Right? I remember thinking “Why did Rosa Parks want to sit at the front? The back of the bus is where all the cool people are!”

Depends on the print.

Solid color or conservative pattern? Hard pass.

Pineapples or flamingos? Fuck yeah.

Is the idiot you?

Because I’m usually both the person writing it and the idiot trying to maintain it 6 months later.

Albeit not perl. Dammit Jim, I’m a Network engineer, not a programmer!

It would have to be a more obscure, archaic language that’s barely even spoken of on the internet.

I asked ChatGPT once about their proficiency in languages, both human and computer. They responded that they are most proficient in English and Python, largely because they are the most written/documented languages on the internet.

I forgot where it ranked other languages…I think it said it was pretty decent in Mandarin and most latin-derived tongues. I uninstalled the app so not about to go through my chats with it and try to find it.

However, ChatGPT is known to write in ways to appease the user, and I’ve almost exclusively spoken to it in English and asked it python questions.

I do wonder if somebody who primarily used ChatGPT in, say, French, and account history had a lot of C questions, if it would answer differently.

It’s these types of tricks I need to find more of (granted, it was mine)…but this is a good example:

• deliberate placement
• in unusual spot
• in my path when I’m leaving.

Things like this make it easier to cope with being so spacey.

Depends on the store.

Around here, Aldi doesn’t bag your groceries, they just toss them into a cart and you can bag them yourself.

Market Basket (New England Chain) does the sticker and bag thing, but they also don’t have self-checkout and always has baggers (and ones that know what they’re doing, at that).

Stop and Shop (another chain, related to Giant) don’t care.

I stopped dicking around with that and instead bought a couple of nice strong totes.

I keep them in my trunk, and I don’t even bother bagging. Toss it all right back into the cart and load up the tote when I get to the parking lot.

Then just n-totes to carry in, instead of n*8 bags.

The trick is, once you unload the groceries, the tote(s) must be returned to the car immediately. If not, you have to put your keys in the tote and the tote near the door.

I’m guessing they are antivax.

Why would anyone want to do that when there are dozens on stackoverflow?

In some places there are combo-stores of the big Yum Food brands…KFC, TacoBell, Pizza Hut. Usually just 2.

These are increasingly rare but the off-menu combination of items you can order is insane.

You want a popcorn chicken cheesy gordita crunch?

Oh man you just brought up repressed memories of the biggest Trekkie nerd in elementary school making fun of me for my obesity.

Silly god! You just had to chattr -i !

“All-knowing” my ass. Half-baked deity can’t even gentoo.

Both can be true, but not necessarily related.

Sounds more like to me like they shitty aunt and sister for just watching her sit her kid in front of a TV while she goes off and smokes meth. They just allow that to happen?

Did I write this last night in my sleep?

I just told this exact story to my oldest yesterday, almost verbatim. Freaky.

You know what I like?

Cake farts.

Well, the normal kind of slavery usually involved some level of rape, and slave children weren’t uncommon, so…2+2=4…

They didn’t see people or even children. They saw a n****r. They saw a n****r with a hole. A hole that they owned, and can do with what they please.

Apologies for resorting to the strong language, but it’s kind of important to impart…we grew up with a very romanticized vision of slavery taught to us by the white American public education system. I made a goddamn diorama of a plantation in the 5th grade (1995). And put a happy little slave working the tobacco fields (my mom even crumbled up a cigarette and glued it to the board. It was a Misty. I can still smell it…)

Using the hurtful word, in this context, I think is important to remind us of exactly why it’s such a hurtful word. The history has been forgotten by so many.

I’d gladly use any of Carlin’s 7 Words in most contexts. That word is obfuscated for a reason. It shouldn’t be used anymore, except in this type of context, to remind us of our violent past.

Now I’m craving some maple syrup poutine.

Yeah but have you seen the Dow?

And then…

The password manager can’t fill the form. You’ve got to change your 10-word, unique passphrase because it’s 3 months old. And you have to verify with a text.

Oh and then you have to type it in on your TV with a remote and on-screen keyboard.