Everybody is talking about the lizard but what about the dough (clay?) with the lamp directed at it??

EDIT: nevermind, I’m an idiot. I had no idea it was a flat rock.

I wonder how it looked like when it was actually marked as a bikeable trail. I can imagine the amount of water changes throughout the seasons. Or years. Or aeons.

I mean, I didn’t mean people were terrified of them - just didn’t generally consider them cute/attracting/nice/edible. But we eat quite a lot of things because at one point desperate people had no other choice and found out it isn’t even bad at all (think of lobster as a prison food in the 19th century).

And then there are people who just grew up with them around all the time or just simply different (some actually like spiders or snakes as pets, etc.). So yeah, matter of exposure is a big factor.

Or I don’t know, kinks : ). I’m just talking about the average reaction.

I have some serious suspicion it’s just evolution conditioning our brain to not try and eat these mofos. And maybe to stay away because some of them can give you a nasty bite (I mean, whatever that has way too many legs). Except people living under the most harsh conditions, having to resort to cricket thighs and locust butts.

I have a digital clock with thermometer feature and a dedicated thermometer. I’ve been logging the measurements every half an hour for months. The clock is ~1.5-3 degrees off (or the other way around, who knows). Just be aware they are not always super accurate.

Yeah but I’d rather eat the shells plastic free.

You can turn off stuff that the programmers allow you to through a settings menu (that they wrote), configuration files (that they make their program to read) or fiddling 3rd party stuff that it’s using (like your driver settings, external libraries, etc.).

Similarly to how GTA V’s (could be GTA Online) extreme loading time was caused by a very inefficient way of loading data. Users couldn’t change the algorithm themselves; they could investigate what was going on, but the developers were the only ones being able to actually change it to a recommended version.

Obviously the story is a bit different with an open source code which you can compile for yourself.

Makes me wonder how many seconds till they realise the users won’t be able to tell if the game is still loading or it’s just monetised delay. Bonus points if a user finds out, lobbies to get it banned and then they just include bullshit extra processing to justify it.

The future looks so bright.

I know. I mentioned WhatsApp because at least it’s big enough for many of them to know or be comfortable with. Even I don’t know the rest of the options too much, but apart from my brothers, not many of my relatives and friends know about Signal or Telegram (or whatever could be any better - note that it isn’t even an English speaking or big country). And with that, we’re back to square one with the niche problem.

EDIT: And I also don’t know if I can make calls and share media both from PC and phone. It’s a plus if I don’t need a separate client on PC. Even more of a plus if I can just use a website without an app on phone.

I’m one of those people. I’m only using messenger, but since I message people from desktop (and I don’t want to install their client, they know enough about me already), I still have to log in to the base Facebook page. After a while I started using the Feed Eradicator plugin (or what), but unfortunately I still have to log in if I want to be able to message my acquaintances.

Why am I still using Facebook messenger? Back when most of the users were still unaware about their practices, all of my friends and family joined and now it is their main way of communication. There’s no way everyone important to me would just start using a second social media platform for me. Also, I can’t make calls from desktop WhatsApp (which could still have a chance to become a substitute for most of the people I know). Anything else is just too niche for most of them to install for the sake of one person. Or three.

I wish there was a good practical solution because I’d prefer not being part of this ugly machine, but until then, I’ll have to stick with it.

There’s zillions of them, but the graphic says monthly active users. Unless there’s a zombie apocalypse going on, which would actually explain a few things.

Whenever I have to edit a text file when nauseous, I just vom it.

Chicken wings are so hot right now

Wow, thanks, that was interesting! It seems like people kind of gave up around 2017. Or some other indirect factor.

I’m sure. I don’t think I should trust any other platform any more (people being partially informed, delusional, idiots, or just trying to paint reality in their preferred colour are everywhere, from town hall meetings to 4chan), but I was just genuinely curious. The question arose in me today when I looked at the egg carton that said it was from free range hens and made me think of all the petty lies and misguiding info that companies have been pulling to greenwash their product. I just wonder if veganism managed to make a dent, at least. I’m hoping so.

It wasn’t necessarily out of laziness but it screams laziness to me. Nobody would have noticed if OP just simply corrected CNIDA and nothing else in Gimp, hey, even in MSPaint.

That’s cool! Does it mean you don’t need to stand up when you need to use the toilet during a WoW raid?

EDIT: Ummm… I was just joking about literally sucking ass. And referring to the South Park episode with World of Warcraft. Sorry if it didn’t come through as funny.

While I have never been a coffee person, I always rolled my eyes when someone ordered a decaf soya latte or something similar. “Come on, if you can’t drink coffee then just don’t”.

…Then my friends got me to ditch dairy for oat (both for environmental reasons and the creaminess), then I had to accept the fact that I like it more sweet, then I tried salted caramel syrup, then I found out that two shots is like a hand grenade followed by two hours of misery, and I started drinking one shot caramel oat mochas. And then at my place I saw throngs of young moms who couldn’t have caffeine.

Now you can’t disgust me with your coffee order. If you like it with one and three quarters shot, macadamia milk, semi decaf, with mustard and marshmallow syrup then good for you. Also, let me try it.

EDIT: Coffee snobs: take it lightly. We are all different, and it’s good. Some like the taste of coffee, some don’t and they drink it out of sheer necessity, and if they must stay alert then at least they can make it taste better (for them). I’m sure there are some bean snobs out there who frown to the thought of putting spices on beans.

We put it in a rice bowl, grab it with both hands and drink it like when you finish a Japanese soup.

Nobody said you wouldn’t have to pay for it ; ).