preppietechie

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[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Does it trap other bugs? I want to get rid of mosquitoes, but don’t want to mess with any others.

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m waiting for someone to marry a corporation just to show how absurd the idea of corporate personhood is.

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 7 points 5 months ago

There is that (probably untrue) theory that the main reason he bought Twitter was because at the time, Twitter wouldn’t ban the ElonJet tracking account. Were that the case, it would kinda/sorta make sense that he’s want to kill the platform.

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 107 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The real villains here are the absurdly rich. Especially those who find ways to pay less in taxes.

The top 1% are the problem.

Tax the rich.

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 9 points 8 months ago

This is my boomer MIL. She is honestly one of the kindest people I know. . She votes pro-environment/pro-social issues and has given (almost beyond her means) everything she can to virtually anyone who needs it. She has almost nothing left, and is a stones throw from couch surfing. I have no idea what’ll happen when her health starts to fail. As frustrated as I am with boomers, I try to remember her and the good she has tried to bring about in the world.

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 153 points 8 months ago (10 children)

Well, if Gen X and Millennials wanted their own fortunes they should have planned ahead like boomers and been born back when a house cost $7,500.

/sarcasm

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 3 points 8 months ago

This was my Outer Wilds experience:

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 33 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Got excited until I realized it wasn’t the Outer Wilds…

Outer Worlds is a fun game. Outer Wilds is a game I won’t ever forget.

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

Minidiscs were the most awesomely absurd retro-cassette futurism style audio format ever. I loved my MZ R35. I wish this format would make a comeback. All the positives of CDs in a cassette like format, with re-recording.

[–] preppietechie@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

There was a time when I think I would have actually considered paying around five bucks a month to use Facebook without giving up my privacy. But now that even most of my family has moved on from social media, I can’t imagine this working anywhere other than where it’s legally required to be an option. Most of the existing FB users seem content (or oblivious) to give up their privacy to hear their Uncle Crazy complain about the conspiracy du jour.

They could start by at least following the same rules every other federal judge must follow. The fact that they don’t simply agree to those rules and then work on strengthening the rules for members of the highest court in the land shows how disingenuous Kavanaugh’s claims are.

Demeo has become the unexpected game of choice for my friends and I.

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