I almost feel like there’s an answer there for you, but I can’t put my finger on it.

However, last night I had a vision about th singer of Motorhead. I think it means something…

Brutal (and awesome)

Hey dude, I’ve been looking for you for so long, since my Dad stole your bike and that was a turning point in my life, since I made a point of stealing your son’s bike.

It is said that this will continue for generations until the seventh son of a seventh son, who’ll transform into an upside down toothless vampire who likes garlic.

In order for this prophecy to come true, please ensure all your progeny keeps buying bikes.

PS Welcome to Lemmy!

You’re certainly right about observing this incongruity. It’s probably one statement that feels so obviously correct that people upvote it without even bothering to read the article.

“TurboTax must die”

That would be the perfect title of a multi billion dollar franchise about rebels from the IRS tryijg to thwart known scammers from Intuit.

The internet is fine, it’s social media and the people using it that are toxic (aided by algorithms pushing people to give their own worst for all sorts of reasons)

No way you have the tools to make that estimate! Admit your lies 😄

Zatoichi approves.

Ooooh, now it makes sense! Thanks!!! I’ve been that guy several times, getting lost in my thoughts, so I see why everyone could relate to this strip!

Whoa dude!

PS This is a great shower thought!!!

Guys, I’m embarrassed but I got to ask: can someone explain how it should be understood?

No, I’m not making fun of it. I legitimately don’t understand it and I would like to.

From the other comments I get it’s something about video calls at home and maybe people yelling while on them? I’m confused because the guy walking on the horse is also relevant (perhaps in minding his business and being disturbed by others yelling)?

Once Upon a time when people watched more TV, there were tons of tele marketers selling crap of all sorts (weight loss supplements, mattresses, weight gear and whatnot) and I always rolled my eyes and switched channels.

Now influencers are their evolution and for some reason managed to escaped the stigma of being tele marketers because they make edited “cool” videos that also show some fun thing.

This is very annoying, but I’m not sure what can be done, besides trying to inform friends (which lately seems to have become impossible with the rise of fake news and the empowering feeling that people “are doing their own research”)

I should go eat some fruit guys and you should too #somehashtagabouteatingthisorthatfood

(A) This strip is brilliant!

(B) I know it’s unrelated, but it reminds me of the button that will be offered to someone who you don’t know

When I look for things on Gmail on my laptop, I get detailed and complete results, when I do the same on the Gmail app, it seems like I get all results up to maybe two years ago (and it doesn’t show the rest). This second thing is really annoying, but at least on the computer version I always get everything

I was very excited to get an invite shortly after it’s opened and I still have all the emails that tell me my friend XYZ accepted my invitation to Gmail.

It was a time when getting a Gmail invitation wasn’t trivial.

Here’s a video recalling how exciting it was to have a Gmail.

Nowadays it’s different and possibly less good, but searching in Gmail is still very easy, which is awesome

It’s currently late and I am on my phone, so I can’t research this too well, but for example this thread and official Microsoft link discusses th Adrozek malware which injects you with unwanted ads and information directly from your browser.

Sure, it’s not a virus in the older sense of the term where someone either burns your drive or takes over your computer and locks you out asking for a ransom, but it’s still piloting you unsuspectingly and you don’t want it.

I dislike the fact that “ads” can also include crapware being injected into my computer (viruses, tracking cookies, mysterious scripts, etc).

Ah, wow. So some exams are happening online, even though classes are in person! There goes a combination I had not thought about. It is annoying to still need Respondus though, even if I understand why

Interesting (and annoying). I imagined that most exams went back to the usual pen and paper or laboratory, but there were tests written on laptops and in class long before the pandemic. I had forgotten about those!

Is it still being implemented? This awesome article is from 2022.

I just tried to look for newer hits, but I keep getting articles from 2022 (though several from Nature)

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01070-x