This is actually a true story for me.

Wrapping up college, my life sucked. I was a little edge Lord incel.

Then elder dad had a near fatal accident and I had to take care of him. Spent the next year cutting out the BS, helping him put his life back together, and trying to be optimistic that he'll make it. Got in shape, pushed out of my comfort zone, stop the complaining/whining.

Long story short, during that life change, my dad made it. I met my wife. I have two kids. That was 14 years ago.

#DoItForGranny

I don't think it's a quantity issue, but how much surface area.

30% of your bumper to brag about how much you love sheep dogs? Alright.

90% of your bumper? Woah pal.

Either

1. They're always watching. I'm in tech and was taught in my security training - when traveling to countries with extremely strong surveillance, assume you are bugged. Family could be high valued and they wanted something from the parents. Probably a bit too tinfoil hat.

2. Vengeance girl's parents could be assholes/racist. As a dude, Ive had my share of "mommy & daddy doesn't like me for taking their precious flower". Multiplier in effect if they have a problem that I'm a PoC.

I worked there in 2017-2020.

You have a link to the details?

Legal threats are a dime a dozen and I can see what type of action was made that gave the record companies a win.

Not kidding. Had a vegan apologize when she ripped a loud fart because steamed carrots made her gassy.

Not a single person smelled anything.

Death Stranding, on paper, sounds like the most boring game ever.

And yet I didn't just finish it, I chased after achievements! I built all the highways! I 5-starred all the bunkers so I can get dumb little bookbag attachments and get digital Guillermo del Toro to approve of me.

I look forward to the yawn fest that will be Death Stranding 2 and how boring it is. And then I will play it for 100 hours.

Id prefer if he faded to obscurity. I liked his music growing up, but fuck Ye.

How many 80s-2010s musicians do we still see in the news? When was the last time you heard about the band Sugar Ray?

Instead, I have to see this idiot pop into my feed at least once a week. The racist fuckface is also wandering around Tokyo making an album. I know about that because of these random stories on social media.

Reminds me of all the studies how a glass of wine also extended life that appeared nonstop in the news for the past two decades.

Which was research paid for by big Wine companies.

I feel like this is all marketing BS, and just shitting on the garbage that was Concord to gain more eyeballs

Eww y'all have a code word? Those are easily guessable.

My wife and I have a random 6 digit code that rotates every 30-seconds based on an algorithm and if we don't properly authorize, we will refuse the connection.

Wait you actually had a code word for when a stranger approached you?

I thought that was a joke

Pest problem? Use Diatomaceous earth. It's like tiny glass for bugs that rips them apart.

Poisons kill better because they bring it back to the hive. They will also poison your dog, cat, hamster, squirrels, etc.

If Reddit implemented proper blocking, it wouldn't be a problem.

The quantity of fuckheads who kept brigading from their cesspool into a regular subreddit was infuriating.

Which I think is fascinating. On Reddit, I'd get a post removed with a mail that says something extremely vague. Zero transparency.

And a lot of other situations with review bombing over the past decade.

Like a JRPG, the choice is an illusion.

The real answer is to use a paper towel to open the door.

I'm fond of the paper method. Paper barrier to protect me from the gross handle.

You transition out of meat to save the environment.

I transitioned out of meat because of meat recalls and all the chemicals they sneak in a cow, and was ripping the hardest farts that would clear out a room.

We are not the same.

I'd do a new registrar either way.

I've worked at hosting companies in the past. I don't know the timeline, but I've never encountered a situation where one folded this fast and just take down a client's site over a copyright claim.

And our clients, because of the nature of the internet being the internet, a small percentage were real scumbag folks, who while the content was objectionable and disgusting, it wasn't illegal. Which means it stayed up.

• If there was something highly illegal like csam or dark web stuff and it came from a federal agency, we'd take down the site immediately.

• If it was a strong letter from a legal entity that we trusted, we would pass that to the client and recommend remediation. No takedown unless there was a court order.

• If it was a weak letter from a random legal entity, we lol'ed and wait for the threat of a lawsuit/court order. This was surprisingly extremely common.

So wtf is this registrar doing to shit on their clients so fast without a court order?

I don't think Lemmy attracts that crowd, but I used to moderate a fine arts Facebook group and my god... The pretentious drama wars. Like two museum directors were going to strangle each other over a Rembrandt.