Honestly, reddits API change was an awful thing to do but my phone usage has plummeted since then. I've been trying Lemmy but it's not been an easy 1:1 replacement and I find myself not engaging or feeling so invested in conversations and content as much.

That works in my favor, though, because I really have been spending way too much time looking at screens anyway.

I think security warnings are kind of like cancer warnings in the state of California. If virtually everything causes cancer then warnings become just a normalized part of life.

I haven't, but thats actually surprising. Back in 2001 someone had my name for their Yahoo email (it's an unusual but common one) and decided then that I wouldn't let it happen again.

For the next few years, I would immediately register for everything that looked like I would use it.

Got a good Hotmail in the 90s. But later on I would register for every little thing like Hushmail. Shushmail. Then MySpace. The best, though, was when I managed to get an invite in late 2007 for a little email service provider that was called Gmail.

Suck it every other variation of [email protected]!

(Not my actual email.)

Biden could announce tomorrow that he has a proven plan that will end world hunger forever

I can't figure out what my uncle would say but I feel sure it would be something like:

"That's actually the Trump Plan he's talking about and it would absolutely do what he was saying about it,, but Biden's gonna put some sorta socialism spin on it and really mess us up. Ain't nothing to do with socialism that's ever done one thing to benefit the country. Oop! There's the time and I've got to get. Gotta hit the interstate and get by the bank to cash my social security check on my way to the VA."

I don't mean to brag, but I was a very active Guide for a couple years and I am still in the top 10% even though I haven't posted a review in two years. My profile info shows that I have had hundreds of thousands of views.

They gave me a pair of Google Guide themed socks. They were cheap, poorly sized, and wore thin quickly.

Thank you for saying this! The Linux virtue signaling is so strong around here that it really is off putting. Like, we get it. You're a super duper computer person that's super duper smart and has made the smartest of smart choices in your OS.

I've owned a manual for every car I've owned for the past twenty-five years and keep an OBDII scanner in all of our vehicles. General curiosity and concern for being broke down at an inopportune time makes it seem like a no-brainer. I have also made most of the repairs on my vehicle thanks to Haynes (and YouTube).

But then I have friends that couldn't jump start if life depended on it. Seriously. They connected the cables to two random pieces of metal in the engine compartment and fried the whole computer and electrical sub systems. Over $12K in damage.

They don't get a manual and they don't want it. Even if you're well off enough to pay for towing and hire out repairs, it absolutely blows my mind to think people wouldn't want that security.

That feels like it would be very open to abuse: OP can edit the post later to read:

"Upvote and comment to show your respect for the Proud Boys who are staying strong! The government has become our Yoko Ono!"

Then readers will all wonder if this is new code talk and be surprised by the votes and engagement.

That sounds like Unbox Therapy. His vids were always straightforward but entertaining and he seemed to bring up criticisms when they were valid. Then, it seemed like suddenly his production value skyrocketed and at the same time, he never had anything critical to say about whatever product he was unboxing.

I gave it a few months but eventually unsubbed and haven't thought about the channel for a couple years until just now. Not really interested in checking it out again, though.

Oration is a personal interest I have. (See username) I'm not great at it, but it is an interest.

I think you're correct on all accounts. I've listened to a few of his clips, but I wouldn't call myself a fan or even a listener. His cadence is often casual but slows a bit when he wants to stress a point. He likes storytelling. If he speaks about things that are universally frustrating, you can feel his speech begin to clip faster and his voice raise. Good intonations. And he seems good at having something to talk about and staying on task.

Good and bad people can be fantastic storytellers. I don't know enough about him to make a judgement on his character, but I think he's a good communicator.

" I feel like this is where people who can, and actually do, read and understand everything before responding are hanging out."

Don't worry, me and other new users will get that corrected ASAP!

But for real, the users and vibe here seem far less caustic and I'm enjoying it. It's been a nice journey recognizing that I want hooked on Reddit because of content so much as because of the dopamine hit I got from endlessly scrolling through a lot of low effort content.

It's so rare that I see anyone talk about Bacon Reader anywhere but that was the only app I liked. It was so minimal but still felt like it had everything I needed.

On the bright side, Reddit valuation has dropped from $10 billion to $5.5 billion in two years...so there's that.

Boring is now a feature imo. I'm so fatigued by news cycles, social media, and Trump that a boring candidate sounds fantastic. Unfortunately, we in the U.S. are hooked on controversy and division, which only benefits politicians and corporations.

It's tangential, but why Nintendo made the Switch without a quick and easy to access brightness setting is beyond me. Is it really so impossible for one of the biggest game console companies in the world to add a drag-from-edge brightness setting into their OS?

I love the games and really like a lot about the console but their software has almost always felt like it was at least a decade behind the rest of the world.

Okay, sorry. Done ranting.

Huh, TIL that my old person trait is being petty and plainly wrong.

Non-smoker/drinker, formerly very physically fit person weighing in. In the five or so years surrounding 40, everything suddenly fell apart. Knees would ache after pickup games. I picked up an empty suitcase and slipped a disc. Shoulder started feeling sandy. Hands got arthritic.

It snuck up on me until one day I realized that I couldn't remember what it was to not have something hurting. I hate to say that I could easily wish it on my worst enemies, but not the average person going about their business.

I fix a LOT of random things for myself and as a side hustle. Google is sometimes good for that sort of thing but but adding "reddit" into the search field generally yields far better results.

I think this is the real thing. If online companies don't match the extremely ridiculous and luck they had during the pandemic then they are doing "worse" even if they are doing just fine.

All of them also seem to be focused more on short term gains over long term losses (i.e. meeting quarterly goals by raising rates but driving away otherwise good customers and completely disregarding the benefit of customer loyalty.).

After 1.1.2 came out and mine auto update, I turned off automatic updates, removed my home's SSID settings from the network settings, and turned it on airplane mode just to be sure.

All my gaming is local, anyway.

I've rode in the back of something similar. Don't be jealous. The cage really decreases the ability to appreciate getting to ride in one.