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Lurch

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  1. The new Mac OS, Sonoma, introduces facetime reactions into video calls of other services (google meet, zoom, etc).  These reactions can not only be triggered with a click, but can ALSO be triggered by making certain hand gestures on video.  This is a cool use of video technology, unless you are unaware of it and in the midst of a particularly dour discussion you subconsciously/unintentionally make a "V" sign with your hand which then automatically triggers FUCKING BALLOONS to show up on your video for the other participants to see.

    FUCK.

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  2. Glorious sunset of my heart was fading. Soon the super karate monkey death car would park in my space. But Jimmy has fancy plans, and pants to match.
     I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey-strong bowels were girded with strength, like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo dung.

    what did you mean when you wrote, [reads from the pad] "Bad clown making like super American car racers, I would make them sweat. War, war!"?
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  3. 3 hours ago, markstanco said:

    (some) Food trucks.  Generally I love these, but lately it seems like they are getting MORE expensive than brick and mortar.  Hey if the food is better, I get it.  But typically it is similar.  The idea of lower overhead without having a wait staff, cleanup crew, etc. is brilliant. But, now it seems to have gone away.  

    Also, why is there a tip line on the receipt?  Is that in case you dont think you are paying enough for the food?  Because it isnt for actually wait service to bring your food and refill your beverages. 

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    Man, I feel this.

    At the start of COVID our neighborhood (~125 families) thought it would be cool to invite a different food truck once a week as a win/win.  At first, it went incredibly well.  Everyone felt good about spending money with them (and they were truly, openly grateful), while also getting a nice quality meal for our families.  After a while, though, the demand dried up and the organizer started pleading with the neighborhood to start showing up or the trucks would no longer bother coming to us.  A reasonable outcome that frankly was probably warranted.  The reason we stopped going was the prices stayed "questionably" high even as COVID wained while the food seemed to lose it's uniqueness and edge.  At some point, I was just paying people a premium to throw together a burger that wasn't really any different than I could have whipped up with minimal effort or just gone to any local restaurant and at least had some service come with that price tag.

    And, yeah, the tip is weird.  Really any time I'm tipping the *owner* of the business seems off to me.

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  4. I'll say the same thing I did last time he did something similarly disgusting.
    I'll leave when Auschwitz Museum leaves.
    He would like it if I left. I hope I cost him more than he gets out of me. All the blocks make him spend money. I don't have to amplify an account to quote them. Until there's a CHRONOLOGICAL replacement which Threads ain't,  it is the only game in town. Breaking news happens. Find me a better place for that and I'll cut my time spent there. 
    Black people haven't left. The LBGTQ people are still there. Some are gone and I don't blame anyone that wants to go. But, it's still a valuable resource. I won't abandon the ones sticking it out.
     

    You’re aware Threads has had chronological view for a while now, right?
  5. Ice cream surrounded by a chewy rice-based substance. 
    Doesn't make any sense, but that doesn't matter one bit. 
    Buy some next time you're at the store. Give it a minute or two out of the freezer before you eat it for maximum texture enjoyment. 
     

    I thought 0% chance they’d have that at my store in Florida (they put tortillas in the “ethnic food aisle”) but sure enough…

    https://www.publix.com/pd/mymochi-ice-cream-strawberry/RIO-PCI-544681

    I’ll give it a try!
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