The 2020 panel reminded me, my old barber did hair in the alley way being the building next to a dumpster. Something about that was kinda badass.

E: *during COVID. I mean, he’s not just some crazy unhoused gentleman with sheers that I have cut my hair regularly for few bucks…

Me when I was younger. Not that I’m not happy to have my morning cup, but it hits a little different when I can’t also relax since I’m watching two little kids in the morning.

I miss waking up at noon and just taking the world in while drinking good coffee.

Ugh.

At least Arial exists. And Helvetica. But Times New Roman? What is this, English class in the early aughts? 12pt font, double spaced with one inch margins?

Hell, if you want wanna make America great again make it Courier; tech bros’ll think you’re coding but we know you really just want to take us back to late 1800s when typewriters and bad economic policy were in. Or maybe something appropriate for this administration, like Wingdings.

Last three were Star Ocean (the first one), Radiata Stories, and Skies of Arcadia.

Currently playing Alundra because a friend grew up with it and wanted me to play it. Honestly it’s not great but RetroAchevements made the bosses extraordinarily painful to master, which is uh … fun. Yes. Fun, let’s go with that.

Oh and ps these commenters all have fantastic tastes.

Ah, my teenage hero. Good chance I direct downloaded something; the Internet was so much better back then, lol.

This actually happened to me. I still had to look busy so I mostly just studied more or worked on a second job I had grading papers. I also spent a bit of time writing stories and designing things. Adding in something creative can help your brain balance things out.

Fun unsolicited social psych lesson: in terms of persuasion, spontaneous messaging is catchier but thoughtful messaging is more likely to have a stronger long term impact. Often best to use both.

It’s not always the same level as debate, but the idea is there. Why buy? It’s got safety standards. It builds strong bones. It’s good for the environment. Good? Ok now here’s emotional music and a celebrity you like.

Research shows spontaneous messaging without the cognitive side isn’t going to sway attitudes in a meaningful way, although the latter might be needed to get attention (and most won’t work if someone is already decided, then you really do need debate lol).

That said, I’m pretty sure the average ad is just trying to keep a brand in public consciousness, since that’s taught in marketing programs. Some research on associative learning might support that but I think it’s weak at best.

I mean, providing zero value is a higher contribution so yes.

I legit would love to have Obvious Plant gifts for Secret Santa events. The anonymous nature improves the experience.

Yo, is it really so inappropriate?

Should it just be “Walk Like a Hieroglyphic” to clarify that this is in reference to Egyptian writings and not literally how people walk in Egypt? Lol

I’ve heard of these things from a documentary from that era called Mac and Me. I think they also routinely held something called a “birthday party” at them. Unfortunately there are no physical records to confirm that I am aware of.

I can smell the internal mold growth in this picture.

When I was younger and was just freshly moved out, I used BNPL 0% interest a lot (iirc it was Newegg, was like 15 years ago). It was kind of necessary to get a computer and I had just got an RA contract that paid stipends monthly, guaranteed for 5 years.

If you already have money and can get 0% interest, you can reinvest that cash as long as you can guarantee a payoff (set reminders!). You can put that $2,000 in a CD for that exact amount of time, too, and earn yourself back 3%-4%. That said, they might have caught onto my grift cause they usually offer 5% back OR 0% interest, lol.

True, that was one unique part about this one was the Texans said the quiet part out loud. Was obvious enough to the lower courts, anyway.

Just work the mines a few more hours and earn those 15 minute time credits. Ain’t my fault Elonotron and his sex bots run on coal power.

Actually, even if you go national, very few people like our system (something like 20% iirc?). And in NY? Fat chance.

You’ve got Citizens United, so both parties are pretty much in the pockets of insurance. They’ll just ignore that desire until more Luigis show up.

You telling me those images of Trump swimming through flood waters to save people in a hurricane haven’t already swayed voters? Lol

Depressing but not surprising. Their corruption aside, the argument is that it’s not race based because it’s partisan gerrymandering… which is the official (and fucked up) reason for the maps. Partisan gerrymandering is legal, for some reason.

That said, race and politics are clearly intertwined so a bunch of black and brown folk are about to be disenfranchised. So long as the GOP remains the party of White Christian Nationalism, any partisan moves will continue to be racial ones inherently.

Should just show the original, genuine photo (which you can see from another comment from a snopes link); the added L and crimes part just make the real SS thing look faked.

Life has gotten significantly worse with big fingers as my phone has a function (that I thankfully was about to deactivate for now) which has complete AI Gen messages that auto text to a recipient if you fat finger them.

Like fuck I’m gonna answer “Sounds good! 👍” to some asshole like a fucking jackass.