smurthys

liztai, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to food

Wait. I just found out that Americans don't put butter on their sandwiches???

#Food

shanselman, 4 months ago to random

What’s some tech you can’t live without, so much so that you actually have backups of that tech? https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8gVmLHX/

RickiTarr, 4 months ago to random

Okay, so I'm going to type out a sentence, and I want you all to finish it, but instead of doing deep thinking about it, just type the very first thing that pops into your head. I know this will be hard for many of you, but try it! LOL

If I could do whatever I wanted to right now, I would _________.

smurthys, 4 months ago to india

In #India, today is "makara #shankraanthi", the astronomical event when the Sun begins "northerly movement" (uttaraayana उत्तरायण in Sanskrit). It's also the astrological event when the Sun enters Capricorn (makara) in the Hindu zodiac.

Also called "#pongal", the day marks harvest in South India. It is common to gift trays w sugarcane, bananas, sugar molds, + mixture of jaggery, peanuts, roasted bengal grams, and sesame.

Best wishes to all who observe.

#shankranti #mastIndia @mastodonindians

zombierustpunk, 4 months ago to random

The automated captions on this video keep referring to the “Linux Colonel”. I’m tempted to ask DALL-E what they look like.

smurthys, 4 months ago to internet

Social-media conversations would be so much easier if people read what is written and respond to that, instead of posting a response they have already decided based on what they know, believe, perceive, and assume, all of which they seem to do based on who they are replying to instead of what they are replying to.

In essence, instead of a dialog, we get a bunch of simultaneous monologs, criticisms, dumb downs, put downs, and suck ups. 😤

#socialMedia #communication #interaction #engagement

smurthys, 4 months ago to languagelearning

"Breakfast", one of few words English gets right but people won't let that be.

What it is: The meal to end a fast, whatever time of the day the meal happens to be. A fast being at least an overnight window with no food consumed.

What it has become: The meal first thing in the morning, but not any other meal later in the day, regardless of the fasting situation.

#English #language #linguistics #breakfast #peeve

lukem, 4 months ago to random

I wrote 90% of a blog post and I'm close to deleting it because I can't figure out what the purpose or conclusion was supposed to be. Damn.

smurthys, 5 months ago to instagramreality

Slapping the labels "enshittification" on businesses and "fascist" on individuals is all the rage now.

Though justified in many cases, these labeling acts are quickly becoming a "See I'm woke too" sort of virtue signaling.

People with tens/hundreds of thousands of followers doing this, and their posts getting hundreds/thousands of uncritical engagements is only going to make things worse.

https://hachyderm.io/@smurthys/111721793556436616

#lament #lamentation #socialMedia #society #people #labels

golgaloth, 5 months ago to pizza

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW??!!
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(I would so eat this.)

#pizza #pineapple #NomNomNom #diet

smurthys, 5 months ago to HashtagGames

Passenger liner losed to an iceberg on maiden voyage

#GenericAMovie
#HashTagGames

ghost_shit, 5 months ago to HashtagGames

Throw Somebody From The Train.

#GenericAMovie
#HashTagGames

dgar, 5 months ago to random

The thing is about Australian wildlife is that most Aussie animals won’t back down from a fight, but most of them don’t go looking for a fight either.

If you’re worried about visiting Australia because of our deadly fauna, here’s a hint. If you see an Australian animal, walk away from it.

A kangaroo has trouble disemboweling a retreating person because its attack involves rocking back on its tail and kicking you with both feet. It’s not really able to do any damage on something that’s moving away.

Magpies will generally let you know where their territory is, and if you stay out of it while they’re nesting, they won’t knock a hole in your head.

You literally have to get in the water to be bothered by sharks or crocodiles. Swim where the locals swim.

Snakes and spiders are about the only thing that you might happen upon by surprise and they tend to be happy to let you leave, but will happily fuck you up in self defence.

Y’see, Aussie wildlife mostly kills idiots who approach it, try to pat it, or catch it. Our animals mostly kill and maim stupid people.

I guess, my point is, we don’t have anything like lions or bears that will chase you down, pull you out of your car and tear you to pieces.

Also, the chances of being shot in this country is almost non existent.

Australia’s a pretty safe place to visit, comparatively.

smurthys, 5 months ago to Life

When life hands you lemons, just be glad it didn't hand you pineapples, or sugarcane, or worse jackfruits. But, if life does hand you one of those, just trade them for lemonade.

#saying #proverb #lemon #lemonade #joke #sillyness #silly #life #philosophy

kellogh, 5 months ago to random

hear me out — a hamburger menu, but it’s an actual hamburger emoji

shanselman, 5 months ago to ai

I added a #Copilot key TODAY to my keyboard because I don’t like waiting https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8Xsn7Ca/ #ai

smurthys, 5 months ago to business

Avocado that is soft but not actually ripe is the perfect example of over-promise and under-deliver.

#avocado #metaphor #business #management #expectations

[Tweet redux]

smurthys, 5 months ago to ai

"Microsoft rebrands its iOS and Android web browser to Microsoft Edge: AI Browser"

"The change of name does not appear to have been accompanied by any significant changes."

🤦‍♂️

https://betanews.com/2024/01/03/microsoft-rebrands-its-ios-and-android-web-browser-to-microsoft-edge-ai-browser/

#ai #marketing #branding #microsoft #browser #edge #MicrosoftEdge

smurthys, 5 months ago to random

A log of my significant walks and hikes in 2024. 📓 👇

My 2023 significant walks and hikes 👉 https://hachyderm.io/@smurthys/110147253810174154