Gonna copy in my comment from the other thread bc I want this video to reach as wide of an audience as possible:

Struthless has a really good video about this. I’ve seen it happen to the young men in my life first-hand. To my siblings, my friends, and - yes - even to myself at one point. And that hole is a hell of a lot harder to climb out of than it is to fall into, and I’m very lucky to have had some good, caring people in my life who helped me to do it. An uncomfortable truth that we on the left must face, is that this is an issue that will only get worse the longer we pretend it doesn’t exist.

Struthless has a really good video about this. I’ve seen it happen to the young men in my life first-hand. To my siblings, my friends, and - yes - even to myself at one point. And that hole is a hell of a lot harder to climb out of than it is to fall into, and I’m very lucky to have had some good, caring people in my life who helped me to do it. An uncomfortable truth that we on the left must face, is that this is an issue that will only get worse the longer we pretend it doesn’t exist.

Both beat me - my last name is a little unusual, but not hugely - all I know is that I opened the report, and that’s what was highlighted :/

I use the radio, so that I don’t get conditioned to hate one specific song, but still have something more pleasant than an alarm tone (which I’d also grow to hate)

I once got flagged for plagiarism because I had page numbers! Also once got a flag for plagiarising… ✨myself✨ because I had ✨my name✨ on the front page 😔

I used it for a few things in uni, then a few more, then a few more, and eventually realised that my workflow had become

• Boot windows
• Turn on VM
• Use Linux the whole time
• Shut down

So I decided to cut out the middle-man

Twin balance wheels beat independently on each flank of the Machine, while the central body reveals the gearbox of the HM9 engine: a planetary differential that averages the output of both balances to provide one stable reading of the time.

… What?

Honestly I’ve been told this a bunch, but I cook so much tomato-filled Italian/Mediterranean food and then just leave the pan until the next day to clean, never seen any serious issues from it. Seasoning is also regenerative, so even if you do fuck it up a bit, a couple of meals later it will be basically back to normal.

It’s entirely possible, I’ve actually never even had one last even that long and just kinda guesstimated how long a pan that had been absolutely baby’d would last.

Sorry for linking R*ddit, but this thread seems to mirror my suspicions, 3-5 years on average, 10 if you treat it insanely well.

Folks love to harp on about how “iTs So HaRd To CaRe FoR” but honestly Teflon pans (the more common option) are worse

Cast iron:

• be a little careful when washing it
• will last longer than your grandkids

Teflon:

• don’t get it too hot
• don’t use metal tools
• don’t use too much oil
• often not oven-safe
• will last like 10 years at most

Unfortunately not, but given the timeline it’s possible that this bit influenced the poem (no idea when either was first published, though).

Off the top of my head I’d say a poem called “an ode to what is now, effectively, stairs” about shutdown escalators in an abandoned mall. I’ve had a search around for it a couple of times, including on the forum that I’m pretty sure I saw it on - the Agora Road Macintosh Cafe (I think this has since become a right-wing cesspool, it was last time I was there, so not a recommendation), but no luck :/ This was only like 7 years ago, so I’m almost impressed at how quickly it’s disappeared.

That’s sort of where I’m at right now to be honest. Google has removed or plan to remove basically everything that gave Android an edge over iOS. Meanwhile Apple, for all their flaws, has actually put out some pretty compelling offerings with the iPhone 17 line both hardware- and software-wise, and has made meaningful improvements in the realm of repairability and side-loading, albeit under regulatory pressure. At this point, it’s looking like going to be harder than I’d like to choose between the two when I go to replace my phone in 3-5 years - provided both companies stay on their current trajectories.

Honestly I’ve found there’s way more to do for fun that’s free in cities compared to when I lived in a small town. The libraries, museums, parks, etc. are all much larger, more exciting, and easier to access - I don’t even need to own a car to have fun anymore. There’s also more social groups for more niche interinterests. Back when I lived in a town, the options for free(ish) fun were: go to a house, go to a mountain, go to the beach, and all were places you had to drive, god forbid you want to take a bus or walk somewhere, and then the people you would hang out with at those places were just co-workers or people you met in school, because there was no other way to meet people.

People say “RTFM” then you get to the manual and it’s this

This is probably going to get me attacked, but I dislike Chappell Roan for the same reason. Her songs are… alright. I’m not the target audience, but I like the style generally, I just can’t get past her voice.

The feature still exists, but I tried last month and it didn’t actually work, so there may be a bug?

Read the bottom part as Lewis Carroll, himself being a character, responding to Alice with “Alice in Wonderland”

This post from the self-hosted community is probably what you’re looking for, then

This is because of one of Sega’s “50 Rules” for successful Sonic games, namely the 34th one which says that every game should be more difficult than the last. For more information, look up “Sonic Rule 34”