It's literally misery Olympics with my mom about sleep. I can't mention anything about sleep without her cutting me off trying to 1-up me.

Me: I got called and had to remote in for work last night, didn't get to bed until after 4a...

Mom: Welcome to my world I was awake until after 5 and maybe got only 2 hours of sleep so I sat up in bed with my iPad on full brightness reading

I'll only mention that at work so people know why I'm stupid and irritable and I precede it with an apology.

Gen-X would like a word.

Going into work sick too.

Iliterat fuks. Their, i sed it.

Lol I did that as an infant!

Dad?

Even my grandmother knows how to use a smartphone and iPad and she's in her 80s

Or they got an iPhone 10 years ago but still treat it like they're an early adopter.

I say "I don't do politics", but that's because I don't feel like discussing politics with the person I'm saying it to.

If you're in my inner circle or are paying attention to my online posts, you know my political stances very well.

People who "don't follow politics" think politics is some niche interest like music or sports, they don't understand that it impacts every aspect of their lives

One notable exception I've encountered; Liberal women will say that on their dating profile. Dated hot and heavy a few years back, in a very red county. "I don't talk politics" was code for "Keep your MAGA shit to yourself."

On the phone with a potential date, laughed and said, "Well, I'm kind of a redneck."

"...just how redneck?"

"I fucking loathe Donald Trump if that's what you're asking."

"Oh! Whew. Just had to ask."

She was a really neat woman, but it didn't work out for long.

“I don’t do politics” = conservative

On one hand, race isn’t real. On the other hand, things that people believe are real can still hurt you.

I got that outcome from MB a couple of times and happened across an entire INTJ web forum. It was a hive of insufferable incel twats. Next time I did business person astrology I got a different result.

The only personality test I will accept is your ideal Magic: The Gathering EDH deck and commander.

Nothing exposes someone's whole soul like that does.

That whole personality test thing is bullshit anyways. Any quiz online that claims to evaluate your IQ, your personality .etc are no different than the many many social media quizzes we saw, that determined what Harry Potter house you belonged to.

I used, to be that guy. Every time I tried reading a book suggested by someone, it was boring for me.

Turns out books were just like movies and tv shows, I just needed to find books I enjoyed and not blindly following trends.

It translates to: "One of our engineer has been stealing code from others without attribution, consent and/or compensation, and did license laundering to it, for 18 months".

My all-time favorite GunTuber, Paul Harrell, was a household name among gun enthusiasts. Anyone serious about the topic was well versed on Paul's videos and reputation, a "household" name so to speak.

His presentations were fascinating as they were done in the classic teaching format, no hype, no braggadocio, no opinions, no politics. Sprinkle some dry humor in as well! He presented topics as scientifically as he was able, and made any imperfect comparisons clear.

Paul didn't hit 1M subscribers until he was nearly dead, only because we all "chipped in" after his cancer diagnosis. He never once asked us to "Like and subscribe!", because he didn't give a shit. He was there to educate.

His last video was simply titled, "I'm dead." I'm getting weepy again. Here's the sort of man he was:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-gZuFcEu0E

Notice he doesn't cut the video once. He practised every presentation until he could give it without interruption. That's a level of dedication to his audience I have not seen since. Paul cared about what he was doing, and he respected us, his viewers.

Anyway, we followers weren't fake.

I have 500000 followers.

Compare "this Lemmy sub has 2,000 posts/subscribers/whatever !"

Same train-spotting flex.

Of course. They must be space every three digits. How am I suppose to read that number otherwise? Wount the zeros one by one?

I don't trust all these scientists! They want to trick me and do something bad for some reason. I don't understand what's really happening because I can't fathom anyone I don't agree with being smarter than me.

wut u meen, i am dum an porud!

Weird flex, but ok

"Salad? You mean rabbit food!?"

Water? You mean like from the toilet?

I mean most people don't usually get their water straight from a fish tank. Also don't fish just jizz all over a pile of eggs anyway? Not that that's necessarily better but it's not what most people think of as fucking.

David Attenborough voice: Some creatures are able to acquire sufficient hydration from their food alone. This primate, however, was not one of them.

how the fuck did your family live that long?

Did they by chance watch the show “Archer?”

As a European, I thought that was a universal American thing.

Where I come from, the opposite attitude exists - you're supposed to enjoy life and take it easy.

I have never really heard it as a flex. my neighbors are like this and its their natural sleep cycle. My wife and I are kinda the opposite although the work world bs schedule have trumped up our natural cycle.