Always has been.

SNL appeals to a certain demographic. As the cast and style chang, you age out. The result is that you look at ‘your’ cast as awesome, and everything after as cringe. Then, after two generations of TV, you find that it’s funny again. Maybe not as good as it once was, but pretty decent.

People 7-10 years younger are going to experience EXACTLY the same thing - shifted by 7-10 years.

And the exact same thing will happen with music.

Generally, because that’s not how cartoons are voiced.

However, table reads at comic conventions are a popular thing.

In the early '80s, BBSes were a source of piracy. Also, local user groups would share or rent tapes/disks of software ‘only to be used that month,’ with a wink and a nod.

In the mid-'80s, I was downloading…images from FTP sites around the world, and also assembling multi-part uuencoded files from Usenet.

This was all before the web, and It wasn’t new then.

Most of 'em. Here are some highlights.

• vi/vim. The one true text editor
• thunderbird. Standard email client
• musicbee. Absolutely the BEST audio player/organizer anywhere. Sadly, not available on Linux
• potplayer. Just a simple, high quality video player
• LibreOffice. Used to be almost as good as MS. Now it is far better.
• FIrefox, sort of. I’ve lately switched to Waterfox, which is from the same code base as ff.

I will never celebrate the death of another human. Not even Trump.

I will be glad that the world just got better, and curious about whether the US fascists can find another mouthpiece so successful as he.

But his death isn’t likely to change much in a party he rebuilt to venerate him.

Quit making new accounts. I’m tired of blocking you over and over.

You are actively making the fediverse worse.

It’s weird, but not NEARLY as weird as your obsession with age-gap relationships.

How many accounts are you going to get banned on this question?

You’re clearly looking for validation, not explanation. Off you go.

Yeah, it is.

All people face risk in one way or another. Some willingly take on risk to help others or for some different reasons.

First off, being a cop isn’y nearly as high risk as (say) logging. Do you shrug and say “oh well, they knew what they were getting into” when a logger dies? Or a nurse?

Some will point out that ACAB, but even if that’s true, being a bastard isn’t a comprehensive deacription of a person. Humans, even shitty and broken ones, are complex creatures.

Personally, the only people whose deaths I don’t mourn (or at least have empathy for) are those rare monsters who are so sadistic and evil that they barely qualify as human.

Empathy for others, without conditions, is one of our most defining and best traits as humans. It’s worth cultivating.

Shorts are tge default at around 18C, and absolutely necessary at 25C+.

“Raw Farm has been associated with over a dozen other outbreaks and many recalls in the last 20 years…”

Holy shit, they’re not even trying to make a safe product!

If you come in asking a question and then tell everyone who disagrees with your expected answer that they’re wrong, you’re acting in bad faith.

“Oh, Mrs. McGraw” the sergeant said, “Would you like to make a soldier out of your son Ted?”

Man, you’re WAY more charitable than I!

In 2016, I offered formal asylum to a few dangerously leftist US friends of mine.

This time 'round (2024) I publicly revoked it. I’m done with the country as a whole. They need to stay there and figure their shit out.

You might want to specify a country here.

We know where you are, but you’re not the centre of the universe.

Modern conservatism is based on fear and hatred of the ‘other.’ “Immigrants” (brown people with accents), gays, ‘wrong’ religions (mostly those practiced by brown people with accents), etc.

Your grandfather is scared of them, and hates them for making him scared. It’s rooted in racism and phobias. No justification from him will change it.

As you get older, you will have the option to agree with him, ignore his behaviour for the sake of family harmony, or aggressively reject his beliefs - which will potentially mean rejecting him. Choose wisely, and keep your compassion alive.

Where did this ‘never wash your jeans!’ mentality come from?

It feels like jeans - regardless of designer or ‘raw denim’ status - were clothes until about seven years ago, then they became fragile and precious jewels.

News flash: if you’re worried about washing your jeans, you’re inventing problems because you have none of your own.

Alberta checking in. Jumped from $1.31/L to $1.52 overnight. (That’s about $3.65 and $4.25/gal USD.)

Don’t think of them as fruits. It’s more like a very rich, creamy vegetable.

By itself it has a mild nutty flavour. When ripe enough to mash, you make guacamole (tonatoes, onion, salt, and freah lime juice) and it becomes amazing.

But on its own, not groundbreaking.

My son is also taking creatine, and we did a lot of research before I agreed.

Creatine CAN cause significant kidney damage, and before that point, CAN cause kidney stones. The key is to (a) regulate your dose, and (b) drink enough water.

Within reason it’s quite safe, but stay within reason.