In my childhood in Germany kids didn’t need to be picked up or dropped off, we either walked or took public transit (not dedicated school buses either). As far as I can tell that’s still the case where I live. It’s a very different urban design that facilitates it, and it results in more human lives in my opinion.

as funny as this comment is, do console wars really need to exist? does brand loyalty and basing your identity on the products you consume need to exist?

I understand, I do the same sometimes (though at 1.5x) and I’m very upset that my mindless consumption of the internet has made me this way, and now it’s much harder to stop. I very much understand why attention spans are shortening, and it hurts.

I’m sorry that the world has hurt you so

my last dream had me explaining to somebody that i do actually know how to use vim and don’t need any teaching. i was doing something high-stakes i think, like we were stealing a famous museum piece or something, and someone took out a hacker laptop with vim and i needed to operate it. the question was being asked right in the moment. i think the whole scene was just training or practice though.

my brainstem tells me it’s time for anxiety

come on eileen?

to be fair the dough is supposed to stay in the can where it’s safe from predators.

i think the rich have seen the avocado toast problem for a long time. that’s why they sell you avocado toast, because clearly it’s making you poor and they have too much of it.

to be fair the bible says just about everything about everything and you can interpret it in every possible and contradictory way

a delicacy in fraitaly

fuck yeah i love money

there are technically alternative marketplaces on iOS in the EU, but they do the exact thing google is now copying off apple: apple still has to give the green light. apple “notarizes” every app, even if it goes through a third party app store. this changes the app irreversibly, and ios/ipados devices can only install notarized apps.

half a doctor for two days

still not good for the eyes

the super straights

service workers are humans? it can’t be!

they still cost money though

you’ve got an interesting imagination, but please don’t use it for evil

it’s a funny reference to more broken times

i sometimes struggled with alsa and pulseaudio, especially in more niche or diy distros, and at the time it was frustrating as hell, but looking back it’s a nostalgic memory.