order number?" then progressively and aggressively keep asking for personal details of them and their order.

Ookla the Mok is a completely unfair thirst trap

¯_(ツ)_/¯

There was a tornado in Oceano, CA a few days ago. A small one, but there have a been a couple others in recent years. So thats a new, fun thing to prepare for.

So, the horses have left a few decades ago...time to close the door?

Sometimes micro-dosing is just straight up trippin' balls.

I looked at my long list of chores and it was just too sunny outside.
I went fishing instead. Didn't catch a thing and it was great.