[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

One time a friend of mine asked if leaving the people behind was an acceptable solution. The TNG-obsessive in the group asked him "wtf is wrong with you?"

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

AOC's original tweet is replying to one about Jill Stein.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago

North Korea: Such a great nation, there's no need or ability to ever leave.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 27 points 2 weeks ago

After the previous crap show debates that happened in 2016 with both candidates and the moderator trying to yell over each other, I think this is for the best.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

I've been using Voyager for a few months and I love it. Highly recommended.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago

I am so, so looking forward to the legal quagmire that is pretty much anything involving AI.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 176 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

we created the thing

we operate the thing

we make money off the thing

but pretty please don't hold us responsible for what the thing does 🥺

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Schools shouldn't be treated as these magical places where you're put in at some age and over a decade later you emerge a complete human being. You have parents and you spend more time at home than at school for a reason: you're supposed to learn from your parents.

A school can potentially give you a degree of financial literacy instruction. Your parents should be the ones paying your allowance money and driving you to the bank to get your first checking account. A school can teach you how to cook something. Your parents should be the ones eating your food and helping you cook it better. A school can show you some level of DIY. Your parents should directly benefit from teaching you how to fix the sink when it gets clogged. A school can tell you what kinds of careers exist. Your parents should love you enough to tell you that either your career ambitions or your financial expectations need to change. A school can tell you how to build a resume. Your parents should be the ones driving you to your job interview and to your job until you buy your first car. A school can give you a failing grade when you do poorly on a test. Your parents should be able to make you face the real, in-the-moment consequences of doing something wrong.

Expecting a school, public or private, to teach you everything you need to know is a grave mistake. You need people in your corner who are taking an active part in raising you all the way to adulthood and beyond. If you have kids yourself, that goes for them as well. If you aren't there for your children, to teach them the things that schools don't teach because they can't mass produce the lessons to nearly the same quality that you can give them, they'll blame you and the school for having failed them. And they'd be right to lay the blame at your feet.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

I misread this as "talking trash to dumpster" and thought "The police will come up with any excuse to shoot innocent people and make it look like a suicide now, won't they?"

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Hello. Awful brave making a Trump community here. You can't even farm negative karma on this site lol.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

I lost count of how many specific part numbers of defective Apple products he rattled off with the same design flaw, but that was a stunning display. Just exposed that they know these things are problems and just don't care, because people will keep buying their products.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

I have an idea for a debate. These two go to a golf course determined by a neutral third party (like, I dunno, make the Libertarian party agree on something for once in their lives) for a 9 hole game (18 holes probably wouldn't work in the TikTok world). Eight topics, and then a concluding statement. On the first hole, they make their introductory statements between shots. They start with the same amount of time, but after that, they get more time to articulate their points based on how well they did on the last hole. After all the golfing is done, that's when they deliver their concluding statements, again getting time based on how well they did.

Let's settle the question of who the better golfer is once and for all.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

Telehealth pill mills like this are the reason we have an ADHD medication shortage. We had a TON of people prescribed Adderall over the pandemic and now they're hooked. This company's entire business model was about establishing a nationwide customer base of amphetamine addicts to maximize their profits.

[-] the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

WHO WOULD WIN?
The Duolingo bird
VERSUS
The HP Printer

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