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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by asparagus9001@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

Hope you all enjoy the early-2000s shock images opened in your PMs with no warning.

Just remember - if you have a problem with it, if you don't like the content I'm sharing with the world - all you have to do is just block me!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by asparagus9001@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Despite the rules they claim to enforce on their instance, when I see a racist, bigoted, or obnoxiously offensive take here it's pretty much exclusively a user from there.

I made a comment about this today on a thread made by a user from that instance and now I have rather graphic scat porn gifs in my inbox from their users. If you somehow don't know what that means - I am now being sent explicit gifs of people defecating out of their anal orifice because I think their instance is filled with bad faith trolls. They're really doing a lot to dissuade me of that notion.

So fuck you, here's my petition to defederate.

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Today, Gene Fourney is the CEO of IT company TechnologyWest in Denver. I thought this story wouldn't be complete unless I made an attempt to contact him. I emailed him, asking him some questions about NetWorks at the time, but he wasn't interested in reminiscing. "I'm not revisiting an issue that you may have experienced in 1998 with Networks," Fourney wrote. "Times are dramatically different in 2023 than they were in 1998. Not sure why anyone would have an interest in revisiting 28K dialup days of 1998."

Lmao, what is wrong with this guy? I found this whole article to be humorous and light and it was a fun look back on the old days. Tons of people have an "interest in revisiting it".

Given his location it strikes me that I have a solid chance of actually meeting this guy in person and sussing out why he's such a no-fun prick.

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's like when you hear about playing baby shark 24/7 at a volume to deprive people of sleep and some people are like "hahaha baby shark isn't that funny" but you can pick any song in the world and if you play it long enough, loud enough, keeping people from sleeping, they will go absolutely clinically insane.

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

efficiency is when you have to recall your cars the most out of anybody because it's more efficient to get them out the door and in to the ~~suckers~~ customers hands and then fix them later

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I'd really love to know what the percentage is that is or is at risk of truly being lost - this article just completely ignores that piracy exists. Maybe you can't buy game boy games or Metal Gear or Unreal Tournament anymore but the idea that they are inaccessible is just plainly wrong. I guess you probably can't advertise that in business insider (if only to prevent some ridiculous lawsuit from Nintendo) but it changes this number drastically.

I actually do remember stuff from the 90s and 2000s that's truly lost, and it's a damn shame, but the black flag will always provide.

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

it's like 17 dollars for a "small combo" at five guys and yes I know it's a lot of food but 1) reports are they aren't doing the whole-bag-full-of-fries thing anymore and 2) you can come out ahead and probably get something as good or better at a bar

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just seems like a super weak draft to me. Wall went first and we all know what ended up happening there but fair enough. #2 was Evan Turner - which if I think really hard I vaguely remember the name - but my main thought is "who?"

There were plenty of good role players who would shine from time to time further down the draft but 13 years later it's no surprise they're all gone. Prospects who could do better are always rated higher than known mid-tier players after several years in the league.

I did a little more digging and Wall, Cousins, George & Hayward are the only players from the 2010 draft to ever get a single all star nod. 9 out of the 60 never played a single NBA game. I'm going with the idea that it was just not a great year for the draft.

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

speak for yourself

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I guess at the core of this, we are afraid of ourselves. We are afraid that the worste of humanity outpaces the better parts, that the inputs and training aren’t altruistic but are more pointedly “bad” or “wrong”, and thus leading to “harmful”, whether through misinformation, lies, or fabrications.

Is there any reason not to be afraid? I think you could say that Tay was essentially the same idea a few years back and it took like 48 hours loose on the internet for it to spout literal Nazi (1930s-40s German NSDAP) rhetoric. Besides that being a PR disaster - if "AI" is only getting stronger and more integrated into human life and society, that can be pretty problematic.

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - THE authoritative guide on what is or is not considered a mental disorder, yes.

This is hardly groundbreaking stuff - people can be addicted to porn, food, exercise, pretty much anything. Really the primary criteria in calling any addiction a "disorder" is "what negative effects is it having on your life?" Well, "I literally want to kill myself when my parents cut off the wifi" is a pretty negative effect.

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

This is interesting. I don't think any really productive debate is going to come out of this - it'll be the same one that's been rehashed a million times - but it's hard to say "be a parent and control what your children do" when they're literally running away from home and threatening suicide when the parents try to parent.

I suppose if nothing else, hopefully we get more research and support services for these extreme cases of behavioral addiction.

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Oxo good grips is extremely highly recommended everywhere - it hits that perfect balance of well designed, durable, and not too outrageously expensive.

[-] asparagus9001@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Be honest, on a scale of 1 to 10, how much does this question have to do with your constant posting about how the maaaaan, maaaaan, is holding down all your crypto "investments" and they're due to go to the moon any day now as soon as the cabal of lizard people who run the world is eradicated?

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