That’s literally what we did, lol, and advanced math. Plus, I think we got to go on several field trips each year. Those were nice.

But yeah, I came to the same conclusion far too late in life.

But muh games!

Probably the same reason the quack science “free energy” videos on YouTube get so many views.

But also, it’s likely an evolution of the roofer scams from ye olden days.

Pro tip: If you use the crosspost button, it’ll use the same image link and accomplish two things:

1. Your instance won’t have to host duplicate images
2. It will show in the feed as a crosspost

Dogs chew on bones which are much harder, and other than potential for bone fragments/splinters, they’re fine (such was my logic, anyway lol). But for good measure, I asked their vet a good while back, and was given the green light.

I would print out the code and Rube Goldbergian series of database triggers that run some of our internal apps; to the untrained mind, it would probably have an effect similar to looking into Medusa’s eyes.

Oh, I absolutely love my ice maker. Didn’t think I needed one until I replaced the fridge in my old house with one that had one. Now I can’t live without one (except in the dead of winter when I clean it and just turn it off for ~2 months)

Dogs love chewing on ice cubes, especially in the summer. Between keeping bowls of ice cubes out for the dogs and me making margaritas and slushy cocktails all summer, I’d never be able to get by with ice trays.

One of my favorites:

The quote is from Bewitched of all places, and it’s lived rent-free in my head for decades. I just threw it onto an online card generator.

Lol, if only. It’s not a “smart” fridge, but it does have a lot of, frankly, unnecessary electronics for what it does. Electronic components that, as any internet search for Samsung appliances will confirm, can and do go bad and are a pain to repair.

“It all started back in elementary school when they told me I was ‘gifted’…”

Samsung Fridge (don’t judge me, it came with the house).

I knew it was a “when” and not and “if” it would start having issues, and it finally showed its colors last month.

Front panel buttons either refused to work at all or would cycle through every option continuously and randomly.

Want water? Sorry, only crushed ice today. Want ice? Sorry, just water today. Oh, I actually did want water (starts dispensing). PSYCH! Now I’m going to shoot ice at you and splash water everywhere.

Was about to just toss the thing and get something dumber and more reliable, but decided to roll the dice with a replacement control board from ebay. Thankfully, that worked and I’m only out $80.

Every touchscreen-based car should be recalled for the safety issue it is. If not an outright recall, then manufacturers should have to offer owners a free replacement console/cluster with physical buttons.

There’s a “4” in the “5” column. Oh, and as someone else pointed out (and I missed) a “5” in the “4” column as well.

Seems pretty polished, but I genuinely don’t know. None of my devices support it, so I haven’t had the opportunity to test drive it.

At some point, “normies” are just going to have to break down and learn something.

Is this the year of the Ubuntu Touch Smartphone?

Probably not, but it should be.

Disagree. 2025’s motto is basically “But wait! It gets worse” so I’ll take “no change” as a “win”.

We’re getting a heavy dose of “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”.

It’s become apparent to even people that normally don’t pay attention that, despite being less than we want, a lot of our tax money actually does go toward things that help the citizens.

Other than that, I got nothing. These policies, decisions, and the people making them are all a disaster that are going to take decades to repair.

Same (with respect to gaining respect for someone who properly uses the word ‘whom’).

The way I learned it is that “whom” is to “who” as “me” is to “I”.

Granted, there’s some cases where “me” is incorrectly used but sounds more correct. e.g. “You’re smarter than me” which sounds correct, but should actually be “You’re smarter than I” due to the implied verb which is omitted.