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Unless they are tighter than expected, especially when they shrink.

I don’t remember people talking about the metaverse except for mocking the legless mii inspired avatars.

There were a lot of ads pretending to be articles.

Can we jam some crypto and NFTs into that bad boy?

Apparently the announcement was made in stealth mode.

Was this the same bit as the used cock ring salesman bit or did Mr. Show have cock rings as a running gag?

I didn’t see more than a handful of episodes due to not having cable at the time.

Lucifer was cast out of hell for forming the first union.

I’ve seen it used in media far more than in person. Mostly for soldiers that stuck around after wars wound down or wealthy people buying fancy homes in tropical locations.

The people I’ve worked with in tech from Scotland and England who have lived in the US long term but without becoming citizens don’t even use the term. Honestly most people don’t really use labels, just refer to someone in tech being ‘from a country’ when it comes up whether they became citizens or not.

That said, if everyone stuck to basic facts and focussed on clarity rather than content, the world would be a mega boring place.

I’m just saying they should be more clear about the content in situations where clarity is necessary. It isn’t like science is boring because the communication about black holes and nuclear explosions is clear and direct in those settings. Science is the best example of blending clarity where it is needed and humor/sarcasm/throwing shade for fun when clarity isn’t as important.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organisms_named_after_famous_people_(born_1950–present)

Migrant worker is the term for expats who aren’t white.

I’ve never heard the term used for anyone with dark skin or from anywhere other than the US, Canada, or western Europe.

It amazes me how accepting most people are of ads. I suspect Google’s going to win, and their ultimate contribution to humanity will be forcing ads into everything.

People just eat up ‘personalized’ things so whoever coined ‘personalized ads’ was an evil genius.

Also the vast majority of human communication, which is so full of implications instead of stating things directly to determine who is part of their in group or to avoid conflict that people have a hard time just being clear and concise when they really should be.

I wonder if enough technicians go to heaven could the pearly gates can be automated so St Peter can finally retire.

They see themselves on an extended holiday of multiple decades.

A crummy history of ads on the internet:

Starts out mostly used in formal fields and universities. Very usable!

Businesses get on board and start the horrible ad infestation, leading to scammers and popup hell duw to misuse of a feature.

Ad blockers start to reign in that shit, and the better browsers kill the popup infestation at the source. Pretty darn usable at this point, except for internet explorer.

Google, an ad company, decides to make a browser so they can do all the malicious advertising and tracking on the backend.

uBlock Origin is too effective at blocking the browser based tracking and advertising so google decided to do the manifest 3 or whatever that bullshit is called to openly force ads onto users.

Based on history, I expect chrome to die a slow death due to the backlash from the manifest crap, but could be wrong since people are apparently fine with ads being forced into streaming services.

What they mean does not matter.

It literally says each grain of rice,.

I really want a law that requires clothing sizes to include actual measurements.

Men’s pants are sized based on the number of inches around the waist and the inseam. The inseam is stupid because it ignores the height from the waist to the crotch so relaxed fitting jeans will have a shorter inseam than a regular fit. I’m sure it is because it was standardized when higher waisted jeans and overalls and that kind of stuff was popular.

But it doesn’t matter any more because the waist sizes can be off by a few inches anyway. It was literal, then became kind of close. Not as bad as women’s clothing, but it is brand specific depending on how hard they lean into vanity sizing.

I have a long torso and broad shoulders, so I have to get xl tall shirts in some brands because most make their standard xl shirts wider but not taller than med and small.

Banana Republic is the shortest length. Hurley is the best length.

Which sounds uncomfortably close to slavery to me…

That’s because it is.

Context really matters I don’t have an opinion on a lot of sports due to disinterest while other people make their opinions on sports their personality. But there are some things that people should have opinions on even if that opinion is ‘leave it to the experts’.

Having an opinion that is terrible might be worse than not having an opinion at all. For example, not having an opinion about other races would be better than having racist opinions.

I think what you are really asking is if people should have opinions about the things that affect them. Yes, they should have opinions about those things.