I predicted a year or two ago that at some point calculators will be referred to as AI.

We’re getting ever closer…

darwinian selection has nothing to do with aging. that’s religious right / 1920s robber baron bullshit.

What’s next, litter boxes in nursing homes? /s

Oh my dude, that second ship sailed decades ago.

Time was there was really just one place (maybe two) where you could find an answer to a question. (Usenet mostly.)

Now there’s easily two dozen at least, from SO/SE, Quora, Yahoo Answers, all the way to Reddit subs…

The balkanization of information. It screwed the knowledge of the public, but it made a few people super rich. Whee

I’m not sure what’s good about people losing the knowledge of the fundamentals of how things work

How ironic is it to be against individual empowerment on the internet in lieu of dependency on corporate controlled outlets… on the fucking fediverse?

Gee guess I missed “the ATM riots” day in history class

No, it really has been statistically associated with such things as what kind of media you were exposed to. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/health/02real.html

But I’m guessing you’re around English speaking people most of the time

My ex told me to stop calling them floaters because it made her think of poop. Thing is, that’s literally what they’re called.

HPD Detective Kyle Stringer told Choi… that real officers do not wear ski masks.

🤔

the difference between smart evil and dumb evil is dumb evil doesn’t know it, smart evil knows it and doesn’t care.

“Mickey and Mallory know the difference between right and wrong… they just don’t give a damn.”

Because nobody cares. And if he does start talking about it, he’s unmanly. Yes, to women too.

Fun fact, this is because your vitreous humour is shrinking and as it shrinks bits of it congeal into little protein strings. They’re called floaters, but some people laugh whenever I say that for some reason.

If you get a bunch of new ones all of a sudden it may mean you’re at increased risk for retinal detachment.

I’m guessing it happens most among millennials and gen z. Seems like dream norms are based on your youth.

Remember (gen x folks) when they used to say that everyone dreamed in black and white, but you’re like, nuh uh? It’s because boomers dreamed in black and white because they grew up on black and white TV.

I was floored at just how many MCU movies in the past ten years I didn’t know about. No fuckin wonder people are getting burnt out on it.

OMG i’ve been saying this for years and every time I get bashed for it (in liberal/left/prog circles)

Because you can’t suggest that the (liberal/left/blue/prog/nonfash) aren’t perfect or are doing something not ideal

In my older age I’ve come to the realization that a lot of people join movements just to belong, not because they actually hold the conviction. I think in fact there are people who aren’t capable of even having a conviction, just bouncing between whatever expressive habits are most convenient socially

You see it with things like politics and religion too

ooh that makes it even better

Where’s the lie though, eh

I mean the idea is “canadians love this, maybe you should too, americans”