Maybe it’s simply the growth of the Internet that diluted the culture. In its early days, most people with Internet access and time/the inclination to shitpost were mostly young, had certain other things in common such as language, a certain amount of wealth, access to commodities, etc. You also had to have a certain degree of innate curiosity and tech literacy to find platforms and engage with them. That’s reflected in the content posted.

Nowadays you have everyone and their grandma online. Platforms are aggressively finding you and even opening accounts unprompted for you (I’m looking at you, Meta). So the type of content is reflected too.

Can someone ELI5 for the non tech savvy please?

I am immediately put off by anyone talking constantly about a topic unless it’s justified by context.

For example, if you are talking non stop about your favorite game at a gaming convention or at your DnD table, let it be. Or with your friends who are in the same fandom, no prob. If you can’t shut up about it outside of that and constantly bring the topic up unprompted, well. I wonder what else you can’t tell about context.

I guess with religion it’s worse because by its own nature it implies you, the follower, know best and better than those who don’t. So not only you come across as a fool who can’t read the room, you also come across as arrogant.

Disclaimer : I’m not reading your link

Answer: I just think it’s not worth it. The motivation to make comics should arise from your need to express yourself visually, not to compensate for poor translation. Learning to draw maybe comes easy to you, but then you’ll have to actually do it and keep it consistent and meet your own standards, which is the extra hard part you are not taking into consideration.

Climbing the mountain can be a challenge, but it pales in comparison with setting up camp and living at high altitude indefinitely. If you don’t have a call for that kind of lifestyle I would suggest you reconsider.

Give it a go, though. Nothing wrong with a bit of tourism and sightseeing. You may even get to enjoy it, and you will understand for yourself if it’s meant to be for you or not.

Bet the trainer is just as thrilled

Safe? I never considered that, this is not a variable in my music listening

I see!

Why? How come? I never imagined either would be the case

Really, people got shunned for watching Monty Python in the 80s and 70s?

Cheers! Yes I haven’t been on Lemmy as much lately, but I still check in every now and then.

I’m with the truffles guy saying truffles with the caveat that perhaps I haven’t had real truffles properly.

Otherwise, I find KFC too overrated. All fast food chains in general, but KFC in particular gets a hype at least in my circles. From what I hear, you are buying bliss and a heavenly experience in a bucket. Come on. It’s just chicken bits with nothing special about them, in fact the cheap deep frying oils can upset my stomach easily.

I second your impression of truffles. I’m yet to appreciate them. So far in my books is a thing that tastes like dirt and shoots up ridiculously the price of whatever it’s added into

Hello, I work in retail in Australia. The shopping malls I’m at all have “quiet time” for “people with sensory issues” every Tuesday morning from 9 to 11:30 am. It is as you described, and I agree with you.

Now I’m not sure where I stand on the spectrum but I’ve heard colleagues say they also prefer the quiet time, so, there you go. I just don’t understand the point of bombarding people with music all the time especially for Christmas.

Something tells me that if the headline turns out to be true, people will find a workaround.

I can’t do that with my thumb. Mine goes straight even if I press to force to bend it backwards. It’s the only finger joint that doesn’t overextend, all my other fingers curve backwards nicely and even more so if I apply pressure.

Bending the thumb forwards (opposite as in your photo) is a different story. The joint can bend past the 90⁰, easily 80⁰ or more if I press it against something.

I don’t believe an artificial object can become sentient. But even if it does, no, I’m not afraid. I’m afraid of the damage AI already causes as it is.

This guy always shows up with his hands like this in news photos

I know it’s irrelevant but I had to point it out

You’ll probably break them, and even if you don’t they will taste a bit like tomato sauce. High risk of getting them stuck to the pan.

I don’t have an answer for you, but I like the photo

Because it’s easier to rip or reproduce video for a lot of people, but cracking a program, even a basic one, requires some knowledge and skill. So that raises up the bar and by a lot