LOL for me it was “if i just slam dunk all these piddly assignments, then i’ll have plenty of cushion to bomb the hard stuff at the end and still come out with a b”

me in college, at the end of every semester: “so…what would my final grade be if i just…didn’t write this paper…”

the population of the u.s. has increased by almost 100,000,000 since 1990. that’s a lot more assholes on the road

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/USA/united-states/population

i got fed up enough that i decided i’m never flying again. if i can’t get there in time by driving, so sorry, i won’t be able to attend

i never said remakes were the problem. i never even mentioned sequels. yes, the society that feeds on this garbage is fucked. i’m still going to criticize the garbage, even if it’s just a symptom and not the problem

The scrote septics have no artistry to their swearing

we’ve spent the last several decades or more killing artistry, creativity, imagination-- anything that involves doing something different than what we’re told to do day in, day out by our owners. shareholders. even what should be the top of the pyramid for creativity–hollywood–is fucking garbage anymore. it’s all remakes of shit that’s already been done. sometimes already done multiple times. and the population laps it up like hogs at the trough

i fucking hate this place

we live in a culture where the value of your life is measured by how much money you have

impressive. but i bet they can’t go down for a whole forever

best practice is don’t even respond. most people will get the message that you basically don’t exist if you’re not physically at work. and if not, fuckem

those tortoises are heavier than they look. or those dudes are really weak.

is it not risky to hang the entire weight from its top shell, since that doesn’t happen in nature?

can’t wait to see the one for the re-re-re-re-reboot in 3 years

obligatory christopher lee slaying the power metal

next time you go to a concert, ask the venue staff what’s their favorite type of shows to work–the answer will be metal shows

worst are country and gospel

i’m brand new to linux after decades of windows. is there a comprehensive resource that talks about security on linux beyond just “linux is super secure don’t worry about it”? i feel like the more people continue to ditch windows, the more scammers are going to focus their energy on linux, and i know next to nothing

edit: thank you for all the responses

amateur: scrolling lemmy at work
pro: balatro at work
master: beat saber at work

i don’t remember what the threshold was for me, it might have been having to defend the bloody baron from mobs while he’s carrying his undead monster infant to a burial spot-- the sort of thing that would make me say wow, that’s about the most warped thing i’ve seen in a game-- i need to see the whole thing!

it took me a couple attempts at W3 before i really got into it, but after that i played all the way through. as a habitual game DNFer. it’s a masterpiece

lol we couldn’t even prepare for fascist takeover of the country. why tf would anyone think we’d be prepared for a solar firestorm

i never used pandora–is it true you can’t make your own playlists? that would be a no go for me. i switched to tidal and have no complaints

i dumped spotify because they raised the price so they could include podcasts that i couldn’t give less of a rat’s ass about. also the ai bullshit and the refusal to allow me to block artists. spotify can get fucked