Also not to make it all about asses but there’s also the goatse vibe

This is going to sound weird but so is the internet their icon suggests a chain of bodies eating out the ass of the one in front of them which to me seems apt for the product

Well that’s crappy. University employee here. We get week of Xmas off, and most people have so much leave they need to burn December is a wash productivity wise.

On: A Marshmallow World by Dean Martin. Off: Grandma Got Ran Over By a Reindeer.

Fully agree with this. I’d rather pay for the things I use and get a good product.

I’m shocked that a glorified Rate-My-Face website would do such a thing.

Everyone’s different, you sound like you may loathe this person, but regardless work is not recreation. If needless social interactions are impacting your ability to work, consider talking to your supervisor. Speaking directly to your coworker may offend, exacerbating the issue for you. Give your supervisor an opportunity to resolve it, who should have more experience and/or training in dealing with conflict.

Because nobody’s claiming all this stuff that’s now just freely lying around. Someone better claim it before it gets gone.

No. This is extremely abnormal. I grew up in the 80s and elections were boring. Something happened in 2000, where Al Gore should have won but Bush was favored in court. That was the start of a sense of wrongness with our political system, that has manifested into what we have today.

I feel like the U.S. is becoming similar to Russia. For example, we are seeing an autocratic strongman holding the highest office and only vaguely behaving within the democratic system, with a clear intent to rule unilaterally with a congress and Supreme Court that are less checks and more support for maintaining the power base. And as generations continue to experience this way of life, America as a society will forget what it was like for the past 250 years where both parties respected the system with peaceful transfer of power.

It’s sad, but fascinating in a kind of slow motion train crash to be alive for.

Thanks. I was wondering—isn’t this backwards. It is! It’s backwards as all get out.

But is it filled with the people that many want to follow and interact with? Twitter was popular for this reason, and people will tolerate being advertised to and sold on if it recreates that experience.

I had brief conversations on Twitter with Ice-T and John Carmack. Twitter’s nature enabled that remarkable connection. Could it happen on Mastodon? Absolutely, but those celebrities and geniuses need to embrace it. If it’s Bluesky, it’s better than X if only for a time.

Yes. It’s different, but good.

You’re forgetting the third pronunciation, Dat-uh. “Dat,” as in DAT ASS youknowwhatI’msayin

Have you tried putting it in a bowl of rice and leaving it there until it’s completely dry?

I just started playing it.

People go where they think the people are. X is still the closest thing to Twitter since Elon came along. I deleted my account, but feel like I’m in the minority.

We all can’t be l337 like…looks at username…wait a SECOND—

“Imagine people paying for Windows.” You had me up to the point that you explained why Microsoft might want to get rid of local accounts. You’re doing the thing that gives executives the idea of forcing online connectivity.

Just saying people don’t complain about ads in podcasts because they’re skippable.