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proudblond , 19 days ago to Technology in Deactivating Facebook for just a few weeks reduces belief in fake news

I (maybe, kinda) miss what Facebook was like in, er, 2008-ish. But then again I was also 25 so maybe I just miss what life was like back then.

proudblond , 1 month ago to Technology in Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them.

Yeah, as I age I definitely wonder what is going to be my “product of the times” prejudice. I try really hard not to be prejudiced but it can be hard. For instance, I really don’t understand poly relationships. But I’m also not going to yuck someone else’s yum, especially when it comes to the rights of someone to do what they want if it isn’t harming anyone else.

proudblond , 1 month ago to Technology in Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them.

For the first two decades of the century, what it meant to be Texan—as explained by the state’s politicians—was largely wrapped up in a feeling of competition with California.

As a Californian, I can’t help but think of that Mad Men meme: “I don’t think about you at all” or some such. Do all Texans really think this way or does this author just have a huge California-shaped chip on his shoulder?

proudblond , 1 month ago to Technology in Tesla’s in its flop era

Musk thinks he already did that with the model 3, right? Billionaires have no concept of “affordable” after all.

proudblond , 2 months ago to Comic Strips in ‘GRAY HAIR’ [OC]

The actual correct response is “Did you use protection?” because of the rampant STIs in senior communities.

proudblond , 2 months ago to Technology in Teens, with mixed feelings about their own phones, say their parents need to log off

Yes! This is my dad to a T. Meanwhile, my husband and I (oldish millennials) “cut the cord” fairly early on but more importantly, we actually have the TV off occasionally. That only happens in my parents’ house if my dad isn’t home. When I was a kid, he’d be working in the garage — where he had a TV — but we weren’t allowed to change the channel in the living room because he’d go back and forth and didn’t want to miss anything.

proudblond , 2 months ago to Technology in Teens, with mixed feelings about their own phones, say their parents need to log off

It’s a hard balance, being parents right now. I’m going to make an assumption and guess you mean you see them in public, yeah? The thing is (I say this as a parent of currently 9 and 7 year olds), our society — at least, my society in the US — still feels a bit like it expects children to be “seen and not heard” while in public. If even seen, to be honest. I don’t see it as much here on Lemmy but I saw anti-kid posts on Reddit all the time. I don’t mean childfree; I mean they constantly complained about other people’s kids. Yes, sometimes that can be due to a lack of structured parenting, but kids are also just little socially-inept, impulse-driven creatures who are still figuring the world out. The urge to hand them a magical little device that will occupy them and keep them “seen and not heard” while you are out somewhere is perilously strong.

All that being said: just last week I was sitting to the side at my son’s martial arts class, and next to me was a mom on her phone who had a young girl, maybe 3 or 4, next to her. The girl was squirmy but quiet. I could not help noticing that the mom barely looked up from her phone the whole time. I felt really bad for the girl.

proudblond , 2 months ago to Memes in These days, it's the Nissans more than the BMWs.

It’s funny; I live in a Tesla hotspot and I actually notice slow teslas more than aggressive ones, maybe because I’m surprised they’re being so overly cautious. I guess it’s because everyone seems to have one here. Or… maybe it’s because they’re distracted. Yeah, that’s very possible…

(Full disclosure: I also drive one.)

proudblond , 3 months ago to Technology in Shell Is Immediately Closing All Of Its California Hydrogen Stations | The oil giant is one of the big players in hydrogen globally, but even it can't make its operations work here.

I live in the Bay Area and I’ve seen a surprising number of them. But then again I think their R&D office is in a nearby city so maybe it’s just a bunch of employees driving them.

proudblond , 4 months ago to Technology in Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”

We weren’t watching it anyway and we can handle waiting a few days for shipping. We dropped it too.

proudblond , 4 months ago to Memes in is a hot dog a sandwich

Your hotdog buns have more structural integrity than mine.