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I've been overhearing a lot of prank call recordings because apparently those are a thing.

Let it be known that if someone were to get someone to call me with an attempt at a prank call, I'd probably never speak to them again.

@sabbatical We have the exact same pens at the office, but just with name and url… time to ask for a fresh batch, I dare say

I've realised that 100% of my intentional meatspace socialising (i.e. the kind that is draining but also necessary for me) is not for reasons that I intentionally want to socialise.

I keep having thoughts like "if I had the time and energy, I'd start a club"

I am getting really fed up with websites demanding that I train their machine learning algorithms to prove I'm human.

The web is so much better if you only have to see the things you want to see

I keep humming Matchmaker and discovering I've switched to Chim Chimminy

@sabbatical I still use elk.zone a lot and it's nice, but Phanpy's customization is nice. My landing page is two columns: notifications and bookmarks. That's what I want to see before I go in and start reading new things

@sabbatical Wow! I'd find any "sermon" about politics in that way to be very off-puttting, even if the politics aligned with my own thinking!

I guess one minor thing about Catholic churches that I like now that that's where I am is that the Sunday sermon has to be tied to the readings for that Sunday, which are dictated by Rome, in some way.

@sabbatical I'm going to guess "most" is true, but I have a few clear memories of comments in past churches about things like how a good sermon is or should be the reason you pick a church… definitely was a turn-off!

@sabbatical They'll call you a boomer for refusing to say it one day

@sabbatical I have heard "the kids these days" basically using it whenever it's a tray of bite-size food bits you might stab with a toothpick!

People seem to forget that "charcuterie" used to mean _just_ meats.

We should start using charFRUITerie to clarify.

@sabbatical Now that you mention it, totally!

I totally forgot about Anathem… loved that book back when it came out. You're right, a bit of the same thing going on

@sabbatical It might get me in hot water with some friends/family but I dare say it is!

@progo Indeed! I don't think I'd ever be interesting in going to one for the talks… they're just a method to get like-minded people together

@sabbatical Yeah, that's a good point. The whole holding in the hand while moving it around makes it seem like she's very aware of what needs to happen

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