eighthourlunch

joined 1 year ago
[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 9 points 5 months ago

We'd get there faster if we got rid of farming alfalfa and golf courses.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Costello's sheepishness after the judge cleared the room and took him down a couple notches was epic.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 5 points 5 months ago

The submarine will almost certainly implode before we get that deep.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 6 points 5 months ago

Mitt the Shit should STFU.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh that reminds me—I need to still not want Disney streaming.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 6 points 6 months ago

I pretty much ignore anything from BYU, but especially where psychology is involved. They shouldn't even be accredited given how invested they were in conversion therapy.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 87 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Saying that costs nothing. It would have been a hell of a lot more impressive if he hadn't worked so hard to stack the court and put us in this situation to begin with. Fuck you, Mitch.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago

Same here, although it did eventually lead to years of employment as a web dev.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

It was around 1991 in the university computer lab. Just a green screen dumb terminal for email and newsgroups. Played too much Nettrek after hours on the Spark workstations later on.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 123 points 8 months ago (11 children)

This ought to happen everywhere. Either I'm the admin on my machine or I'm not. If it's not, I'm not sure how much longer I'll tolerate a Windows machine.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 33 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I live in the US and speak three languages. I almost never have an opportunity to speak anything other than English, and it's not for lack of desire.

That said, I think the word pathetic is way too harsh. People just have different needs and priorities.

[–] eighthourlunch@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

It's not terribly safe, either. I think Ann Reardon did a debunking episode on YouTube about this. It's worth a watch.

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