MissingThePt

MissingThePt, 7 months ago to random

The difference between Wikipedia and Twitter is that Wikipedia is intentionally a non-profit.

MissingThePt, 8 months ago to random

Why doesn’t Elon charge people who don’t use Twitter, it’s a faster-growing market segment.

MissingThePt, 1 year ago to random

Choosing a Mastodon instance is easy once you understand each instance’s values, customs, belief systems, and inter-instance alliances and feuds dating back 1,000 years.

MissingThePt, 1 month ago to random

Solar eclipse alt-text:

MOON SUN
MOONSUN
MOONUN
MOONN
MOON
SMOON
SUMOON
SUNMOON
SUN MOON

MissingThePt, 2 months ago to random

If you are patient enough, you can build your very own Boeing airplane out of parts that fall from the sky.

MissingThePt, 10 months ago to random

Today I learned that MILF does not mean”Mastodonian I’d Like to Follow” and excuse me while I go back and edit several dozen posts.

MissingThePt, 1 year ago to random

I have some free Mastodon invite codes for anyone interested.

MissingThePt, 10 months ago to random

Breaking: US Coast Guard detects “banging” noises from hermetically-sealed Twitter.

MissingThePt, 10 months ago to random

Jesus, take the gun away from him already.

MissingThePt, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

Area man who can’t set up PC laptop wants to implant a chip in your brain.

MissingThePt, 2 months ago to random

“My gender has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the name of my union.”

MissingThePt, 9 months ago to random

"Twitter/X plans to disable the block feature, impacting both user experience and safety.”

"There's this alternative called Mastod-"

"And it’s beholden to one vain, insecure, capricious man obsessed with fighting Zuck."

"There's this federated option Mast-"

"Not to mention it refuses to suspend pro-Hitler accounts and unsuspends CSAM accounts because it’s lucrative."

"The non-profit Ma-"

"Welp, nothing to be done about Twitter/X I suppose, might as well stick it out on this hellhole."

MissingThePt, 8 months ago to random

Following a Saudi man being sentenced to death for criticizing the Saudi government on two anonymous Twitter accounts with a total of ten followers, Elon Musk clarifies that his offer to fund users’ legal bills if one is unfairly treated due to posting or liking on the platform does not extend to disputes with the world’s leading importer of bone saws (i.e. Twitter’s second-largest shareholder).

MissingThePt, 3 months ago to random

Breaking: NFL announces that Sunday’s Super Bowl Pregame Show will culminate in Taylor Swift skydiving from her arriving Japan flight to land on the field and oversee the coin toss.

On the complicated logistics of ejecting a passenger midflight, Boeing says: “We got this.”

MissingThePt, 4 months ago to random

R.I.P. 2023 (2023 - 2023)

MissingThePt, 9 months ago to random

Breaking: The porn industry complains that Twitter changing its name to X sullies the industry’s brand.

MissingThePt, 7 months ago to random

Now that I’ve finally located Israel on a world map I’m ready to provide some insightful commentary on the current conflict.

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MissingThePt, 6 months ago to random

OpenAI needs a new CEO to run a company whose ChatGPT product gives responses that are plausible-sounding if inaccurate or even created out of whole cloth, and the perfect candidate is conveniently just finishing up his current engagement and looking for new opportunities.

MissingThePt, 9 months ago to random

Breaking: California opts to have all natural disasters on one day to clear rest of week.

MissingThePt, 4 months ago to random

Breaking: Tonight’s Iowa caucuses forecasted to be negatively impacted by white snowflakes.

MissingThePt, 3 months ago to random

If Taylor Swift sees her shadow today the Super Bowl is delayed for six weeks.

MissingThePt, 1 year ago to random

Jack promoting RFK Jr. on Bluesky demonstrates that Bluesky intends to best Twitter in key time-to-enshitification metric.

MissingThePt, 9 months ago to random

That’s not Clarence Thomas, it’s five billionaires in a robe.

MissingThePt, 1 month ago to random

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MissingThePt, 6 months ago to random

A year ago today the Missing The Point account was started on Mastodon by a starry-eyed newbie with nothing but big dreams to make people laugh and the best posts AI could generate. Throughout the day this thread will share the top ten most-favorited posts of the year, along with some behind-the-scenes commentary.

In honor of Missing The Point’s one-year Mastodon anniversary, you are hereby granted a day off work tomorrow, simply show this post to your boss. Enjoy the three-day weekend.

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