garretble @ garretble @lemmy.world

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I’ve never used TikTok other than seeing some posts a friend might share in a group chat. But I don’t think it’s for me.

I’ve tried Loops, and maybe the “swipe down for a new video of someone saying/doing something dumb” just isn’t my cup of tea. I dunno.

“But the algorithm knows what you like!” someone will say. I don’t want algorithms anymore, to be honest.

Hah, I JUST had a conversation with my boss about whether or not I was using the "new" outlook or the "old" outlook.

He's apparently using the "old" outlook because there's a toggle switch in the upper right of his window that says "try the new outlook!" and I don't have that, meaning...I guess I'm using the "new" outlook?

Who knows at this point. It's all trash.

I thought this joke was going to be about all the cybertrucks needing towing because of yet another recall.

Those eggs are still cheaper than the ones today.

This sentence alone is why Linux is a hard sell for the average person.

eventually others will start doing do the same thing to further political goals that they agree with.

I, too, remember January 6.

You are right. I just checked out gimp.org, and...IS there a single image of the software on that site?

If they want new users, asking them to blindly download software without even a look or maybe a video of new features is not it.

Yeah, every time I have ever tried Gimp, attempting to do anything felt like someone had purposefully been contrarian and made every operation work in the hardest and most confusing way.

And someone may say, "well, you just have to learn it!" OK, sure. Or I can use something that makes much more sense from the jump like Affinity Photo. (Yes, I know you have to pay for it, but it's worth it. Yes, I know not everyone has the money to do so.)

Your brain is a muscle, you have to use it.

It's frustrating because "the consumer" doesn't want manuals, yet car makers add all these things that keep people from paying attention to the road making it - in my opinion - too easy to get distracted. I like that I can't hold my phone in my hand and drive because I need to shift.

Last summer I was in Ireland, and I was peeking in a few cars on parked on the side of the road just out of curiosity. Almost every one was a manual, it seemed like. It's not that we COULDN'T have fun, manual cars here. But Americans are lazy.

I got in right before Subaru went that way and ended up with the best of both worlds: a touchscreen for CarPlay and knobs for...everything else. I still have knobs for the radio if need be.

Plus it's a six speed manual (Crosstrek).

I get a flyer from the dealership every other week asking if I want to "upgrade." Sorry, fellas, nothing you have is an upgrade to me. You can't get a manual gearbox here any more.

Imagine using a Meta product. Woof.

I see.

So Windows just needs to git gud.

Is that just obfuscated on other platforms (like MacOS)? I don't think I've ever had a Mac get "confused" by a device by changing its port.

America: produces more oil than ever before and more than basically every other country

GOP: that’s not enough!

Windows is great because if you plug your mouse into one USB port then maybe you move the mouse to another, it completely forgets that mouse ever existed and is like “setting up device!”

Bro, you know what this is.

It's always funny to hear stuff about "leftists" ruining things when "rightists" 100% tried to overthrow our government - like physically broke in to the Capitol and tried to kill our leaders (while injuring dozens of police officers. "Back the blue" right? "Thin blue line!" Right?).

If the RIGHT can't have it their way, they'll literally try to overthrow a fair election. A bunch of spoiled brats trying to kill people because their (now felon - 34 counts!) president wasn't re-elected. (EDIT: the original post was removed, and this paragraph was using their words. They called left leaning people spoiled brats, so I was just reframing that here.)

Oh no, am I mentioning January 6? You bet I am. The right has lost all credibility after that event. No amount of people throwing dog turds on teslas will be worse than that. (Also, why would anyone be defending the Nazi car guy?)

What's really going to be funny is seeing the right blame the democrats in a few months (maybe a year) for how shitty everything is after this idiotic trump admin has gutted all public services. Somehow that'll be the democrats' fault to them.

Additionally, the guy who blew up the Tesla at the trump hotel was a trump supporter, via Wikipedia:

He [the guy who did it] additionally criticized Kamala Harris as a "DEI candidate", expressing pleasure that the United States elected "a real president instead of Weekend at Bernie's." He argued that people should unite around Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to promote national hegemony.

And the lord god said, “Buyeth up all the real estate, and raise prices on your neighbors.”

Private equity, huh?

Walgreens has about two year left before shutting down.

At the courts still hold some power as a check and balance.

He wouldn't be doing this otherwise.