Cis women have spent years giving whole lecture series on why you shouldn't say "hey guys" to a mixed-gender group, only to turn around and act affronted that they can't refer to an enormous mixed-gender group as "women."

@hachx0 @LenKusov Wake up sheeple the new trolley problem DLC just dropped

Is He Hot Or Has He Just Never Mentioned Blockchain

The angry little face as the green beans get snapped.

I've been laughing at this for an embarrassingly long time.

Self-driving cars seem simple because on the surface they look like something we’re already familiar with, but the problem has so many technological and moral hurdles that the same amount of money and effort into transit would produce much more bang for the buck

@oalian75 to the garbage with both of us!!

also!

I didn’t even answer her initial question because how DO AirPods stay in???

it’s like a mystery and probably involves sticky earwax gunk and luck, mostly, but like the saying used to be it Just Works

clearly, interacting in society is just Too Much™️ for everyone right now

I put my mask back on and apologized profusely and she took her mask off to say it was no big deal and that she was vaccinated

today at the store a grocery worker asked me how I keep my AirPods in and in some weird podcast-fueled no-social-interaction-expected fugue I reached for my ear for an AirPod and took off my mask to answer her

just throw me in the garbage like I deserve

To me, this is a massive story that just flew under the radar. The consolidation of commercial VPNs under a single shady banner alone should be cause for alarm, worse yet when they have a reputation for malware distribution.

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@pianobar77 I'm fine with re-buying things on like iTunes and trust that media I purchase to stream that way probably won't disappear, but yeah, anything streaming on Netflix or Amazon Prime or whatever probably won't be available for long, unless it's made FOR that platform

I'm left to assume that all y'all who have already gotten rid of your physical media only care about new releases (fair! I don't buy new movies on DVD, either!) or have a very large remote storage/backup solution for your ripped media

sometimes I get a hankering to de-clutter and get rid of all my DVDs/Blu-rays, but then I check and see that Forbidden Zone isn't available in any streaming service I've heard of and realize that probably a whole lot of the weirder movies I own won't be available, either

sleeping is the most dangerous exercise and heating pads aren’t really designed for necks instagram.com/p/CU-msmKvmqO/…

Morticia and Gomez are T4T right? This feels correct to me.

the worst thing about Dragon Age Awakening is that Ser Pounce-a-Lot is categorized as a junkable item; I should not have this much anxiety around the possibility of accidentally throwing away an imaginary cat

my brain when someone else talks for 2+ minutes straight: wow love this story they’re telling!

my brain when i talk for 2+ minutes straight: everyone in this room wants to set me on fire

I love my cat but definitely do not love the way he seems to time his stinky death dumpies for every time I’ve just cooked food and have sat myself down to eat

my apartment is not large enough to escape the smell

Sleep truly is the most dangerous exercise

Here I go, injuring myself while sleeping again

I bought a bag of this #brachsturkeydinnercandycorn a while back and have been saving them for #nationalspookymonth. I’m a #registereddietitian and this is my honest review as a nutrition professional. Ahem. 1/18

um, if you're 30 and always have back pain that's NOT normal. please go to the doctor so they can tell you bodies sometimes do that & then give you a prescription for regular strength tylenol and then charge you $120.

google maps will be like want to save 30 seconds by taking a route that causes lasting psychological damage?

I'm sorry, the singular 'you' will never catch on. It's just too confusing, thou knowest not an thou speakst to one or more people

in all seriousness, “you” has been both singular and plural (just as “they” has been) for a very long time

some dialects added redundant plural versions of “you” for clarification (“y’all”, “yinz”, etc)

why not do the same for “they”, if you think it’s needed?

“th’all”, y’all?

"you" will not become a part of general usage, not for political reasons but because there would be no pronoun to distinguish between a singular subject ("you") & a plural subject ("you"). language seeks to communicate w/ clarity, not to obfuscate; that is its purpose. twitter.com/JoyceCarolOate…

The fact that I learned about the existence of Fn ‘Font Nerds’ today has been too much for me. I’m done.

guy who couldn't take the scenes with paarthurnax in skyrim seriously because they could only hear him as mario

It’s like if a time machine could rickroll you

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How To Cover Up Your Complicity In Genocide By Deleting Prod

Facebook and Instagram are down. Nature is healing.

we need a 3 day weekend:
1 for errands
1 for social activities
1 for staying in bed like we’ve got some Victorian wasting disease

he/him feels great from strangers or people I don't know too well, but it feels a bit like I'm being ignored if it comes from a friend

they/them feels like being respected

I've been using they/he pronouns for a bit now, and I'm trying to think about how to explain it to others;

he/him makes me feel validated

they/them makes me feel seen

I like they/them more, but the euphoria from he/him is still there, and like, a bit of an ego boost?

the 'Xbox Original Avatars' app clearly actually saves it, because the 'Xbox Avatars' app can see it 🙃

yet apparently it's impossible to actually update whatever Microsoft is using for the avatar URLs (avatar-ssl.xboxlive.com/avatar/teknikl…) and for actual 360 games?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

the old one only shows up when I play 360 games but I LIKE playing 360 games and it's annoying!

so you'd THINK that the 'Xbox Original Avatars' app (microsoft.com/en-us/p/xbox-o…) that lets you edit original xbox avatars would actually replace something, somewhere, and yet... avatar-ssl.xboxlive.com/avatar/teknikl…

there are some raccoons frolicking about outside and apparently raccoons make squeaking noises like guinea pigs and also oinking noises like regular pigs

This is the most American thing I've ever seen reddit.com/r/legaladvice/…

guy™ who uses ™ as an acronym to indicate someone being openly transmasc

Just had my phone incorrectly autocorrect “ducking” to “fucking,” which means I’ve won, I’ve finally broken its spirit. How does failure taste, demon box.

I had a very similar experience at a friend's house this summer and was so confused!

the dog's owner was like, "yeah, she doesn't like beards" and I (someone who unarguably has a beard, now) was just like, "thank you!", probably confusing everyone twitter.com/BernieTranders…

anyway, I’m in a good mood because the gym was playing 80s ballads and FINALLY I’m getting some arm vascularization, something I’ve wanted since probably the 80s

sometimes in portland, when the mood is just right, I’m reminded of the girl who, years ago, biked past me singing a jaunty ditty that went, “ouch, ouch, vagina! ouch, ouch, vagina!”

I hope she’s doing well and that she got that checked out and/or a new bike seat

What is the most underrated DnD Rule, any system, that you wish more people used or knew about?

For me, its the Help action in 5e.

@maggiekarp it's very buggy but I'm having fun with it despite all that

@maggiekarp sable is a beautiful game that's a mix between botw and journey, and it has this theoretically cool slide thing your character does when running downhill (like the shield surf only no shield) except it's slower than running

all games suck actually

So, a company like BetterHelp could say "We're HIPAA-compliant", and actually mean "we have zero (or very few) obligations under HIPAA, because we get all of our sensitive information directly from the patient, and therefore it is exempt from being protected."

why make a new Mario movie when the existing one was perfect? #NintendoDirect

oh, nice. Deltarune Ch. 2 confirmed for switch. #NintendoDirect

@drunkenGeeBee here I go taking things too literally again

@drunkenGeeBee I admit I have never played a Kirby game, so I cannot say whether or not it sucks. it's just not appealing to me, personally.

Metroid Dread trailer has some hella "you have no chance to survive make your time" vibes. #NintendoDirect

watching this #NintendoDirect and I was so excited about whatever post-apocalyptic thing was being shown and it's FUCKING KIRBY

way to ruin the apocalypse for me, nintendo

Hey Walmart? I have a very important question to ask…

I always conflate prosecco and prosciutto so I read this and GAGGED instagram.com/p/CT--pIaJQsa/…

ALSO this is my first time leaving Portland since I grew out a proper beard and I got “sir”ed like five times checking into this motel! even with a mask on!

completely and unironically love it!

I prefer this style of playing dress-up SO MUCH to the way I used to do it

can you imagine??? ready in minutes and I can even rub my eyes without undoing any effort at all!!! instagram.com/p/CT-2ZNgP-cC/…

the only good time travel stories are Back to the Future and Terminator

just trying to live my life and I still can’t stop thinking about the Donnie Darko ass bullshit the end of Lucifer was

paradoxes that cause themselves for no reason whatsoever are a very lazy way to feel clever!

at least I’m not currently getting the “shit yourself with bananas” ads, whatever they are for

cyborg-alchemist.tumblr.com/post/662577784…

tumblr ads continue to amaze.

on the one hand, whatever passes for targeting they do has to be doing SOMETHING because it keeps trying to advertise estrogen of all things to me.

right ballpark, wrong game, dude!

changing your name legally sucks because they don't actually change it on anything for you they just hand you a piece of paper and say "have fun taking this to every government agency ever"

I'll never look at T-Rexs the same way.

for instance, what I heard:
he: I used to wear a headband every day when I worked out, until I passed out for some reason
me: because of the headband?!?
everyone: lol
me: 🤔

what he said:
I used to wear a headband every day when I worked out, until I STOPPED for some reason

sometimes people think i’m being incredibly witty when in reality I misheard what they said so am reacting reasonably to an alternate reality conversation only I am a part of

Nonbinary people be like "it sucks that you can't pass as non-binary" and then name themself Moss