fred-kowalski

joined 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

X-Men: Emo fictional characters driven by the need for episodic sales with scientifically impossible abilities. Sure!

Sorry. Traumatized by my childhood best friend’s Marvel obsession.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I like this take. Payment processors provide a service to both customers and businesses and should get paid, but, the MBA crowd never stops short of anything they COULD get, so they gamify consumers (rewards) and threaten business (nice revenue stream, would be shame if anything happened to it). As a layman l, that’s how I see it. Someone in biz can probably give better detail.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The parties I went to in the 70’s had a dirty pool table and a large confederate flag pasted over dark fake paneling. A tub would be for bodily fluids.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

You are not a customer. The second you try to fix or diagnose or fix anything, you are a thieving competitor. So sayeth MBA school.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You had me at “Internet Explorer”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought most people do this. I do. When I was a young’un, I couldn’t have any food touching any other food and ate them one by one. I get called a freak less often with the latter habit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is awesome.

And I’m sorry autocorrect did that to you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think you have a good point. I’m not gonna generally lambaste a business/ad in the comments, but I’d like for the option to be there as a possible feedback mechanism. Bans aren’t the only tool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

For me, it’s about context and scope. The wide open wonder of my youth has been replaced by little epiphanies of experience. A bite of really good food, or music, or a great joke can bring me a startling amount of joy. A lot of my awe has also been replaced by satisfaction and appreciation. Getting old sucks undeniably, but there are compensations.