Borrowed it from his gardener

That was my plan. Are… are we not doing rhat anymore?

Hey man, they did the best they could with the minds they had available.

Why can’t it be both? These statements aren’t meant for us anyway.

I disagree. It’s not tech news. Twitter or X losing a few subscribers to mastadon or threads is a Sunday. And on Monday we’ll get an article about people moving in the other direction. Distilling entire categories of news to one person or company makes us less informed, not more. We’re just echoing the same talking points back and forth at eachother.

I’m definitely not saying Elon or Twitter is NEVER tech news but, jesus, I don’t need or want to know about every tweet he makes and every shit he takes. I also don’t think these things shouldn’t be recorded in some way. But the magnitude it’s posted is straight up Elon worship whether you hate him or support him.

I do what I’m able and willing by downvoting items that aren’t news or discussion-worthy and not interacting with those comment sections but there is just so much. Is there a place to just read news about technology and not tech business tweets turned into “news” stories? This is a genuine question if someone has info.

Most of the chatter against it that I hear now is “parents pushing their kids to be trans” which, yes, that would be shitty but that simply isn’t the case. I live in a very trans friendly area of the US. A lot of parents have degendered clothes and toys so it’s pretty common to see male children in dresses and/or playing with dolls and female children with short hair and “boy” clothes (sorry I’m having a hard time coming up with an outfit that is quintessential boy). Do you know what the outcome is? Kids wearing clothes they like and playing with toys they like. They’re excited about the things they like because they have supportive adults in their life and they’re not forced to follow arbitrary societal rules.

Male children playing with dolls doesn’t mean they’re automatically trans. Parents aren’t having super intensive talks about gender reassignment when their female child is playing with trucks or is “more sporty” than other girls. Gender is simply talked about more fluidly and kids are supported in their constantly changing interests.

Also stopped pirating games when steam came around. And I stopped pirating shows and movies with the rise of streaming services. Now though, I’m looking into standing up a media server.

Wow, you and the commenter above really sold me on it. That’s the way the internet was meant to be used. You go and search for shit. Not shit getting fed to you because “it totally matches up with other things you like”. I’ve hated these algorithms for so long. And for me personally completely misses the mark on what actually excites me. Instead it intentionally shows me bullshit that I will scroll through for hours or plaster my face in front of the second I have exactly 30 seconds of free time in my day. It’s fucking junk food.