[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 36 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That era of Internet history was wild. Between weird sex stuff like that and tentacle soup, weird body stuff like goatse and tubgirl, and straight up death like two guys one hammer. It seemed like every third person on the internet was trying to trick you into watching one of those.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 36 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think you're absolutely wrong (anecdote incoming after my question), but let's assume for a second that you're correct. Why were the millennials as children blamed when they're not at trophy shops buying their own trophies?

Anecdote, as promised: I grew up in a very small, very conservative town. They love Supply Side Jesus and the Prosperity Gospel, and they hate the welfare queens that they were sure stole every dime of their tax money. In the 90s they got way into making sure THEIR kid got trophies while simultaneously complaining that all kids got trophies.

I don't believe the millennials, who were children in the 90s, bought their own trophies. I don't believe it was only progressives thinking their children were snowflakes. I also don't think you'll care because it doesn't square with your beliefs and you don't seem like the kind of person that's intelligent enough to process any new information that isn't about Jesus getting tougher on crime.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 38 points 8 months ago

I remember when I was a kid I used to pretend the weirdest stuff. Once I was sitting on a picnic table behind the school and I pretended I was loved and safe.

I did stop pretending like that pretty early though because I was afraid of being seen as weird.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 51 points 8 months ago

I think it's wild that he's more qualified than most politicians (BA in political science from Harvard in case anyone doesn't know) to speak about politics but politicians want him to keep the politics out of his music.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 32 points 9 months ago

I've made it two decades in IT and related fields by searching for answers using Google. I accidentally took my laziness, love of automation, and ability to Google and became an SRE. Then I accidentally became a senior software engineer because the director on that side of the house liked my initiative and was sure my skills would translate. I protested but got a substantial bump to do it.

I'm failing upwards by abusing stack overflow and search engines.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 54 points 10 months ago

It was probably tainted.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 83 points 10 months ago

D.A.R.E. raised my awareness of drugs. I only used them for wholesome purposes.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 32 points 11 months ago

So I went and looked. OP seems like a very unhappy individual. I found traces of the below plus a lot of the "whiney entitled gamer" archetype. I sure hope they find happiness someday.

It's Easy so it Sucks

It's Short so it Sucks

Unpleasable Fanbase

"Stop Having Fun" Guys

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 64 points 11 months ago

Her and RBG really fucked up badly. But they don't have to be here to see the fallout.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 63 points 11 months ago

Like 6 years ago, but she served in the Senate until September 29th.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 31 points 11 months ago

They've been reinvented repeatedly. Citrix, terminal servers, thin clients, cloud desktops, web apps, remote app delivery......

Most people (not necessarily here) need a web browser and an office program. Most people are well suited to terminals or something like a Chromebook.

I need actual hardware for my job and hobbies, but even I have a mini PC set up like a gaming console so that if I want to play games on my bedroom TV I don't have to hook up my Steam Deck or gaming laptop. I just stream them.

[-] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 36 points 11 months ago

If I can just tell her how awesome my penis is she'll fall madly in love! Right now she has no idea!

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