At this rate, I’d happily vote for Nixon’s undead shambling corpse. Or maybe Taft.

I’ve been in “I’m tired boss” territory since November. I wanna be sedated until this is over.

Those people are tied.

Old, young, we can debate this all day. But anyone around here (USA) in the 30-and-over bracket almost certainly feels tired as fuck this week.

This does make me wonder: do municipalities with a large number of roundabouts have stats for how these things foil drunk drivers? I feel like there’s a serious possibility of reducing fatalities if we just replace the center of these circles with ponds and/or sand traps.

It’s that. It’s been a hot minute, but (IIRC) for me it was the less-than-great UI/UX that really adds up to a high friction experience. Especially when compared with software like Slack or Discord.

That almost makes sense.

I recently tried one of those god-awful “idle clicker” style games, and my first thought was: “This is such a grind… I could write software to automate this.” Then I realized that Factorio is right there.

WRT to Babylon 5 - the Spanish Flu pandemic had anti-maskers and deniers too. I think it’s less prescient and more “this is what humanity actually looks like”, which is a core theme for a lot of episodic sci-fi.

I mean, even Jesse Eisenberg played both Zuck and Luthor on-screen. Can’t get more on the nose than that.

Honestly, what I find frustrating with Teams is that both MSN Messenger and Skype were right there. It’s not even an issue of copyright or trademark as MS owns both. Even just lazily re-branding Skype would have been head-and-shoulders above what we have now.

To be completely fair, it’s hard to overstate the durability of an old Thinkpad. They’re so ubiquitous, Linux compatibility is almost guaranteed. Then, after the battery goes, attach it to a UPC and ride that setup for another decade at least.

Ah yes, Five Guys. Where the fries turn into a pile of greasy mush if not eaten within the first five minutes your order is ready. But you’ve completed that task, you’re now full-up on fried potato, but now your burger is cold or at best half eaten. Nobody should have to eat with the gusto of a professional contestant just to make the most of things. It’s a meal that conspires against itself, every single time.

If you skip the fries, the burgers are actually pretty good and can enjoy it at any pace.

/rant

Yes, but to be fair, it’s peak mid. Most other chains do a worse job on burgers, and to do better, you have to go substantially upmarket.

Thank you.

To the person that made this gif: thank you for your service. You had to pour over far more footage of this nonsense than anybody should ever have to.

Also, while I"m no physiotherapist, it looks like musk’s shoulder mobility is hindered a bit. Maybe its the suit/shoulderpads, maybe he’s just really out of shape. Which is to say that he knew that he had to get his hand up over his head to get the gesture right. It’s significantly more effort than you’d do by accident.

This is fine.

Krull?! We can agree on that. It really is an amazing and entertaining mess of a film. I can just hear the writers now…

Hrm, the script just seems kinda… flat. I know… <<massive bong rip>> let’s add storm troopers and lasers to the mix.

However…

videoganes from the Atari era such as ET

That is a game that is difficult to love. You may be in a very exclusive club on that one.

Oh good grief. Of course the Nazis had a chart. I hardly know any German, but there sure is a lot of “verboten” on that.

Makes me wonder if there was a similar thing for Jim Crow laws in the deep south.

I love how the 60Hz AC coursing through the plasma (?) can be heard at a safe distance. It really conveys just how much energy is in that arc.

Oh wow. Y’all have a way with swearing, cool level-headed ranting, and self-deprecating humor that the rest of us simply can’t touch. Just start a YouTube channel - I’d watch it.

Meanwhile, I’ll just start my morning with Get Krackin’, now that the whole series is online.