I did this briefly years ago for a hotel chain (the booking, not the stealing). We got an extra quarter for everyone we transferred to another department for deals or some shit. We were supposed to ask people if they would like to hear about it but I found out that as long as it transferred they could immediately hang up and I still got my bonus. After that every caller I had got transferred to the other department for the rest of the time I worked there.

I made an extra few hundred bucks and got canned about the same time I found a job in my field. No FBI involved, though.

I prefer the TI-99/4a, but I like your pick too.

I’m old as fuck. I definitely show my age as often as possible.

I hate to be that guy, but…

Hail, hail Robonia, a land I didn’t make up.

Seconded. This is an excerpt from a comment I made the other day about it:

If you like making fun of quiverfull ministries, programming, Eldritch horrors, British humor (humour?), spy thrillers, agitated engineers, vampires that don’t exist, bloodthirsty elves, and a thinly veiled story about anthropomorphic climate change then this is the series for you.

Entities from other realities are listening and waiting for our computers to summon them.

I’m making this comment from a magical device that sends bottled lightning though rocks inscribed with very exact runes in order to display information from people all over the world.

I guess it’s slightly better than the old “Horse and Sparrow” name which implies “Eat shit and like it”.

I’m that friend, except I’ll preface it with “You know I like a lot of garbage movies, but…”

Hell, it worked for the American Assholes caucus or whatever the House MAGAs are calling themselves.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was probably quoted as saying “Fuck y’all, I’ve proven I’m above the law several times.”

I ain’t apologizing for her now. My point is to work on the ones that are more easily hated by more people in order to raise awareness.

Try mentioning this to Tailor Swift fans and you’ll get immediately crucified. We should normalize the idea that THERE ARE NO ETHICAL BILLIONAIRES. Period.

While I agree with your sentiment, I don’t think she’s the place to start bitching. She’s one of the “better” ones in that she’s not out here actively hunting the poor on an island somewhere. You start with folks like Musk, Bezos, and Murdoch, and by shining a light on the billionaires that are stealing the wealth and resources of entire countries but staying out of the limelight by keeping their fucking mouths shut. Then we start moving towards Swift. Otherwise the message will just get drowned out by fans.

it’s late December 1938

Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

What a lady, what a night.

No, no, I read two sentences on Lemmy. That’s enough for me to know what’s best for everyone.

Only the people that matter have the means they have.

I once counted to 23 by taking off my shoes. Would have been 25 if it hadn’t been for that firework accident at the meth lab.

Most of my friends are also on a spectrum.

White Amanitas are lethal, never touch those, but with Muscaria you could have some fun.

These are my favorites because of their common name. Destroying Angel.

Fun fact: the survival rate without treatment is about half, but that goes up to ~90% if you get treated quickly. However, it can still destroy your liver. The toxin is thermostable so cooking doesn’t break it down. It is excreted in urine so a lot of the treatment consists of pumping you full of fluids and making you pee a lot. There is no actual antidote to the toxin.

I already voted so I can’t vote for him either.

I stopped in today after months because my friend is launching a game and I wanted to give them a like and a comment. When I left Twitter my feed was just nerd shit and makers.

When I logged in today it was several right wing advertisements at the top. When I went to search it was more Trump shit. I just wanted to support my indie friend. That’s it for me.