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LegionEris, in xkcd: Sign Combo

You gotta do a secretory vesicle turn (looks like the open one!) where you swerve wildly off the road, circle around, blaze directly across the street at a right angle, then circle back onto the road heading the other direction. No stopping, no entering, and it’s technically not a U-turn.

otter,

Haven’t thought about secretory vesicles in a while, and this is a pretty unique context for them lmao

LegionEris,

It’s the shape my brain drew as I read those signs. It follows all the rules!

greenskye, in "Opposite Day" by Extra Fabulous

Good ol’ unbirth.

paddirn, in "Lassie" by Jeroom

Paw Patrol is on a roll!

joyjoy, in Get in the side-hustle, Shinji

That mech pilot elective finally comes in handy!

FaceDeer, in Guardian Cartoonist Steve Bell sacked after 40 years following submission of comic depicting Netanyahu preparing to cut the Gaza strip from his own belly.
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bionicjoey,

How about if we said we believe the loss of innocent life is wrong no matter what the nationality? That would also result in people getting mad at us. Sometimes these would be different people getting mad, but that doesn’t really change things on our end. And most significantly, it could hurt our quarterly revenue, which is the worst tragedy imaginable.

Lol. Was this published before or after Bernie Sanders got yelled at for making that exact statement?

Resol, in Hidden Beauty - Safely Endangered
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History repeats itself: the Titanium version of the PowerBook G4 was also prone to basically falling apart, now the iPhone 15 Pro does the same thing

mihnt,
@mihnt@lemmy.world avatar

Yep. Thin bits of titanium are brittle. Apple should spend more time in knife communities so they can get learned.

dym_sh,
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knife communities

like London?

Zoomboingding, in xkcd: Sign Combo
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90° right turn!

Fedizen, in "Opposite Day" by Extra Fabulous

neil gaiman taking notes

ech,

What do you mean “taking notes”? He wrote the lecture.

crandlecan, in Get in the side-hustle, Shinji

Why is this getting upvotes?

FreshLight,

It’s a comic strip so it fits the community. I guess some people are voting based on how well a posts fits a community which is often the right approach. For example if you see a news article you don’t like posted in a community titled “news” it would still be beneficial for the growth and diversity of the community to upvote the post.

h3mlocke,

Same reason ur getting downvotes! 👋

Zoomboingding, in Mwa-ha-haaa [ExtraFabulous]
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Franzia, in "Yor's Body Count" by ASliceofAlan

These commenta are so permissive… I prefer to sleep with people who have not killed anyone. 🤷‍♀️ sorry not sorry.

synapse1278, in Hidden Beauty - Safely Endangered
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If only modern phones would made out of proper shock resistant plastic, instead of bendy metal and brittle glass, we wouldn’t need extra case.

Franzia,

I’ve heard the glass is also quite bendy, compared to normal glass.

kale,

Plastic is usually scratchy. Glass is much better about resisting scratches. I believe you’re, right, modem phone glass is pretty flexible. It’s also (usually) coated with something that prevents finger oils from building up easily.

synapse1278,
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Still, the choice of glass is clearly cosmetic (less prone to scratch, nicer look, premium feel), buy technically plastic presents more advantages, it is lighter, absorbes shocks, fairly durable, much cheaper. To make for the most reliable device it would be better, but we know that’s not a priority for any of the manufacturers, and propably also for many customers.

ch00f,

Eh, I would argue that having a scratched screen goes beyond a cosmetic issue. It tangibly downgrades your experience.

Plastic scratches much easier than glass cracks.

can,

Gimme a plastic screen and I’ll put a glass screen protector on it.

synapse1278,
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I have nothing against glass screen, but glass back-side I find rather stupid, and pretty standard nowdays.

Rouxibeau,

modem

A good old keming issue in the wild!

FordBeeblebrox,

I managed to bend an iPad trying to pull it out of a case, can confirm it’s got some flex to it

Poem_for_your_sprog,

The metal is okay, it’s the glass that’s the problem.

Blackmist,

Ah, the good old days, when only the screen was glass.

Natanael,

Depends on alloy, some are more brittle or prone to deformation than others

nBodyProblem,

Honestly, modern phones are pretty durable and screen replacements are pretty cheap.

My complaint is that the glass backs are slippery as fuck. My iPhone was constantly sliding off of tables and shit until I bit the bullet and got a case for it.

vinyl,

I do not agree, owned like 3 phones all of them ending up in cracks, yes I am a clumsy person but I also work in a hangar where at one point my phone screen cracked due to carrying something.

Cethin,

The good thing about the glass backs is it’s quite sticky on your fingers, which is nice. I’d still take plastic or something else instead, but hopefully also sticky. I’d rather not drop my phone at all, but if I do I don’t want it to crack.

PersnickityPenguin,

I want a nice solid core of 1/4" plate steel for my phone’s structural skeleton. Wouldn’t that be cool?

Wrap the rest of the phone in shock proof plastic and glass screen.

mesamunefire,

Repairable phones are where it’s at.

DudeDudenson,

Gotta get that time machine

mesamunefire,

I’m loving the fairphone.

vinyl,

Thanks to apple and it’s fanbase we don’t have that luxury

navi, in xkcd: Sign Combo

This was my experience lately when visiting downtown Vancouver (Gastown) for parking. Like 3-4 signs per post that somewhat contradict each other on times of day for parking.

navi, in xkcd: Sign Combo

Finally a passing section!

ripcord,
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Listen!

navi,

Hey!

TheGiantKorean, (edited ) in Hidden Beauty - Safely Endangered
@TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world avatar

I had a coworker who was constantly buying new phones. I didn’t know why until I realized that he didn’t use a case. He didn’t like how the phones looked with a case on them.

PersnickityPenguin,

Man I have a $25 phone clear case and I’ve dropped my phone on concrete, hardwood floors etc… Not a scratch.

TheGiantKorean,
@TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world avatar

Same. I suggested that to him, but nope. Phones also seem slipperier than they used to be, so I feel like the case lets you hang onto it better, keeping you from dropping it in the first place.

Player2,

Doesn’t help that they’re so much bigger now

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