Awhiskeydrunker

joined 1 year ago
 

Cold War Arms Race Part 2: Electric Boogaloo

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And being marketed as "our first upgrade to PC keyboards in 30 years". I want to be in the marketing teams conference room when this got pitched.

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social -3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Good point, though I would counter that there's a lot of blustering about taking our country back but I haven't seen many serious attempts or people capable of actually planning and executing such a thing, and I've had a good bit of contact with what y'all would consider to be American far right rebels.

For all I know, the far righties talking about their revolution is about as productive as the tankies talking about theirs. Nobody sees a future in this country where the workers seize the means of production and we actually eat the rich, right?

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've enjoyed my time on the fediverse but have been disappointed with the leveling off of growth and lack of participation in niche communities. I still visit Kbin several times weekly, but it isn't like the old days when I would spend tons of time on Reddit. I have left my old Reddit account redacted and haven't started using it again, as that time is over. There are some communities and niche interests that unfortunately, it looks like Reddit will always be the main home for since we didn't hit the critical mass for people to move those communities over here. Because of that, I've started a new reddit account (with my real name attached, and started actively participating in those communities). For me, Reddit is no longer a place to anonymously participate in community discussions (because those discussions were becoming increasingly worthless alot of the time), but a place to participate with my IRL identity in communities related to topics or hobbies I care about. The anonymous community stuff is fulfilled by Kbin/Fediverse which I prefer now.

 

In September 2023, office badge swipes in the 10 biggest U.S. cities are at about 50% what they were prior to the pandemic.

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh man that’s terrible all around. Sorry to hear/read you are going through that Izzgo! A friend of mine had some kind of nerve searing procedure that helped with that kind of pain, any options in that space?

 

Rite Aid is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy as opioid litigation hangs over the pharmacy chain.

And the era of punishing pharmacies and distributors instead of prescribers continues…

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

$24.99/month for 300 mbps up and down, Verizon Fiber. Northeast US.

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very disappointed to see my employer on here with a D rating. Internal comms said we were out!

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They are “inviting” mods to do even more free work in furtherance of Reddits profitability

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

This isn’t a problem. This is knowing how to reference community knowledge and technology instead of reinventing various shapes and sizes of wheels

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You are right! I read and parsed it backwards and thought the comment was dire 🤣. Thought the OP was asking for plausible sounding falsehoods and the commenter said “you are loved and deserve happiness”. I retract my statement. I think Fediverse will stay nice. People on more main stream anonymous social sites are even mostly nice like this don’t you think?

[–] Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Bigger instances and communities may end up being more PC over the years but I think smaller ones will retain this vibe.

 

All Tomb Raider games are on sale on Steam. If you like action/exploration games and you know what else, some of the best ones are on sale for less than a dollar!

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