Everything flows down from the C-Suite. They tell Marketing to increase sales. Marketing tells Advertising to make “creative” ads (but then only approves “safe” boring ads). Then Marketing runs those uninteresting ads based on the number of times a spreadsheet says will get the most sales. They are disassociated from the customer experience, and will likely not be moved by public outcry. They only care when it doesn’t work, and it does or they wouldn’t do it. Sorry.

Home assistant!

Forgot “Microsoft Word”

Get good at something people value. You will always be able to say, “I’m shite at a lot of things, I’m ugly, and unlikable, but at least I can __________”.

It doesn’t hurt to be physically active, too.

Try ZorinOS, very pulled together.

Burn Notice, Royal Pains

Basically anything made during the heyday of USANetwork. “Dramas” without intensity.

What about 555-1212? (See all movies and TV) https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/27545/why-do-fake-phone-numbers-start-555

HTMLy is nice.

Tell your friends and family not to fall for it then. Ad dicks will come up with something new and equally horrible.

Agreed, no one in the GOP has the cult of personality thing like Drumpf. The remaining grifters will attack each other in their quest for power like a Humboldt squid feeding frenzy (Google that if you’ve been sleeping too peacefully lately.)

I think I blocked that film from my memory. 🤣 Thanks a lot, now I have to go rewatch it. 🙄

Hmm…by blimp, you say? 🤔

I’ve used a Mac since forever. But I started using FOSS apps. Then I created a Hackintosh, until it borked. Then I installed ZorinOS and almost didn’t need to fix the Hackintosh. I did fix it, but Zorin convinced me that Linux is legit and I’m going all in on it.

I never see much love for ZorinOS, but I find it a very solid replacement. I still use my Macbook for certain things, but I am slowly moving away from even that thanks to Apple’s spying and whatnot.

Oreo’s have had all their flavor sucked out of them through enshitification—and to make you eat more to feel satisfied.

Go to any grocery store (like TJ’s) and just buy “Sandwich Cookies.” THEY taste like Oreos used to.

(But, you have to eat them fast as they degrade quickly like actual food, something Oreos isn’t.)

NetNewsWire is open-source, IIRC.

Yep, my bad. What he said.

Healthcare industry: “Wait, people had $300k just lying around? We gotta raise our prices!”

It’s because he can’t use his chain saw on anything.

Use different search engines for different things, spread your data around.