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@froobat.bsky.social

The sushi place with the great lunch deals stopped being open for lunch. I'll vote for any candidate who makes them serve lunch again!

Businesses that want to stand out should avoid using AI to make their posters and flyers because it all looks the same. It's lazy and boring.

I got a step counter that goes berserk if I clip it to my ankle and bounce my leg while I'm just sitting at my desk, like I can get over 15000 extra steps if I forget to move it to my waistband instead

Started feeling symptoms of an upper respiratory viral infection late Thursday, tested negative for covid, rsv, and flu. Symptoms cleared by this morning. That was either the mildest cold or the worst flu-shot (received Wednesday) side effects I've ever had

join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death

There have always been humans who thought: 1) The world will end soon 2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way 3) It’ll happen to me personally 4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special 5) People who don’t see this are lesser “Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that

Dave Willner@dwillner.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Certain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing.