I genuinely want Gopher back.
I want to share information and to communicate. I don’t want every bowel movement tracked and monetizes. I don’t want 30 cross site requests when going to a news site. A single story should not require 10MB of JavaScript libraries.
I have no doubt that most of the authors of the original internet are aghast at what their high-minded creation has itself created.
My NeoVim (which can leverage VSCodes plugins) uses about 60MB for an entire project.
And doesn’t have the stink of Microsoft and its associated user tracking.
I’ll talk nothing over a terribly implemented Electron app that devours system resources and brings every other Electron app down when it inevitably OOMs.
Can I expect similar protections for The Satanic Verses, or is this another instance of religion being afforded a special status with the power to control non-adherents lives?
I always get the two mixed up.
I still go to Reddit for American politics, my cities sub, and /r/nfl.
But I haven’t made a single comment and treat it more as a news aggregator than a proper community. And even that is happening less and less as I get more comfortable with the pacing of the community here.
On Reddit you can make a clever comment at the right time and get thousands of upvotes and sidebar conversations. It’s great for a shot of that sweet, sweet dopamine.
On Lemmy, I rarely get more than 5-10 upvotes, but the conversations are meaningful and nuanced.
People are realizing that Lemmy is not a 1:1 drop-in replacement and are adjusting their expectations and behavior accordingly. Hopefully we’ll hit a critical mass soon.
Ahh Medium. The Pinterest of articles.
I think the entire community would appreciate articles posted in an accessible manner.
An America-centric one. I’ve stopped tipping altogether. When the credit card reader at my grocery store deli suggested 15% I snapped.
Base 60 was good enough the Babylonians and it’s good enough for me!
From a human experience standpoint, Fahrenheit is more meaningful than Celsius.
0°F - Too damned cold 100°F - too damned hot
0°C - Jacket weather 100°C - He ded
I was sexually assaulted multiple times at multiple churches.
Fuck you and fuck your trivializing.
Depends on how you interpret the Golden Age text. But you’re correct that the former is the light bringer and the latter is adversary/legal opponent.
But the silver age crap messed with that canon.
My head canon is that Lucifer was a member of the Q Continuum while Satan was a misunderstood Time Lord.
The Pope needs to have a sit-down with the folks at Disney to learn how to properly manage a shared imaginary universe.
Old archaeologist joke:
Q. Why are the Great Pyramids in Giza?
A. Because they wouldn’t fit in the British Museum.
In my CRV I’ll often initiate attack plan omega.
So Alfred Hitchcock predicted DDOS attacks decades before they were a thing?
And this hits another topic…
Emotional expression is culturally derived.
A raised eyebrow can mean very different things to different groups. Giving a thumbs up in Turkey or an okay sign in northern Africa will have radically different messages.
I seriously hate emojis.
They tell me nothing except that the sender is too lazy to give me a hint.
Don’t lump them in with us! I’m a proud member of the Satanic Temple, and I wouldn’t touch PHP on my most hedonistic night.
There’s the Devil, and there’s the Devil.
Which makes my incomprehensible notes to my future self an elaborate form of masturbation.
I’ll be reporting this to Ambassador Porthos! You can expect some urination on anything sacred you own.
Where I live in the northern Rockies, -40°F is common enough that you kinda forget about it. But it’s also a college town. And every year we get a bunch of incoming students who treat the extreme cold like some sort of game or a challenge to their masculinity.
Same with driving. There’s a reason why the regional natives fastidiously use our turn signals and give a ton of space to cars in front of us. Because each of us has gotten into a fender bender by not doing that.
Seriously. Treat the cold with respect. It can debilitate you in just a few minutes.
PHP: You’re not a nerd. But you are at least trying.