Thanks for nice words.

this thing will definitely get a 50th birthday celebration where it and its fixture are cleaned and polished, mark my words :P

unfortunately, the bulb was covered in grease and smelled awful, and in cleaning it i had to scrub off the sharpie, but i wrote it back on in the exact same place copying the exact same handwriting, which is why i took the photo to begin with :P

given we’re in the US, that would presumably be July 10th, 1978

It sounds like you are on the younger side, let me tell you, it is not your fault, these companies push it everywhere, and honestly consumer use is not really their interest, thats just them trying to earn brownie points, and also be in the hands of CEOs, who will then be like "we need this in OUR app!"

forgot to mention, he let out a little "mmpfgh~" as this happened (or perhaps more of an "mmpfgh!", somewhere in between really)

anyone want to treat him to round two?~~

@eff It's hard to remember sometimes that this country used to have a Constitution. It has been going for a very long time, but this regime pretty much just shredded it from day one.

@GroupNebula563 yes, three fuckings now.

@GroupNebula563 I think four are fucking, jacket boy plus three?

i was JOKING about that to someone LITERALLY HOURS AGO

@eff I have disease that have no medical cure yet in the world. Can I participate in Ai developed medicine tests somehow? Thank you

@eff @maassive @Fresnoland have you all heard of tags in the fediverse? Really useful things.Like this article could have #privacy ... #surveillance... and people who follow said tags will find stuff they are looking for.And please, tip your waiters.

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