indepndnt

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[–] indepndnt 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've started doing that too. List something for a low price to weed out the entitled freelisters, then give it free to whoever shows up without being a pain in my ass.

Unfortunately it doesn't weed out the scammers or the folks who just ghost after saying "is this still available?"

[–] indepndnt 4 points 9 months ago

We talk to each other like Giwaffe & Cwow (https://youtu.be/8_Dm5xkHzio). Sometimes we'll quote things from the skit, but a lot of times we'll just say normal stuff in that voice to be cute.

[–] indepndnt 1 points 9 months ago

And we only got that because of government action, forcing Ma Bell to allow folks to use their own equipment.

[–] indepndnt 2 points 9 months ago

I don't remember the details but there was an Internet story about a dude who'd say "man up" and people explained why that was a problem and he updated to "fortify". And I really like that, because it kinda suggests also getting help where you need it to build up your defenses in order to face the thing you need to face.

[–] indepndnt 11 points 9 months ago

A few months ago I was doing dishes and for some reason thought about my age and I literally couldn't remember if I'd hit 50 yet. Had to do the math to remember I'm 45 and that's quite a ways off. That's an outlier for sure, but yeah I forget.

It just doesn't come up often. There are fewer ands fewer markers. Before your 20s you've got hitting double digits, becoming a teenager, sweet 16, becoming an "adult", then not being a teenager any more. In your 20s you've got becoming an adult again (and maybe being able to drink if 21 is your drinking age), and then maybe saving money on insurance at 25 if that even matters to you. Then nothing. You might demarcate 30, but nothing really changes. In many senses now it's "just a number" and the individual increments fail to matter. There's no differential reinforcement to remembering where you are on the number line.

[–] indepndnt 3 points 9 months ago

Nice. Now I can go play Legend of the Red Dragon and TradeWars 2002!

[–] indepndnt 10 points 9 months ago

Can AI (whatever you personally are an expert in) do better than the real thing?

[–] indepndnt 3 points 9 months ago

I couldn't find a picture, but my 2400 baud modern was a Prometheus, it was tan and had a slightly upward facing face. Designed for your phone to sit on top of it.

[–] indepndnt 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't remember what S37/S10 might've been but the M0 turned the speaker off and the DT tells it to start dialing?

[–] indepndnt 42 points 9 months ago (1 children)

cuckolding the spirit

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[–] indepndnt 13 points 9 months ago

On the plus side, when you find someone that works with, y'all are really compatible.

I mean, if you can't bond over the ways your moms fucked up your life, what do you even have?

[–] indepndnt 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The only thing that I am actually aware of about this post is that she used the full word "you" exactly once. WHY? She could have just said "u" again and I would've been much less irritated.

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