Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

@mike Oh, basic mode seems like a good selling point (weirdly enough)!

there’dn’t’ve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkZyZFa5qO0

So many idioms are based on normal aspects of life when the expression was coined, but are still in use after that thing is no longer normal.

What are some expressions that you grew up with that made sense at the time, but your kids and grandkids will not understand without it being explained to them? "Stay tuned" comes to mind.

@jezza Aha, my comic-reading system brought me this just now. Very perfect.

TIL “lactose free” products—those ones with added lactase—are actually lactose free because the lactase did its thing before you drank it. I was unsure if that was the case or if the added lactase did the job when you consume it.

@jezza Bringing the idea of fanfic in is perfect. We need to copy and make derivative artwork to some extent to be creative!

How many Spiel des Jahres games have you played?

Do you ever fill out a captcha, fail, and think "oh, I interpreted the instructions too much like a computer would?"

Do you ever fill out a captcha, fail, and think "oh, I interpreted the instructions too much like a computer would?"

@jezza I like that logic!

The funniest thing for me reading about this is that public art is un-photographable assuming the copyright hasn't expired in Greece (where no one takes pictures of anything less than 2000 years old) and also in lots of African and impoverished nations, where there's maybe one statue in the whole country.

Starting a list of weird rules that seem counterintuitive because after I learned that there's places in which it's illegal to record a conversation you are having without informing the other parties, now I'm learning that there's places where it's illegal to photograph public art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama

@brad_frost I quote Toy Story more than anything else.

"Okay Mr Light Beer, prove it"

@HiroProtagonist R E T V R N

@jezza We need two separate styles of coffeeshop! One that's quick, in-and-out caffeine and the other is slow experiences

I have no interest in a "coffee replacement"

Get me an espresso replacement and we can talk.

@jezza As a member of the Autism Community (apparently) I fully agree!

People saying things like "we don't live in a state of anarchy, we live in a society" drive me up the wall. It's such a basic category error but also muddies the definition of both nouns

@mike It's funny-not-funny how much we have to rely on the tv's ever-bloating OS just to get it to show something via HDMI

@mike Back when I was a kid, the OS was contained in a reasonably-cheaply-replaceable set-top box and I miss those days

@mike Yes! Reading about stuff like this makes me wish I were a tad older and/or had less protective parents. (Though I do remember hearing about this particular thing)