conlan

conlan, 1 year ago to random

DeSantis thinks he can beat Trump by showing he’s a more effective asshole. And he is a more effective asshole. But he doesn’t understand that, for people who like assholes, it’s not about being effective; it’s about being an asshole.

conlan, 9 months ago to random

1. @panic sends out a nice, pretty, succinct email to confirm which type of their email newsletters I want to receive.

2. I expressed my appreciation by replying “I love you” to the unmonitored email address from which it was sent.

3. Exactly one minute after sending my reply, as if to illustrate the reason for my warm feelings, I receive a response from @cabel:

conlan, 16 days ago to random

I genuinely hate posting about politics and I rarely did it before 2018 or so. But shit has gotten so goddamn fucked that I feel, if I don’t hit the pressure relief valve, I may end up physically harming myself. So please indulge me until we either get past this or my internet access gets shutdown down for my own good by the Supreme Leader.

conlan, 11 months ago to random

To this day, I still regularly think about one meaningless bit of a podcast from what must‘ve been more than a decade ago: @adamlisagor was the guest on @gruber’s Talk Show. They briefly chatted about The Royal Tenenbaums, specifically the scenes where Bill Murray’s character evaluated the kid for psychic abilities and would say “Fascinating” even though the kid’s behavior suggested he perhaps had some mental impairment rather than special powers. The podcast conversation moved on from there…

conlan, 6 months ago to random

Hey, look, I finally got my Bluesky invite after, what, a year? I almost ignored it, but decided to download the app, sign up, look at it for a minute, then delete it. Glad I finally got that taken care of.

conlan, 6 months ago to mst3k

Fellow MSTies (or MSTie-curious): In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new campaign to make another new season. It ends soon and it’s struggling. The circumstances with the strikes haven’t been ideal for promotion, and I personally am not as enthused as I used to be, but I do think more Mystery Science Theater 3000 is a net positive for society, so… help make more #MST3K, won’t you? #MakeMoreMST3K

https://showmaker.mst3k.com/campaigns/02Ey53

conlan, 5 months ago to random

Every time I get a spam email from a hacker who secretly recorded me looking at online porn and masturbating, they never end up sending that video footage to all my friends and family—which is annoying because I always forget to film myself doing it, so it would save me a lot of trouble if I could just get the recording from them.

conlan, 4 months ago to random

I’ve never used Chat-GPT for anything, not even for fun. I’d probably find it useful in some ways, but I just don’t trust AI. And I don’t mean I don’t trust it in a suspicious, paranoid way; I mean I don’t trust it to provide factual and accurate information 100% of time. If it’s accurate most of the time, that’s worse than none of the time. So, please let me know when it’s perfect.

conlan, 4 months ago to random

I had big plans to shower and shave tonight, but I decided, f%^k it, it’s Friday night! I’m just gonna sit here instead.

conlan, 3 months ago to random

If the 2nd amendment establishes a right to guns as all-encompassing as gun nuts argue, shouldn’t guns be free? Seems like it’d be unconstitutional to make me fork over 300 bucks or whatever just so I can exercise my god-given right to shoot stuff. Doesn’t that violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment?

We’re never going to solve mass shootings with more guns unless we give poor people guns for free. We’ll need to nationalize the gun manufacturers, but I’m sure they won’t mind.

conlan, 3 months ago to random

Now... it’s Judy’s turn to cry.

conlan, 2 months ago to random

“I SHIT YOU NOT.”

–a caveman pulling the ol’ “it’s not you, it’s me” routine

conlan, 1 month ago to random

I haven’t been following the story closely, but is that Twitter rando guy the main one complaining about bad Humane reviews? Is he associated with the company somehow? I’m not sure what’s going on.

But anyway, I still need help spreading the word about getting this Wikipedia article removed. https://mastodon.social/@conlan/112283943300161323

conlan, 1 month ago to random

Please repost to help me get this @wikipedia article deleted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

conlan, 6 months ago to random

Hobby Lobby, “based on many factors, including customer interest and what sells well,” has stopped carrying seasonal product lines for Mardi Gras, Hanukkah, and Halloween.

I’m not interested in the culture war angles on this, but I think it’s amusing that they discontinued Halloween decorations for lack of interest. Halloween. The holiday that single-handedly supports a nationwide chain of hobby stores that exist for two months every year.

Yeah, focus on Arbor Day instead.

gruber, 28 days ago (edited 27 days ago) to random

Thoughts on Apple no longer including stickers with new devices to reduce waste:

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/09/no-more-stickers-with-new-ipads

agiletortoise, 2 months ago to random

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danielpunkass, 1 month ago to random

Black olive and Field Roast vegan pepperoni. So good I couldn’t get a picture before a slice disappeared.

hotdogsladies, 20 days ago to random

This is a really good episode of Detroiters.

"He has to sleep in, or he'll lose his voice."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJfK7BM0fWI

danielpunkass, 8 days ago to random

So many right-wingers dismissive of the justice system for the first time. I wonder how critical they would be if Donald Trump was Black?

conlan, 5 months ago to apple

There’s far too little public complaining about Apple #HomePod. It must be the least functional product they make. I have a new HomePod and a HomePod mini, I use them every day, and I experience a “not working” event probably once every two days. WiFi is hard, I guess?

conlan, 1 month ago to random

Thank god someone has the courage to stand up to Joe Biden’s tyrannical inconveniencing of gun sellers. If this lawsuit prevents even one gun show dealer from suffering the degradation of running a background check, all the dead kids will have been worth it. https://journa.host/@w7voa/112367167347778364