Decoy321

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Decoy321,

Nah, it’s 2020s, the proper term is pokepersons.

Decoy321,

Fire. He means fire.

Decoy321,

Indeed, they were always perfectly acceptable. I was just commenting how you usually knew the location of the person you called because you knew to call that locations landline. You still wouldn’t know receiving calls off the bat, at least until caller ID.

Decoy321,

Man, those were interesting times. It’s funny, elsewhere in these comments I remarked about a question people didn’t ask back in the day. “Where are you?” was hardly ever asked because of landlines.

Your response reminded me of an inverse question, one that’s rarely asked nowadays.

“Where am I?”

Decoy321,

Definitely as a millennial I’m of the last generation that will remember arranging to meet up somewhere in advance and sticking to that plan (or rearranging over landline with more than a day’s notice…)

This is related to an interesting phenomenon I noticed while chatting about this with my parents. The question “where are you?” was hardly asked back in the day. With landlines, you already knew where they are. The only time that question was asked involved payphones. And those barely exist anymore either.

Decoy321,

Did… Did you already forget what generation we’re talking about?

Decoy321,

It’s fuckin annoying. The whole time I thought I was Gen X up until a decade ago. Then all of sudden other people are telling me I’m this bullshit.

For fucks sake, I remember using rotary phones and fucking with TV antennas to get better reception. I remember when no one had cell phones or the Internet. If you didn’t know an answer to something, you just made your peace with that.

Decoy321,

Always has been.

Decoy321,

No one’s asking the important question:

Why is the penny silver?

Decoy321,

I will accept no other possibility.

This package of bagels I bought expired on a date that doesn't exist. (i.imgur.com)

I originally posted this on the other site back when I took the picture, and it resulted in a lot of confused comments, especially from Americans, eventually getting removed by overzealous mods. Either way, I promise you that this date does not exist, and has never existed.

Decoy321,

People can do that, you know

Decoy321,

Plastic surgery on a double for public appearances. Deepfakes for videos.

Decoy321,

You don’t pick out the bones first?

Marketing Company Claims That It Actually Is Listening to Your Phone and Smart Speakers to Target Ads (www.404media.co)

A marketing team within media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) claims it has the capability to listen to ambient conversations of consumers through embedded microphones in smartphones, smart TVs, and other devices to gather data and use it to target ads, according to a review of CMG marketing materials by 404 Media and details from a...

Decoy321,

My dude, no one is as self aware as you think you are. You do yourself a disservice by thinking so, it means you’re ignoring an exploitable weakness.

Decoy321, (edited )

Ah, the classic unsolvable problem, P vs NP.

Decoy321, (edited )

Fair enough. Let’s do it.

As a mod, I decree that this post is utter shit and doesn’t violate any rules. It can stay.

Ahhh, good ol mod abuse.

Edit: I’m just being silly here, please don’t take any of this seriously.

Decoy321,

We’re gonna gatekeep shit posting?

Decoy321,

For anyone who hasn’t seen it yet. You absolutely should give it a listen.

Decoy321,

Stamets, you’re a god among men. Thanks for all the laughs we wish you the best!

A divorced couple divides their Beanie Baby collection in court, 1999 (lemmy.world)

Full caption: Nov 5, 1999, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA: Attorney Frank Totti looks over papers while his client Frances Mountain sorts out Beanie Babies with her ex-husband Harold Mountain in Judge Gerald Hardcastle’s Family Courtroom in Las Vegas November 5. The couple, who were divorced four months ago, were ordered to divide up...

Decoy321,

My favorite part of this picture is the expressions on everyone else’s faces. It’s a nice mixture of “'I’m never getting these hours of my life back” and "hmmm, interesting choice, i wonder how they’ll counter that decision.

Decoy321, (edited )

It’s definitely cultural. I know people who consider it abhorrent. Other cultures teach their kids how to help serve the alcohol. For example, I learned how to make mojitos once I was old enough to carry the pitcher.

Decoy321,

Can confirm, Lexis Nexis is the shiiiiiiit! I felt like a freaking wizard when I used it back in college.

Decoy321, (edited )

Fuck yeah this looks epic!! I will absolutely be rewatching part 1 the day before just to catch up and get myself psyched.

Decoy321,

There’s also the opposite problem, when you can’t sleep because you don’t want to fast forward to all the bullshit you’ll have to get back to tomorrow.

Decoy321,

“My name is Batman, and you can go fuck yourself.”

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