Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

A feature request: when placing a video call and waiting for the recipient to answer, your video should already be being sent, so that the recipient can see you before answering.

@jezza It really seems like so many people aren't willing to manage the flack!

@mike While I agree, I think that's missing the point of my question. Partially because I used the word "allowed" and in retrospect, that was the wrong word to use.

I didn't mean for it to be about permission, but about whether or not someone using language around people who'd be offended by it should get a free pass, specifically because they learned it in a time+place where it wasn't offensive

@jezza Now that I can get behind!

@jezza "Three more cans than a 12 pack" is WILD. What is this world coming to?

Next thing you know, people will wonder how many cans of beer are in what we call here "a two four" (24, if it wasn't obvious)

@jezza HA well done.

Should a person who has grown up with a phrase or term, not knowing it's bad connotations or origin, be "grandfathered in" and be allowed to say it once the history comes to light?

@raintrees Haha I'm too young for that!

Blows my mind that some people in the current year still don't understand that Costco's ethos isn't about selling things for the cheapest price

I've had multiple people call me "an old soul" over the years and I've never understood what they meant by that

@jezza "at least half of that is also true of a crack house" is a perfect line! I really don't get the appeal of most gambling for the sake of entertainment, let alone for the sake of money

Is Betteridge's law of headlines lame? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

@progo as many Christians like to point out, sex sells!

brb scrolling through about:config looking for interesting things, as one does

Here's your reminder that the Pilgrims™ were fleeing Dutch enculturation, not religious persecution, when they sailed across the Atlantic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)#Decision_to_leave_Holland

"I like everything but country or rap"

Oh yeah, really? Bet I can find something you don't like.

Fun: picked up the new Kodak Charmera for my wife

Not fun: probably shouldn't open it up before Christmas

The "10,000 hours" trope implies that most people won't become an expert in doing the dishes until they reach typical age of retirement.

The "friends" of mine that espouse things like "people spend too much time on their phones" and "social media isn't real relationships" and are, in other words, meatspace supremacists, are also the ones that put in the least amount of effort to connect with me—anywhere.

You're saying we need more real connections and here I am, connect with me.