[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

1, given to me in a Secret Santa exchange. I'm not following the connection you're trying to make between a goofy action movie and a toy line.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Out of curiosity, how old are you? I hold up Scott Pilgrim as the Fast Times at Ridgemont High of my generation (older millennials). I could see it not hitting the same for older and newer gens.

Of course it's a perfectly valid opinion even if we are in the same gen. I'm sure Fast Times had its detractors, too

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

It was hugely freeing for me to realize this. I didn't really care for Death Proof and I absolutely hated Inglorious Bastards. My friends thought I was crazy. After loving Kill Bill and everything I had seen before it, I thought Tarantino had just gotten too far up his own ass. Then Django came out and was just fun and cathartic and I realized I just needed to take each project as it came

[-] [email protected] 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Hey that's me! I coasted through high school and got to college having no work ethic or ability to really study material that I almost, but not quite, had down. Dropped out senior year to work in IT, got fired a year later, and had to move back in with my parents for almost a year before I went back and finished my degree and got a new job.

It was very humbling

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

I highly recommend one with a heated seat if you've got a reasonably accessible power outlet nearby. Just be aware that it will totally spoil you and make pooping away from home even less fun than it already is.

[-] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago

I have an ex with the same name as one of my sisters. You do that once, and it gets confusing and awkward. Twice? People start coming to really odd conclusions.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Porn... Until enough adult accounts move over to Mastodon or Blue Sky.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I haven't been clean shaven since I could first pull off a beard. Last time I saw my naked face was 15 years ago.

That said, I have started to put more effort into my beard to try to keep up with trends. Growing it out, oiling it, shaping the edges. It's fun, but I still find myself trimming it down after too long just to make it easier to manage.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

All computers were beige... unless you were a smoker, then it was an ugly yellow-brown color after a few months

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm going to claim the family PC as my first computer. It was a 486 running DOS and Windows 3.1. I got my first taste of Windows 95 when my dad bought my sister a new PC to take to college. I remember installing Jedi Knight on there then having to wait years for an upgrade to the family PC where I could load Windows XP and play newer games.

First phone was an old blue Nokia, possibly a 3310, looking at old pics. I called it a Blueberry to make fun of the flagships of the day. I got it at 16 when I got my license and was told in no uncertain terms that I was not to use it unless I was hopelessly lost or wrapped around a tree.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I just set it up because I don't want Meta's shit on my phone and my friend group insists on using WhatsApp. I still had to install the native WhatsApp client but I was able to remove it as soon as I had confirmed the account creation. It also means I can stop giving out my cell number when I want to meet someone from Facebook Marketplace to buy something.

They advise against removing the apps on your phone, but at the least, you can turn off notifications for everything other than Beeper and use it as a single interface. On the desktop app, it makes a bit more sense. I've stopped running the Telegram, Signal, and Google Chat apps. I just wish Google Voice played nice with integrations and could be added to the platform.

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