TaterTot

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pull yourself up by your bootstraps, kiddo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So uhhh, the oldest Boomers would have been 14 at the end of the 50’s. This would have been a Greatest and Silent generation thing.

  And given what they lived through… well I get wanting a whiskey dispenser at work…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Remember, Kids:⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I should really do something about that… later tho…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Republican Party used to be very big on smaller government. What caused them to turn into the party of big government over reach? When did it happen?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Very true, but they do serve different purposes.

  The Ratchet Effect

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Return to office propaganda floating around LinkedIn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, this is the real underated trick. A great manager removes blockers. There job is first and foremost to get shit off the train tracks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is a real trip on acid like? Is there any comparisons in movies? I took 3 tabs once and it just turned the world literally black white and gray. Did I miss something like the euphoria or whatever⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a video of a woman being dosed for research back in the 50’s. It is, for me, the easiest way to answer this question.

  Invidious

  YouTube

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Living the dream⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Might need to make that afternoon sound less awesome if they want to get their point across.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They do⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now without further ado…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨mindset⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d disagree with this. Personal empowerment is universal and applies to everyone, sure. But its nature is personal, and shaped by a multitude of factors including (but not limited to) gender. That’s basically the idea behind intersectionality.

  Along the various lines that make up someone’s circumstances, groups can share collective barriers to their empowerment. In this case, women (and men) face specific, gender-based obstacles. So when you generalize a conversation about one group’s particular issues, at best you derail something that would’ve been helpful. At worst, you end up with an “All Lives Matter” bumper sticker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Super-threesome⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s Justice League, it has to be kid friendly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder who discovered it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Who smells like freaking Porpoise Hork!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you want to be Michael Jackson-level famous? Why or why not?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Think I would cap out at David Sedaris levels of fame. Anything more would be too much bother.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you want to be Michael Jackson-level famous? Why or why not?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  tide comes in, edit goes out.

  You can’t explain that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love mixology⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Something kind beautiful about the prep time required for the Whisky Ball juxtaposed against the absolute peak of laziness that is the Uncrustable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Framework an ethical company?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are no ethical large computer manufacturers. Framework, like its competitors, financially supports unethical people, projects, and governments, and there’s no such thing as an end-to-end ethical supply chain right now.

  People want Framework to be ethical because they champion repairability, and on a relative scale, you could do a lot worse. But that’s also the problem. Most people buying a new MacBook or ThinkPad never think about ethics. Framework puts ethics front and center, then drops the ball the moment you dig deeper than repairability.

  If you want to buy “ethically,” your best option is used. The device was still made unethically, by a company that funded abhorrent causes, and the seller will likely reinvest your money into the very ecosystem you’re trying to avoid. But at least you kept something out of a landfill a little longer, and put one more degree of Kevin Bacon between yourself and the worst of it.

  To keep things in perspective, Framework is probably less unethical than most manufacturers, and they’re doing more for repairability than most. And even Doug Forcett wasn’t good enough for the Good Place, so you know… you have to draw your own lines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gotta run⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait… is that the reason Flutterbutter has been excluded at the dog park!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨average red state university⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Does a theory need to be understood or explained to be tested/proven?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨average red state university⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Evolution is the most proven theory we have, it has been tested over and over.

  I’ll see you Theory of Evolution and raise you the Theory of Gravity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, I'm not showing you.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You ever read a post before checking the title? I was this close to asking “For real? Can I see?”, before I checked…

  But for real though… can I see?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like a key difference between Google’s search Monopoly and Valve’s is the fact that Google paid off the competition to be the default on basically every browser.

  Valve’s monopoly is very real, or at least they absolutely dominate the PC game market (IANAL, no clue if Valve’s monopoly passes the legal bar). But outside of the SteamDeck and a couple gaming focused laptop’s, Steam doesn’t get forced on any user as the default. They personally install it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CATTACK⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If there’s a Churu on the other side

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CATTACK⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve tried to explain the same thing about cats, but fools never learn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL that in 1996 they made a USS-Defiant CD player⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Given the shape of it, it would have been rude not to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asset reuse in videogames is essential, and we need to embrace it, says Assassin's Creed and Far Cry director: 'We redo too much stuff'⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh, yeah, 100%. Though I have to wonder who is even arguing against this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone remember that "First is the worst, second is the best" rhyme kids used to do? Where did that come from?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s not all! That’s not all!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Classics⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your mamma’s so fat Ben Kenobi said: “That’s no moon….. that’s yo mamma!”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Also, in my state, all the drivers are the worst⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but I was talking about general complaints. Things like, “the drivers here are so bad”, “the winters are too cold and the summers are too hot”, “the government sure is poorly run”, “the yellow sports car parked out in front of the fast food place I work looks so stupid”, “I hate my boss and his stupid name, like seriously, who is named Methuselah Honeysuckle”, and “If they don’t give me a raise this time, I’m going to start a union, I’m serious, working a Chipotle sucks”.

  You know, the kind of stuff that could never be traced back to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Also, in my state, all the drivers are the worst⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, guess it’s nice to know I’m not giving away my location when I complain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(AI) Arrrrr⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I kind of want to know what “trick” it was going to offer to spot r’s faster.

  How could it possibly improve on “count them”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2 North American 4 you has been created⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  it’s immigrants who brought their culture and then adapted it

  Yep, those are American’s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epstein Files Reveal How Pathetic Richard Dawkins & Other Men Are⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, you are the embodiment of rational internet discourse.