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@shipwreckedcrew Gram had a typewriter. I thought it was magic. Then "desktop publishing" came out in the 1980s. Double space was specific to fixed width typewriters. If you still use an IBM Selectric, double space is correct. If you use a proportional typeface, single space is correct.

I learned to type as a high school sophmore, and have pounded away on a keyboard pretty much non-stop for nearly 50 years since. Have always put 2 spaces after a period.

@Tanyaelisabeth I'm a loser, too. I spend my time renovating my home, gardening, cooking, making art, going for walks, reading, writing. I think I'm going to learn to play piano. If you need a break, I'll watch your kids for an hour or two. Or you can just stop by for tea, fellow loser.

If I stay home and raise my own children I am a loser and not ambitious But if I hire and pay another woman to raise and take care of my children for me than I am an empowered woman If that same woman stayed home with her children she would be a loser But if she takes care of my children she is not If we both switched and raised each others children for a paycheck we would be successful ambitious girl bosses But if we do it for our own children we are losers

@Awesomevideos07 Turns and bows?! ABSOLUTE LEGEND

Don’t laugh, he is 102 years old.

@amuse @ShaunStromb It's almost as if people who can pass math and physics are smarter than you.

@ShaunStromb Nice. That is literally genius.

MOON MISSION: The Artemis II's $23M toilet isn't working. There is a frozen vent and a bad burning smell. Christina H Koch is the mission's plumber so they're in good hands. Is it just me, but if something as simple as the toilet isn't working, what else isn't working?

@amuse What exactly do you think is simple about making plumbing work in a weightless environment? I'm guessing you've never built a single thing in your entire life.

@only1jamest You can use my tools, but you have to put them back where you found them. If you don't put them back, you can't ever use them again. My 10mm socket is exactly where it always is when it's not being used.

Its April 4, 2026, do you know where you 10mm socket is?

@CT9397 @dr_k2022 @vrexec I had a neighbor who literally practiced bongos above me in his apartment during the COVID lockdown.

@dr_k2022 @vrexec I think the crazy people are the assholes who make the noise and don't respect their neighbors.

Something I don’t understand is how you can live in an apartment and complain about noise from your neighbors. We have two kids under 10 and they’re always making noise. Older neighbors sometimes complain or bang on the floor or ceiling. If you don’t like noise, then why are you living in a city or an apartment? Go live in the middle of nowhere. Go live in a farm town in a big field. You chose the convenience of urban life… you have to accept that you’re living around other humans. Get over it.

@dr_k2022 @vrexec Do they not have senior buildings in Germany? It's very common here in the US to have buildings reserved for 55+, no children, many with no dogs except assholes are always trying to get dogs into no dog buildings.

@vrexec Especially in Germany - there is always one crazy grandma in the building who complains about the noise, bangs on the wall and calls police 😏

@vrexec Your kids are fine as long as they sleep normal hours. If they're rollerskating at 2AM on a weeknight, I'm kicking your ass. You have responsibility here, too.

@CRamzSSG @JebraFaushay Hot take: Girl Scout cookies were never good.

@JebraFaushay So, you don’t by Girl Scout cookies in the parking lot😃

When the cashier at the grocery store asks me to donate money to some charity, this is my response.

@JebraFaushay Roy wants that $3.85. How else is he going to become a billionaire?!

@Chris__X__ I'm not sure I'd really call that living. That rates right up there with walking to a gas station carrying a jerry can.

You haven't really lived until you've had to push a car with a dead battery, jump in, throw it in 1st gear, and pop the clutch like a pro. Old-school struggles and unforgettable memories.

@stoolpresidente This was never a grammar rule; it was a style rule and it's specific to fixed width type. It changed with the availability of "desktop publishing" in the 1980s. It took me ten years to unlearn double space.

Somebody please tell this fool my mother was a high school typing teacher and it’s grammatically correct to use 2 spaces. Take a seat clown

@KrakowDave56841 @JasonMac @washghost1 Thanks for posting this. I knew about spalling but I was kind of thinking that sealing the brick with paint might help preserve the bricks and mortar. Didn't realize they need to breathe.

@JasonMac @washghost1 So I have heard but I wouldn't file it under "valid" reasons. Painted brick spalls and deteriorates because it can't shed moisture. Even the so-called masonry paint is a gamble. Saving money on ac by painting the bricks is a fool's errand.

What do people have against red brick to where they gotta turn into a lifeless monster

@washghost1 I don't like this, but it's not my house. Most people have bad taste or no taste, and they just follow trends.

@MrAndyNgo Not just violent communists. Casually and openly violent.

Portland (April 3) — A leftist smacked a woman in the face with a large metal water bottle outside the ICE facility, causing her to bleed.

@drawandstrike I wish I thought you were correct. Sadly, I'm not even confident most voters in California will ever know this or care if they do. I guess we'll find out if most Americans know or care.

Newsom is done. He's not going to politically survive this. The feds are going to send him to prison, because the paper trail is going to clearly show he knew.

@JenniferSey @xx_xyathletics This is easy to fix. 1.) No account less than one year old can report. 2.) No account inactive for one year can report. 3.) One report per account per month. Include notice of this in the process: "Are you sure you want to use your report for [month]?"

About two weeks ago @xx_xyathletics was suspended from Meta for a few days. A mass reporting triggered the suspension. Since then, we've been given advice about how to avoid triggering the angry trans mob. My personal opinion is you can't avoid triggering them and Meta needs to not automatically suspend an account due to mass reporting. They mass report to gum up the works. They know the suspension will not be permanent but it will certainly mess with our business for a few days. It's a display of power. There's nothing I can say, no way I can say it, to avoid pissing this group of angry men off. That's a fact. But here are some of the suggestions I've been given to try to avoid doing so, to thread the needle, so to speak: 1. Don't say "biology" 2. Don't say "sex is binary" 3. Don't say XX and XY - that's literally in our name so ok 4. Don't say "men in women's sports" 5. Don't say "men pretending to be women" or "men claiming to be women." You get the point. Meanwhile on @instagram some person I never heard of until yesterday who goes by Ethel Cain and has 1.2M followers can hang out in a porny pose in a creepy bedroom wearing a corset with his entire fruit cup squished up and hanging out the bottom of the corset and he's met with nothing but "you're so beautiful" and "her penis..." Here's a smattering of quotes: "Most beautiful woman alive." "My darling." "Iconic." Blah blah blah. Vomit. This is just plain old male exhibitionism. He's a fetishist. You don't see "trans men" hanging their vaginas out for all to see. What a gross creep. And what is wrong with you Meta? (And no I'm not showing the photos here you can find them yourself like I did. 🤮)

@RobertKennedyJr We need to get this man a flame thrower. He can't be expected to punch out all the junk food in every grocery store.

Haha Alex. Very funny.

@elonmusk Lack of context. I've been following tech for decades. In 1988, I would have spent ten minutes scanning all the articles in InfoWorld and PC Magazine in about ten minutes. Now I have to try to find the information I'm interested in while some YouTuber tries to stretch the video.

Video Killed the Radio Star