When your culture becomes a meme: the ‘jarring’ effect of Chinamaxxing The TikTok trend may be fading, but people of Chinese heritage wonder if an appreciation for their culture will continue after the algorithm moves on

When your culture becomes a meme: the ‘jarring’ effect of Chinamaxxing

signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association

everyone is entitled to draw whatever similarities they want about fighting games but don't say the appeal of it is analogous to chess and then get upset when the other players uses their queen and makes checkmate situations

I get the whole discussion with nations getting involved and no one really having a spotless record but ngl comparing a nation state that can brute force themselves into any cultural activity on a global scale to an E-side FPS team miring in regionals that constantly gets grouped is kinda funny

I know the project team spans 4 time zones but under absolutely no circumstance should the person deciding on when lunch is should be the single individual in MST

Everyone has been forced bananas in their smoothies and those that have been ordering smoothies for years begged the various employees running the blender to stop adding bananas

The general tech has been to pre-write notes/questions beforehand while leaving blank lines in-between, that way you can show off how good you are taking allegedly taking notes while having access to what is basically a cheat sheet while having access to space to actually jot things down

I should consider cable management whenever I travel because you can see the visible fear in airport security's eyes when they see what I can only describe as a "tangela of batteries, plugs, and cables" in a ziploc bag

My favorite part of job interviews is whenever I start jotting down notes in a notebook somewhere. I'm not actually being reflective of anything, it's just an excuse to fidget with my pen and it looks smart.

every day the owl language learning app gets worse and worse but at the same time it still has the best UI/UX so alas it's time to get diamond again

Video by @kekeflipnote.bsky.social of an actual shark and a flipnote animated shark

A thread by @techconnectify.bsky.social regarding blocking functionality on X-Twitter

Post from @jay.bsky.team regarding the term "skeets"

A 4-image post by @yuzupool.bsky.social regarding making chicken noodle soup

We are thrilled to be (finally) launching fxbsky.app!

Just add `fx` to your bsky.app link and you can embed videos, quote posts, multiple images, and more on Telegram and Discord. It can even unroll threads automatically in Telegram Instant View 👀

I know a banh mi hate to see me coming

The bar for me is the fact that at least I can use this app while my phone is charging.

Bluesky is funny because I can’t recall any other platform where its growth is explicitly tied to the collective hate for one person.

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rip anthony bourdain you would have loved november 29th 2023

Old NPC in the Mega Man Star Force series telling Geo Stelar "I'm 30 years old."

Started pulling out the glasses at work to read the laptop screen.

blackboard showing mental health is not hocus pocus being weirdly divided in the middle

no idea who needs to hear this rn but always remember mental is hocus, health not pocus

bgs

SPYxFAMILY Chapter 42 Anya Forger studying ferociously for a test after eating a dessert that allegedly makes students instantly smarter.

they almost had me in the demotion zone on duolingo last week

hey newskies new rule for all y’all just joining us we’re giving you lobotamies