Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

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

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

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.

I love it when a person's soshnet bio says something like "views my own" because then I know that their dumb takes are being shared out of their own free will and not because their employer is paying them to say them

Being over-scrupulous is one thing but I can't imagine being both over-scrupulous and believing that all gambling is morally wrong

Are the post-Larsson Millennium novels any good in comparison to the original trilogy?

Was that first reveal—the very first time anyone knew—that Vader was Luke's father, a surprise to anyone?

The desire to be given the time to say what you want to say without interruption v. the desire to interrupt with clarifying questions

I've been loving all the aurora photos in my feeds but I haven't seen anyone else sharing what looks like a view looking straight up

Sharing something without context or explanation means I don't have to say anything in return

Maybe some of the wildest, pinkest aurora I ever did see