I used to work with a Michael Hunt. Brilliant guy and normally pretty chill, but woe betide anyone shortening it to it’s diminutive form. I accidentally called him Mike once and he literally never responded to me again.

Hahaha. A rented Opel was what came to mind for me as well. Followed by Plymouth Crossfire and Chevy HHR.

Nah, fuck off with your strawman. I was just describing the reality, not suggesting that it is any kind of solution. Holding them accountable would be great, but kids often don’t have that option.

Much of Appalachia is the same. If you don’t talk like a redneck, you get picked on. The smart kids with social savvy will learn to code switch.

I use a VPN back to my LAN, so my phone always uses my pihole for DNS.

Lemmy now has export/import for settings, including blocklist.

How am I to tell who is a tankie, vs a wumao, vs a Russian bot troll? It can be hard to tell who is commenting in good faith.

I’m kidding, of course. I just block them all. No one using these talking points is worth my time.

Gotta love tankies unironically parroting Putin’s disinformation.

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its pretty clear. You’re conversing with a tankie.

Of course you can. “Free kittens, call 202.555.1212”

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There are only about 325,000 WW2 veterans left alive in the US. They are not a significant voting block.

Its the norm on mastodon. It definitely clutters up Lemmy threads, but they dont see it as odd.

Most ISPs will do the same, prorating. The vast majority of customers never ask for a credit.

Just let them follow the script. Tell them you restarted the router. ffs, don’t act like the minimum wage people answering the phone (or chat) are supposed to give a shit. Play along or you’re not going to get any help.

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I first watched that movie while on a motherfucking plane.

It would be worse to have boobs that are trying to kill you with boob cancer.

Unpopular opinion: The open core model is underutilized.