@thudfactor

...but think of all the podcasts with less than 5 listeners operated by average, middle aged white guys that we are missing out on learning more about...

To accentuate how rarely I eat snack food I just mentioned to my daughter that she might like Suncheros tortilla chips

..those haven't been a thing since like 1995 apparently.. 😆

https://youtu.be/3VNAyG0kXfE?si=WPMKR-sZJkXfKuJ1

I've been using Tusky for a while, but decided to give the official Mastodon app another go.

Except for not being able to modify the taskbar (mainly to add an unhidden button to access my favorite list) I am really digging the change!

Feels kinda like a new social network with all my Fediverse friends already here! 😆

@krishnadraws 💯 - I actually finally embraced BlueSky as well, but honestly most of the people I converse with over there now I met using Mastodon (or my old Twitter buds) 😆

There's something oddly appealing to me about the decentralized nature.. it still feels very homey but also deep. We also tend not to get as much "slop" here.... It's more like "people here want to be here" and less "people are here because they feel like they are missing out on self promotion opportunities" ..

@krishnadraws indeed! I know I give off heavy "old man shaking fist at the sky" vibes most of the time and I can see why people wouldn't want to engage in THAT.. still ... I'd rather be engaging than just reading random shit from random people that I'll never talk to ..

I'm not a "numbers chaser" mind you, but I have no problem removing about 95% of people I follow that don't become mutuals.

Nothing personal - it's just that there are more than enough people willing to engage in amazing bidirectional conversation to clutter my timeline with "read only" material.

If you've followed me long enoigh you know I have a relatively simple "homegrown" Python web framework I use for my web sites.

I'm leaning towards "open sourcing" it but I'm just not sure if I've got the stamina to have "code bros" ripping me and dealing with PRs and such... 😆

As an employee that previously thrived on "just getting shit done", I'ma admit first hand that Agile makes me look a whole lot better on paper than working hard ever did while also allowing me to be lazy AF 75% of the time...

Trivia nights that give teams extra points for following them on social media, engaging with social media posts, or signing up your email address to get "bonus points" suck ass

@bazkie back injury of some sort.. 🫠

I don't normally espouse my love for UFC / MMA for a lot of reasons, but Arman Tsarukyan (who is my favorite fighter) withdrawing from his title fight tomorrow night is a huge buzz kill... 😔

@jw uhg man sorry to hear that 😔

It got me long and in a bad place but not too deep .. going to be annoying to heal up but overall a pretty minor (yet eye opening) event

Bought a guilty pleasure CGC comic off of eBay (Majik #1 - Illyana and Storm) and learned the hard way that when hand squares off against box cutter, box cutter usually comes out victorious... 😬

I finally feel like a serviceable father after all these years now that I taught my son how swell hot sauce goes with pot pie

@SKleefeld

"... but won't you please think about all the B2B sales lost by embracing a healthy work/life balance..."

When your are grinding out in the elliptical, work up a good heart rate and sweat, and look down to see you are only 7 minutes into your workout

Next time I go "fug it, I'ma eat like a lunatic through the rest of this year and get to a healthy weight again in the new year" and start packing on year end fat rolls like the Michelin Man I'm kick my own ass

When you find out your friend/family member uses their work email address as their primary

Went to sneak more coffee this morning .. kid home from college has already finished the bottom of the pot... 😮💨

It took a CEO to realize this...

"Make it hard for somebody to get shit when they are already physically in store and they will simply make it easy on themselves and use Amazon when they get home instead"

https://fortune.com/2025/01/14/walgreens-ceo-anti-shoplifting-backfired-locks-reduce-sales/