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Not something I know much about (heard the album once, 15 years ago), but a much more interesting conversation to be had about that than there is with an obvious fad like Iggy Azalea...

I think shoddiness is important to teach. Subpar material is really important for understanding why certain material is elevated down the line.

The reality was the previous ambassador was doing a great job of handling trump to the extent he complained when she was removed.
This was an unnecessary replacement probably as a reward to mandelson vs in the national interest.

A good printer. Doesn't disconnect from the wi-fi network, doesn't say there's no paper when there's 100 sheets, doesn't do weird loss-leader stuff with cartridges. Just a really good printer.

A picture of a majestic humpback whale leaping from the seas with the caption “humpback whales are forming super-groups”, rather than simply admire the wonder of nature I am making a poor quality music gag

This is why whale punk had to happen

The Good Charlotte problem! (Though Duran Duran have a bit more in the way of chops.)

I really have to go back in time and advise my child self to keep writing and become a lackey for the ruling class. beats working for a living

If they'd paid me instead...

That makes sense, I forget to put myself in the shoes of the aficionado of the day sometimes.

But they were also a very influential band built in the bubblegum format, there's no contradiction there for them.

avocados are officially nonbinary

Takes like this frustrate me because the reason bots pick up this sort of language is because they're trying to copy good writers, and good writers use it! Juxtaposition, negation, and amplification are very powerful rhetorical devices, and ceding them to bad actors is pointlessly self-destructive.

Funny, given The Byrds

Apple cowards for not making some chatbot their new CEO

I like this point a lot.

In theory, but that's true of any writing until you consider standards, expectations, using your time well, etc.

Tbf, I used to have opinions I now think are silly because I know more. Which is as close as an opinion can get to being factually debunked, since the person who felt it can vouch.

Yeah, it seems pretty obvious you'd do that as a throwback.

My conspiracy theory is that age verification policies were bankrolled by Big Phishing

Unhappy to report the phishing one is quickly becoming a real problem now. Why go to the trouble of social engineering when people will just give up their ID, financial info, biometrics, etc. to an AV portal? There's no standards so how can you differentiate a fake one from a real one?

One of my coworkers gave his notice at work today and said, verbatim, "I don't need to work. Unemployment is high, so let someone who needs a job have mine. Someone who needs to make rent or something."

I sincerely hope he enjoys his early retirement.

Better at starring Jude Law! Though, tbf, I'd probably call my film "better than Avatar 3" last year if I'd thought of it.

Although I tend to see 'dad rock' as value neutral – bands as bad as ___ and as good as ___ share a lot of space there together.

Good point!

Pandas are actually very easy to breed. China maintains its cartel by not only by maintaining ownership of all pandas, but by only lending out the dud bears

Being early cuts into my important faffing about time.

Gotta time the edibles just right