@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

thebardingreen

@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz
  • Technology Consultant.
  • Software Developer.
  • Musician.
  • Burner.
  • Game Master.
  • Non-theistic Pagan.
  • Cishet White Male Feminist.
  • Father.
  • Fountain Maker.
  • Aquarium Builder.
  • Hamster Daddy.
  • Resident of Colorado.
  • Anti-Capitalist.
  • Hackerspace Regular.
  • Traveler of the American West.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

This is essentially the premise of Walk Away by Cory Doctorow.

You DO need that thing that’s going to “satisfy the same basic need that capitalism does.”

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar
  • My Android phone that I’ve had for several years just died forever and I am currently without a phone (other than Google Voice on my computer).
  • I’m in the US. Carrier is T Mobile. I understand I’d have to place my order through a third party.
  • Things I care about: All of the above, as long as I can do my work.
  • I have the budget.

Things I do regularly:

  • Make phone calls.
  • Check my email.
  • Text messages.
  • Signal
  • Podcasts and Audiobooks (I’m currently going nuts trying to do chores without my normal audio stimulation). I need Audible and I need some app that will let me keep all my subscriptions and Patreon benefits.
  • Magic Arena.
  • Lemmy (I currently just use it in a browser, last time I tried Jerboa it was super buggy)
  • ChatGPT app.

I also “Hey Google” all the time. I’m not sure what the state of deGoogled voice assistants is. If I could “Hey ChatGPT” it would be orders of magnitude more useful than “Hey Google.” Losing voice assistance isn’t a deal breaker, but it’s something I do use frequently.

Probably 40% of my phone use is Magic Arena and 40% is podcasts and audiobooks. Then probably 5% is “Hey Google, set an alarm for 5 minutes / OK Google, set an alarm for 6:00 AM.”

Google Services I need for work… but I’m willing to hack my way around to get them, as long as it’s possible.

  • Google Voice (non negotiable, sadly).
  • My work email is through Google.
  • My work video conferences are through Google Meet.
  • My work calendar is through Google and my phone gives me 10 minute notifications before a meeting.

I would like to degoogle as much as possible, but these are work requirements, and my ADHD brain can’t handle having two phones (one will get left uncharged / lost / never turned on and the odds are that will be the work one).

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

iOS is a hard no for me. It’s like a mechanic buying a car that says “No user serviceable parts” on the sales contract.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Paywalled.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

<3 Peanut Hamper.

thebardingreen, (edited )
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Unfortunately, no one can be told who Chuck Tingle is. You have to see it for yourself (NSFW Subjects).

My Dungeon Master Is A T-Rex Rules Lawyer But Fortunately I Rolled A Crit On The Pound My Butt Check

Lesbian Megalodon Shark Lifeguard Summer Butt Hunt

This Pumpkin Spice Latte Gets Me Off In A Fun And Sincere Way Because It’s Okay For People To Enjoy Popular Things Without Being Shamed For The Perceived “Basicness” Of Their Beverage Choices

I Went On A Hunt For The Easter Bigfoot And Now He’s Eating My Ass

Pounded In The Butt By My Handsome Sentient Library Card Who Seems Otherworldly But In Reality Is Just A Natural Part Of The Priceless Resources Our Library System Provides

Sentient Lesbian Food Gets Me Off

Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt

Pounded In The Butt By My Book “Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt”

And, if this Tingles you, he has an Official Role Playing Game with multiple source books out.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

And if you attempt to erase your own memory, you will only succeed in opening a portal to the void, from a which a physical manifestation of your own fear and loathing will emerge. This might seem terrifying, but in reality your fear and loathing will be gentle, friendly and intensely attractive, will help you overcome your own self imposed limitations and then will consentually pound you in the butt in a surprisingly wholesome way and with an overall message of love and positivity.

Love is real buckaroos!

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Sadly, Zoe pulled a George R R Martin and never finished it.

Chuck himself had this to say about it.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m planning to run it next year at a gaming con at Burning Man (yes, that’s a thing). My copy has been ordered and should get here within days.

thebardingreen, (edited )
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Circling back to you:

It’s reskinned D&D 3.5, very rules light. The stats are Strength, Dexterity, Fortitude (Con), Book Smarts (Int), Street Smarts (Wis) and Charm (Cha). Classes are called “Trots” (because you can trot however you want, and that’s OK, buckaroo!) Core classes are Bad Boys (Fighters), Sneaks (Rogues), Charmers (Bards), Wizards (Wizards) and True Buckaroos (Bard / Cleric / Sorcerer / Shit Chuck made up). Core races are Humans, Big Feet, Raptors, Unicorns and Living Motorcycles. The game rules state that “Due to the nature of the Tingleverse, it is not allowed to create a character under 18 years of age.” However, the contents of the book are very PG13… It’s up to you to decide how explicitly “real” you want to make “love” in your storytelling game. There is some very sparse lore about Billings Montana, the Void, the City of Devils (Los Angeles) and the rest of the Tingleverse. If you didn’t know the Tingleverse was a Stephen King parody, you will after reading the rule book. There are no “guns” (they were never invented in this timeline) and it seems to me the game would be fully compatible with any D&D 3.5 equipment list.

Have fun getting pounded in the butt! :D

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

The author did not age well…

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Gorny McGornface.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

It’s all ogre now.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

My cousin did this with her wife and they are very decent.

The thing was a floating money pit though and was usually broken down and was sometimes uninhabitable because of various issues.

Then the hull got damaged in a storm when waves banged it against the dock over and over again.

Now they own a nice little house.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

I dual boot Qubes and Linux Mint (kinda two ends of a spectrum, I know).

thebardingreen, (edited )
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Be me.

Red alert sounding. Catastrophic power overload is immanent.

Be bent over in Jefferies tube, remodulating the power coupling on the primary phase transducer.

Feel a warmth behind me.

It’s Shrek.

He whispers into ear “This is my swamp.”

He grabs me with his powerful ogre hands and spreads my ass cheeks.

He penetrates my butthole.

I can feel my butt tearing as my eyes start to water.

It hurts so much, but I keep working on the phase transducer as the computer voice is counting down to a critical overload.

And for some reason, I want to please Shrek.

He roars a mighty roar as he fills my butt with his love.

At the same moment, I finish the remodulation procedure. The countdown stops.

Captain Sisko walks in.

“What is the meaning of this Mr. O’Brien!”

Shrek meets his eyes and says “It’s all ogre now.”

Shrek is beamed away.

Shrek is love. Shrek is life.

Time to ditch #duckduckgo (lemmy.world)

In the last couple of months I have noticed an increasing trend of supplying me search results that are completely unrelated to the current query and tie back to my location or previous searches. I can say this with a high degree of certainty this is without a doubt beyond the 100th instance this has happened....

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Brave’s search engine is… fine. I only use it by accident sometimes.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

My theory: The Soong family have been illegally cloning themselves since 2023.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Trombone players can do magical things with their Chad lips.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Beam me up Monty.

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

That’s Montgomery Scott, and he runs the transporters on the Enterprise.

thebardingreen, (edited )
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Pretty sure you’re getting downvoted because people hate Brave and you seem to have put it at the top of your list. People hate the company and founder (with good reason) and the scammy crypto aspect. However, the browser consistently gets top tier ratings on it’s privacy implementation (from a technical perspective). I personally have mixed feelings about it. If you MUST use a chromium based browser (and sometimes I must) Brave is an obvious choice (again, from a technical perspective).

thebardingreen,
@thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz avatar

Needs more time travel shenanigans.

https://lemmy.starlightkel.xyz/pictrs/image/b94838db-7fcc-4758-8130-305dfe880585.png

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • localhost
  • All magazines
    •
    Loading…
    Loading the web debug toolbar…
    Attempt #