Pretty eye-opening stuff on how deranged cyber criminals can be.

Thanks for bringing this up. I think I’ve heard this too and I have to say I’m of two minds about it.

In one end… I am frustrated with Reddit’s greed and I think they’ve lost most of my respect at this point. I think I’m kinda bitter toward them, so seeing them lose market share might bring me a bit of schadenfreude.

On the other hand, Reddit’s content quality really feels like it’s gone to crap in the last 5-6 years or so. When I came to Lemmy (and Mastodon), it was refreshing because the community seemed to have a bit of that scrappy, fringe attitude that I missed from early Reddit. I’d be sad if that went away due to over-population.

Basically, I like Lemmy and I want it to be even more successful so that algorithms have less control on our lives. At the same time, I dislike Reddit because they’re going whole-hog into enshittification. I guess I just convinced myself that I want Lemmy to continue to grow ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Thanks for sharing this perspective. Complacency won’t grow the userbase here.

I don’t end up playing new games much because I’m such a deal hog, so this is really nice to read :)

I know

“fucking stupid”

Seth stans stand UP

me too

You are not a buzzkill, I think. This skit had a couple of things going for it:

1. Halloween can always use more “mascots” and this is one.
2. I admit that I originally didn’t like this skit, but my brother-in-law did, and I like him, so after watching it I always think of him until eventually it became something I genuinely liked.
3. I quote lines from this skit to my SO all the time, so it’s become kind of embedded into my life.
4. SNL during this time wasn’t very funny to me. I think that since SNL sucked during this time, even moderately funny skits ended up exploding in popularity just because they weren’t the usual onslaught of comedians stumbling over their lines and ruining jokes. Weekend Update was pretty funny, though.

So in short, my friend, it’s not really funny. It was a moment, and you may have missed it. But let me say this, I think you’re cool for kicking off Spooky season…

… Almost as cool as DaViD ESS pUmKiNs!

Thaddeus Pai

I was really hoping this would say “why does Facebook and Instagram provide a web interface when their crappy platforms rarely show content unless you’re using their app”.

At this point it’s purely a performance that they even offer a web interface to their platform.

Same goes for Twitter.

I want a garlic feud with someone…

The blue arm is what got me

Came here to say this.

It’s jarring when I stumble into conventional social media and have Joe Rogan and Hawk Tuah Girl on every other video. Money shouldn’t decide which content appears most often.

That’s a cool thought.

Same with Julius Caesar, Nebuchadnezzar, Christopher Columbus, Henry VIII, Copernicus, Napoleon, Alexander the Great, Ptolemy.

Really anybody famous could have their image embellished back before the widespread ability to read and write. (Some folks listed above may not have lived in a time of illiteracy, but it was hard to think of a list of historical characters lol.)

In dating or marriage: If a female partner criticizes on her male’s choice of outfit, it’s totally normal. If a male criticizes the choice of outfit of his female partner… a fight is imminent.

Looks kinda fun tbh.

Release date seems to be Q2 2025

It is definitely scary. I want to remind you that you were once a decently happy person and that therapy (both individual and couples therapy) is likely one of the few options you have to move back in that direction.

It’s worth it (speaking from experience). That weight on your shoulders is just waiting to come off, but you likely need a bit of help to get things started.

“hire good private teachers, and accept the resulting costs as money well-spent.” - Marcus Aurelius

Lol

Always loved this boss. Volvagia was my favorite, but this one was a close second. Hated the dungeon, though.