snooggums

“I have enough stuff, but something to eat or drink is always welcome.” was my go to if they didn’t take my first answer that I don’t need anything.

The other hurdle is needing to wait for a birthday/holiday as they might just get the thing ahead of time. I have been doing my best to separate buying things from holidays with my wife and kid because either it sits on a shelf for months instead of being given or there is an urge to spend too much because of how gifts are wrapped up in commercialism.

We are pretty much down to consumables and spending on doing something together instead of opening presents, which is awesome.

“I’m Feeling Unlucky”

Have you met cats before?

All my Gen X homies knew what enshittification was before it had a fun name.

We already did, but we will again too!

That implies that having data be harvested for companies to make profits should be the default.

I sure hope those studies are not being done by for profit companies!

Send me your name, birthdate, web browsing history, online spending history, real time location, and a list of people you know and I will explain it to you.

I disagree with the base premise that being opt out needs to be a right. That implies that having data be harvested for companies to make profits should be the default.

We should have the right to not have our data harvested by default. Requiring companies to have an opt in process with no coercion or other methods of making people feel obligated to opt in is our right.

So do houses!

They are basically investors in the housing market when their money makes its own money without their direct involvement.

I am reminded of this term about once a year and then promptly forget because it never comes up except in internet memes.

They do!

Smart like in smart appliances that are anything but.

unless they bother other

Well, that’s the thing. So many people are bothered when someone does something they wouldn’t personally do, often because they were told their whole life that there is only one proper way to exist.

“…unless they are harming someone else.” though, that is a pretty solid criteria.

This is your brain on misfolded proteins from eating hominids.

That is an organic language, natural is only an extra dollar…

English seems to lean in a lot harder and consistently as time goes on compared to other languages.

Funny, but not like haha funny.