the democratic peoples republic of temple

I had the same thought and then landed on… I really fucking hope it is at least

I never took it as hate, just an acknowledgement of the simplicity of thinking about your digital watch and going “you know what? this thing is pretty neat!”

that being said it’s been a while since I read the books so maybe I’m misremembering some serious digital watch hate from later on.

personally I think my Casio is pretty neat and I also am unhappy for pretty much of the time, largely due to the movements of small green pieces of paper :)

A+ ⭐ 🏆

that last line especially is beautiful, sounds like it was written by Adams himself.

have you read the short story The Libertarian Police Department? I’ve always thought the author channeled Adams’ ghost for that one :)

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.

Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape- descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

This planet has – or rather had – a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn’t the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.

And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.

you’re severely confused. you are so far outside the Overton window of this 'verse that you don’t even share familiar vernacular. liberals/Democrats are dirty words to most people here because they’re too conservative. most of us are leftists socialists anarchists and communists (fuck tankies)

edit: woah holy necro I thought this was /all

I’m not sure I agree. it sounds like Bishop Budde really hurt his fee fees

not just trauma but also heart problems that require medication…

incredibly fucked up but the hospital getting a slap on the wrist is a good first step at least.

that’s 100gecs but it’s more like a year/minute lol

:.|:;

bet you won’t reply to this until after the election :)

universalmonk and linkerbaan in shambles

???

also true of whippits which are nitrogen oxide, likely what they’re using here.

I was just thinking today about how I want a tattoo along the lines of “even the ones with digital watches”, great timing!

y’all I understand there are larger issues in the world but please let’s not pretend that POC working in tech feel awesome about typing master/slave in the terminal, it’s outdated and should be changed.

they’re called lemmy communities, and there’s plenty of interaction! honestly it reminds me of the old days on Reddit before it ballooned into the monster it is today, I legitimately prefer it in every way other than lacking the niche communities (looking at you !2007scape@lemmy.world >.>)

you can find good political discussion in !politicalmemes@lemmy.world or !news@lemmy.world

dunno if there’s any good basketball communities tho, not my bag lol

that one’s a classic.

probably the same mod who removed the top comment censored them, idk if they have that ability but I assume so. I know .ml censors a lot of stuff automatically and it looks exactly like that.

they’re talking about the f slur