Unreal hair

Agreed. Small talk seems insignificant but it’s real. Meeting folks who are different than you and seeing how they view the world is important. The public square and all that

“News” is a very nuanced thing. Any news report already biases the facts, often without trying: different newspapers can state the same event in unique ways. And memes completely remove the nuance. So they are no longer “news”, they are a one-off joke about some complex thing in real life.

Don’t get me wrong I am the same as you, many news items I first hear via memes. But this is no way to learn about the world. I worry that our ability to digest and understand nuance is atrophying, at least in North America where I’m from.

Clean:

Two blondes are standing on opposite sides of a wide river. Blonde 1 yells: How do I get to the other side? Blonde 2 yells back: You’re already there!

Dirty:

Three generations of prostitutes were sitting around discussing their trade. The daughter complains,“I’m only getting $20 for a blowjob.” The mother pipes up and says, “Back in my day we only got $5.” Then the grandmother speaks up and says, “During the great depression we were happy to just have something warm in our belly.”

(this one is better if you do an old lady voice for the last line.)

RIP Buddy

Ever since my first HP laptop – before I knew any better – I have despised HP and every product of theirs I’ve ever had to use. Consumer laptops full of bloatware. Online knowledge bases poorly designed. Printers full of bugs. Gah, they’re just the worst.

I’d say you’re coming back “from” reality. More like back “to” Plato’s Cave, which is what I consider screens to be.

When I was on a bunch of painkillers after some surgery I watched Whiplash. Everyone was like “wow that movie was so intense” but I was so numb I didn’t think much about it.

Introduce yourself to your neighbours. Communities share resources and it makes them resilient.

Haha thank you for this, haven’t heard that bit in ages.

A racket ball. I carry it around and bounce it to myself and play catch when I’m bored or walking somewhere. Way more fun than a fidget spinner and I’m building hand-eye coordination.

I want to smell and taste the blue whale candies from my youth. They were different and I miss them.

Retail Security. I just don’t give a shit to protect monied interests from regular folks trying to save some $$.

Why does it say that Grok is doing this? Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say that real people are using Grok as a tool to create this shit? Like place the blame where it belongs.

Haha shit that made me laugh

Same, haven’t felt the need to replace it. Basic but works great.

Gotta love the frosted tips detail.

I use my phones until they’re limping and pleading me to just let them die. At that point I look on the used market and buy the best previous-gen phone I can find for the cheapest price, then repeat. I’m not a fan of cell contracts - I like to buy my phone outright to keep my monthly bill as low as possible.

Up until now I was only buying used Pixels so I could install Graphene, but if Goog ever locks the bootloader or anything like that I will move to something else supported by Graphene.

Or maybe just revert to dumbphone and start carrying a small ultralight laptop around for internet stuff. Probably less doomscrolling that way.

A very scared man hides in this thing on his way to an unsatisfying job.

Well said. I hope this happens in my life time.