@WarrenInTheBuff@AlpacaAurelius the wife and I, city folk, are "moo cow" enjoyers, but they don't appear to be on the list.
The black and white ones like on old GatewayPC boxes
Can anyone explain to me why we don’t have ethical meat? Surely we can give the farm animal a significantly better life than it would have lived in the wild.
I know I almost never go on rants, but I have one that's nagging at me...What is this ever-connected culture we've cultivated
Work has 6 different platforms, social media is a few, selling stuff on the internet is a few more. Don't forget to check your emails. Also there's a new Teams message you missed. Did you check your Google calendar? Not sure it's in sync with your Outlook and Notion calendars. Thankfully there's a plugin for that on Slack, unfortunately it only works half the time. You might have a meeting in 15 minutes btw, your smartwatch will probably let you know but it depends if Slack's CRON fires on a semi-regular interval. Your mom is calling and your dad just sent you a text. Meanwhile your wife sms'd how you were doing 2 hours ago and asked you to pick something up from the store, plz don't forget it. The mail carrier just showed up, open those letters on time, they literally say time sensitive right there on the envelope. Yeah it's for a 5% off coupon at the local dealership but it *does* expire tomorrow. Push notif new video just dropped, you gotta watch it you wouldn't believe what this means for your livelihood. Your computer is warning you about the time you spent in meetings so you get in the car to catch a breath, but your car is cataloguing and prioritizing your messages and calls, to help
I reject this reality and would switch to a flip phone if they still made them. Thankfully it looks like I get to build one myself
And I don't even have Discord, for very intentional reasons. Yeah I'm just out on all of this shit. Find me in real life or hit me on the flip phone whenever I finally finish it
i'll spend months flirting with a concept and the finally understanding it
then it'll be a few more months until i master it enough to articulate it to others
and when i do i get the reply "you're just realizing this?"
@Mongoose_Studio Why the hell would I want a T-Mobile phone? And I say this as a T-Mobile hackathon winner that received an iPhone 8 plus 2K a few years back
@WarrenInTheBuff Huh? Tmobile will sell you this one right meow
t-mobile.com/cell-phone/son…
I'm not really a phone guy so maybe I'm missing something here, but when I considered it a few years back there were new companies selling dumb phones because lots of people want them now.
I know it’s cheesy and I’m dating myself but a line from a Styx song always stuck with me and just gets more true every passing day -
“The problem's plain to see, too much technology
Machines to save our lives, machines dehumanize”
I’m semi retired and I live alone and I find myself addicted to newsfeeds and several social media platforms. It’s unhealthy and I need to start unplugging much more than I have been.
It’s even more evident at the gym. Almost everyone stares at their phone for sometimes minutes between sets. We’ve lost the sense of community.
@thechrismcneese Buried my tonka truck in the dirt by the local stream and had to ditch it bc the copperhead got mean. Hopefully will undig it tomorrow
@WarrenInTheBuff Best way to do it. Sadly there’s the trend “going 90s” that’s just basically like you and I lived our childhood. We just went out and did things without having to post it on the internet.