I bought lifetime subscription 10+ years ago. It still updates the guide, but they stopped selling hardware.

Which is a shame. I like Tivo.

They don’t control my tivo recordings.

Which is why everyone should oppose ATSC 3.0.

With ATSC 3.0, TV stations can literally insert ads overlayed on screen at any point.

They can use your tv’s smart functions to literally track your behavior.

They can refuse to allow you to record tv stations entirely, or just kndividual shows.

They can delete shows without your consent. They can block you from watching shows. They can make OTA tv programing pay per view.

I’m not saying they ARE doing this, or are planning it, but they CAN. And if capitalism has taught me anything it’s “fuck you, pay us, and then pay us again, and fuck you again”.

See…humans are stupid. We could all be living in lush rich forests, having sex in bright sunny fields, with no cares in the world.

Instead, we all have jobs, and make ourselves slaves to them. We hand over control of all aspects of our lives to corporations.

Instead of utopia, we live in a parking lot jungle. Where the profits for paid parking are more important than affordable housing, and rent control.

And it all rolls downhill. Even television is trying its hand at enshitification. Don’t buy a smart tv. Don’t buy ATSC 3.0 anything. Tell these fuckers to fuck off!

Can confirm.

the Mona Lisa, a 522-year-old painting of an Italian woman

Damn. I remember when that was brand new, and everyone was talking about it. In modern times, I believe the kids today would call it a “sick meme”.

We didn’t use such words back then. We called it “art”.

Now you got all these yolkels hosting what they call “renaissance fairs”, but they completely missed the point of them. It wasn’t a festival. It was just a typical tuesday at the market! I like going to these renaissance fairs for the nostolgia, but they don’t actually sell usefull goods or services. Instead they set up a “gift shop”. Ugh. I just want to buy a decapitated head of a lamb, and a rack of ribs. Why do I have to go to your air conditioned big box grocery stores to do it? I want to buy it off the wooden cart of a traveling salesmen like it was INTENDED GOD DAMMIT!

turns into a bat and flys away

This explains so much! So THAT’S why I masturbate! I was addicted as a teenager, and I guess I’m going to be addicted for life.

I mean…it worked in WWII.

See, there was this guy named Hitler, who wanted to take over the world, and kill the Jews.

Then two jewish teens from Cleveland created Superman.

So Superman goes off, fights the nazis, and was on his way to Hitler’s house, to give him a lecture about why killing is bad, but Hitler heard Superman was coming. So he killed himself before Superman got there.

True story.

So that middle management can justify their existence!

How much could I buy a pizza from you for?

I feel like this comment is so generic it’s not even AI. Just a bot randomly posting pretyped comments.

Kind of. As long as you understand that people like me exist.

I ordered a big mac from McDonalds one time. I got a chicken sandwich instead.

I was sitting inside. I could easily have went back to the counter and said something.

Instead, I just went with it. Guess I’m having a chicken sandwich today!

Now, that being said, I also don’t use AI. So, I would have never noticed it being down. But hypothetically, if I tried to use AI, and it didn’t work, I’d just do something else instead.

So it won’t be the number of complaints = the number of users affected. But it does give you somewhat of a scale.

I’ve never seen this in motion…

FINALLY some happy news!

Tamara left you to find someone who IS anti-AI.

…really hoping you dropped this: “/s”

Every proteat over ICE I’ve seen HAS been peaceful. The only time things get non-peaceful is by ICE. Spraying pepper spray in childrens faces. Slamming elderly face first into pavement. Oh, and would you believe ICE is actually murdering people now? It’s true.

STOP MAKING ME FEEL OLD, SIR!

Who decides who’s a 7 though? Maybe others think I’m a 10 on a good day, and a 1 on a depressed day. Maybe I’ll just want to lay in bed and cry and eat fried chicken. Maybe the next day I’ll want to fuck Halle Berry and Angelina Jolee. You know Angelina would SO be down for face-sitting, and I bet Halle gives one nervous mediocre blowjob, where she’s not quite sure what she’s doing, but she’s hot so nobody is complaining.

And maybe by Friday I’ll want to walk down the streets naked eating nachos. But fuck it’s too cold out there! Mr Winky would shrink! I wouldn’t even NEED to be in the pool!

What were we talking about?

Well I have Obama’s Bluesky. I’ll send him a message.

Look man. We’re not nominating Nicole the Fediverse chick. We’re also not nominating beans and/or corn.

Yoj can try nominating Linux, but that’s not a person and would unlikely to be considered.

Out of all the artists/bands, your image has Tessa Violet. Which is insane to me, because I can remember watching her like 15 years ago on a show called =3 with Ray William Johnson. Which was essentially a comedy show that brought you 3 viral videos, and then RWJ would try to be funny over them. Nobody watched =3 for RWJ, and nobody watched Americas Funniest Home Videos for Bob Sagat. We watched both shows for the same reason. To watch idiots get hit in the nuts.

Then one episode, a 15 year old Tessa Violet, then known as Meekakitty, shows up and starts the episode by saying “Betcha didn’t think you’d see ME here!”

And I’m like “BITCH I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!”

But then RWJ tried making music, and she was in his videos. Then she started making music. And I never heard from either of them again because both of their music is terrible.

Tessa is like accoustic guitars, and whiney crying lyrics. And RWJ, despite being close to 25 at the time wrote novelty comedy songs all based around the idea of having sex with your mom. As if written for an exclusively 14 year old boy audience.

Now I see this, and I’m like “eh? She’s STILL making music???”