OpenStars

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Comic Strips in Very kind of you

And energy in turn derives from the sub-atomic level, which itself sits on top of the quantum, although some people say that it is all oscillations of n-branes... therefore do any words ever have any meaning, really, ever?:-P

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Lefty Memes in Life goals

Thank you for attempting to bring facts to what looks to be a feelings party - people could literally end up homeless by following this pattern, e.g. if the new job fell through and the one after that checks both previous references, then all the old manager has to do is send that screenshot.

Karma exists, and yes corporations are evil SOBs but that's no reason for us to be so likewise.

And ofc it's a joke meme, but... is it tho? And anyway why downvote you even so? Now I too will accept those alongside you, and I suggest we treat it as a badge of honor at this point, I will hold fast to what is true regardless.

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in Stay Connected

Bold of you to presume that cats need to use a board for that, rather than possessing that ability innately.:-)

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Comic Strips in Very kind of you

It's light traveling from your phone to your eyeballs.

Then it's neuronal signals to your brain.

OMG it's abstraction all the way down, isn't it!? :-P

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in Enshittification: The 2023 Digital Word of the Year

I usually say Twitter/X, but Musk began the process of cancelling the Twitter part, and the part that will continue to get shittier is X :-P.

Like Disney did to Star Wars, he took people's community engagement and feelings of ownership, and... well he just took them. Things don't truly belong to us unless we keep them out of the hands of billionaires - like "our" media, now "their" media. It's a life lesson I suppose.

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in GoFundMe Is a Boon for Disaster Survivors. Especially the Wealthy Ones. Campaigns on the crowdfunding site raised more money for wildfire survivors with high incomes than for those who need help most

That may be as well. I was just recalling those PP loans during COVID, which later inspection of who got them was often nefarious.

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in GoFundMe Is a Boon for Disaster Survivors. Especially the Wealthy Ones. Campaigns on the crowdfunding site raised more money for wildfire survivors with high incomes than for those who need help most

Rich people learn how to game the system? I'm shocked!

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in Enshittification: The 2023 Digital Word of the Year

While 99% of the news media at this point is clickbait, this one at least adds new information: "Enshittification... has been named 2023's Digital Word of the Year." The original article did not say that:-).

Also, yes there are ads, but also it's not blocked by a paywall so... checks and balances. Whereas X is basically just fully trash at this point, now that Musk has cancelled Twitter:-P.

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in Enshittification: The 2023 Digital Word of the Year

The article ends with:

it is only going to get shittier

(in reference to a comment that Musk had said to advertisers to go ‘fuck themselves’, so meaning i.e. X, not necessarily overall, i.e. Fediverse)

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Memes in No doubt. Wanna fight me?

Flint, MI would like to have a word with you...

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Comic Strips in "Purpose" by PoorlyDrawnLines

Shiny toy distracc

OpenStars , 5 months ago to linuxmemes in The pain is felt on other planets as well...

It's a rite of passage! I had to learn it so now you do too! Why, when I was young I used to have to walk to school, uphill both ways, in the snow... :-P

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Comic Strips in Gorgeous!

He wants to be appreciated!?

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in 23andMe admits it didn't detect cyberattacks for months

Once bitten twice shy. Except some people refuse to learn entirely so be glad that your attitude allows you to not fall into that camp.

OpenStars , 5 months ago to Technology in An ‘official organization’ on X is just openly glorifying Hitler — X’s verification system is being exploited by accounts that pay to promote their views, including that Hitler wasn’t so bad

The system works as intended then.

It makes a twisted kind of sense: if you believe that "free speech" = you should be allowed to vote with your dollars, as in you having more dollars than most others (those who you choose to surround yourself with anyway, bc despite the facts of how millionaires are absolutely dwarfed by billionaires, somehow they don't seem to see that) should mean then your votes count more. And thus an enterprising little turd could sit there at the center of it all collecting the toll for all that "free speech". Within that worldview, it's entirely consistent.

It is only when that interfaces with the real world that it breaks down: bc no matter how much Nazis pay Musk to advertise their propaganda, we still don't have to choose to listen.

It's all advertising, all the way down.