remembering what your grandkid likes is dementia now?

I had this the other way with my ex. She would say “I always liked X” and then I’d get her an X-related gift and she’d go “um okay, random.” Thing is she was supposedly feeding me with hints I never got.

It’s kinda fucked up how few people are comprehending this photo. They think it’s about fridges full of one thing

the very idea of a regular birthday party wasn’t really widespread before the era

Can we go back to that? I hate birthdays.

Wellllllllll

It actually wasn’t, but someone claimed it was, and would sue people who used it. Most would settle and agree not to use it. This is also why most chain restaurants had their own alternative birthday songs.

It was only that in 2016 somebody actually said to them “prove it” and took them to court, which found their copyright claim to be without merit.

Incidentally, there is no penalty for this.

Somebody never had a clock with roman numerals and it shows

I remember getting into an argument with a grade school teacher over IIII because most such clocks put that for 4 instead of IV because of some fuckin reason

I’m pushing 50, fuck you.

Edit: I should mention, I had the same reaction as you at the same time.

I’m guilty of the other way. I really don’t know what else my mother is into nowadays, but since she raised me on Star Trek, I usually just get her Star Trek shit.

The thing is, she loves it every time. Or claims to.

My grandmother stocked raisins in a jar in her kitchen for 30 years because I once said I liked raisins.

It was cool to know there was a jar of raisins there basically just for me to have raisins. But I eventually didn’t like raisins all that much anymore. But of course I’d have to have some raisins because she was keeping them there for me.

growing up in my grandmothers house, she never ever ever used the front door except if there was some kind of event like a funeral. It was like, the fancy door.

they also almost never used the living room except when people were visiting.

Your life is the way it is because you’ve decided that it’s more comfortable to leave it that way than to change it.

Srsly years and years of therapy this was the only thing that did anything for me

Is it worth noting that I only know this because of the spoof horror movie Repossessed?

Yes

annuities my dude

1M is 2-3 yr salary??? Hook a brother up with these $300-500k/yr job leads d00d

Sure there are plenty of situations where services remain open and free (for now), like wikipedia, linux distros, etc. but we aren’t always that lucky.

It’s got absolutely fuck all to do with “luck.” It has everything to do with adoption.

Most people won’t adopt things that aren’t sufficiently pretty. They’re more than happy being data whores for social media pimps because it’s so fun.

Nah.

I mean, if they became rich, maybe. Certainly contrast Stanford-era Brin with modern Google, sure.

But um… Nah.

The #corpolitical

I have a very very real problem with this oversimplification of very distinct tech viewpoints.

Like, what, you dont think information should be freely available? You LIKE the model where information is locked down with hefty fees? Because that’s what the actual “tech bros” want.

This is at best ignorant and at worst just hateful.

Funny, this sounds an awful lot like people who complain about the fediverse

I thought the Dear Leader didn’t have to pope