explodicle

@explodicle@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your test for people?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Anecdotally that was my experience when I worked at a restaurant and later a grocery store. They had no idea how much total work there was; they’d just keep us working.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your test for people?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re boosting the GDP!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your test for people?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean we can have the same discussion in two places if you want, but it’s not benefiting or harming them either way. Their day is spent and their odds of getting paid are the same.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your test for people?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I just lost the game!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your test for people?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that just the parable of the broken window? Somebody ultimately needs to clean the dishes and return the cart - they’re not wasted time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your test for people?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This and the shopping cart thing share the theme of consuming with less cost to the business owner, but with no actual difference (or making it worse) for the employees. Their boss will use all of their time no matter how much work they do. You aren’t saving them work; you’re saving the boss’ money.

  If you decline to go into a business near closing, then you’re my kind of people. If you tip highly you’re my kind of people. If you order clearly, concisely, and politely you’re my kind of people.

  But while you’re pushing Sisyphus’ boulder up the hill, he just has to go find another boulder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your test for people?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
  1. I used to work at a supermarket and preferred returning carts to other tasks, and got paid hourly. When someone returns the cart, they’re doing that hourly work for the store owner for free. Since time is rival, you could be more effective with your altruism than helping store owners.
  2. You’re depressed because there’s so much homelessness, right?
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fear not, and enjoy this mere interlude to its fullest!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Cope harder meatbag

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨geography is neat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah like mountains and rivers other stuff that actually exists

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1919 (correctly)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why I just turned off my voice mail entirely. If I see your missed call, I’ll call back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1919 (correctly)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I still call one of my kids my little “wiggle worm”, from when she hadn’t even crawled yet. I’d sing her this old-timey lullaby:

  🎵_I am a world before I am a man

  I was a creature before I could stand

  I will remember before I forget

  Before I forget that_ 🎵

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s like having an incompetent assistant. Worth it kinda I guess? Just don’t give them anything important.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pet rent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If your tenant has a moose or a bear, then he’s in charge now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨save the planet 🌎⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile billionaires create thousands of AI memes a day and you say nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable management is an art form⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In humans, the teeth are also used heavily for communication - both visual displays and making noises.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fair but it’s rapidly decreasing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What even is money at this point⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well yeah, then we would have inflation! /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What even is money at this point⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They were saying that because it was weird to them. Inflation as we know it didn’t really start until Nixon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What even is money at this point⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but think of how cheap TVs that you don’t need are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What even is money at this point⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Which school of economics did you learn?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stolen from WallStreetBets⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Those are the charts of paper-handed “technical analysis” astrology.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hyperbaric oxygen chamber⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but it maintains the proper balance

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hyperbaric oxygen chamber⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that what the air tubes are for, like a SCUBA?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨hyperbaric oxygen chamber⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s my hot box chamber. Python comes out?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Autism has been announced!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine if someone found a cure for sociopath.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dinner is ready! ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So then D has the most people

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The inner fire of my hatred COULD melt steam beams⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bruh I never wanted to log in just to use your system. Just let me use “password”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't argue that.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It helps a lot that they’re completely immersed in the language, by people who want to help them learn, and they desperately need to tell us things with no alternative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coincidence⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  G’nort’s “Mr. Alien”. They met!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bored⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why augmented reality needs to be a thing. So we can see these side quest markers.