So I finished Stranger Things. I have a laundry list of gripes, but really there was nothing that triggered the 'tism like the Russians building a secret millitary base beneath a mall in Indiana like in Season 3. That still takes the cake for me.

Insurance is fundamentally based on examining risk. If there are dog breeds insurers won't allow at homes and doggie daycares, what does that say about the breed? Please, tell me how the insurers assessment of risk (and their claims data) is wrong and yours is right.

Last night I was unjustly subjected to Disney's Taylor Swift docuseries. Tonight, I return the favor with the holiday classic, Santa's Slay.

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, but written with 2025's standards.

There's some truth to Sean Lennon's recent comments to CBS about people forgetting the Beatles. I remember when everyone would go on and on about how overrated the Beatles were, now everyone wants to talk about how much Nirvana always sucked. That's how the world works.

There is some middle ground between being an Old Stock American and being a fresh-off-the-boat "Creedal American" that makes sense when discussing American identity. I don't know what that is exactly, and I'm sure it varies by situation.

This could also be read as "500 million users would rather stay on Windows 10 with no security updates than swap to Linux"

This isn't some Linux own...

I think they wanted to call it quits after the Xbox One disaster, but then they tried to pivot to a subscription model instead. That seems to be Microsoft under Nadella - if its not a subscription, its done.

Steak is in a tier of its own.

When I hear "we're so early" but see "we're so far behind"

The "turkey is disgusting" crowd runs around saying you have to do so much with it to actually make it taste good - so they apparently eat plain chicken all year?

I've loved the Xbox brand from the OG and 360 days. Lately they seem to be dead set on speedrunning their own demise

I saw a list where it was on the D tier. Look, we all make some wild statements from time to time, but D-tier?

Me. My wife accidentally bought a calendar that starts on Monday and its a constant source of confusion (that neither if us is going to fix).

I'm pretty excited about this one. Its taking some flak online for some of its design choices, but its a remake, not a 1:1 upgrade like the anniversary edition. Yeah, the needler redesign is dumb, but I don't have a problem with sprinting in Halo.

Felt like firing up one of my favorite playstation titles tonight.

I just want the team Xbox to have one day with good news. Just one day. At least Sega went out of the console business in a blaze of glory

I really wish Microsoft would sell off the Xbox brand. They won't, and the math doesn't math, but I still want it. I really loved the brand in the OG and 360 eras. Instead they are going to suck every piece of meat off the carcass before casting it aside.

Thats definitely fair, I think I'd still get the satisfaction of knowing Leo isn't getting a plane ride to Davos anymore

Absolutely, I'm banking on some of the goblins voting for themselves

I look forward to seeing Tilly Norwood in films. Tilly Norwood will not lecture me about gun control or climate change, and Tilly Norwood will displace some actress who will. Maybe her brother Billy Norwood can take some roles from Pedro Pascal.

Slop is preferable to screeching.

Software 3.5, User Base 1.2

Whoa, Parler is still around?

I thought the same thing recently. I was reading something from the 1850's and thought to myself, "my god, just get on with it."

Microdosing Tylenol will be required for future generations to know how to use the internet.

Hahaha they nailed it. The whininess used to drive me crazy, and they captured that perfectly.

The alleged conversation between the shooter and his boyfriend is the fakest shit I've ever seen. It doesn't have em dashes, but an LLM might as well have written it.

When you can barely see the roll, thats how you know its a good lobster roll.

Good speech

I don't know who, or what group Judas goated that group of humans onto that platform, but they did a service for all humanity by bringing them somewhere else. Well played Jack, well played

I find the whole "it doesn't matter what difficulty you play the game at as long as you are having fun" thing cringey, because it leads people to believe that they are entitled to finish any game.

I'm sorry, not everyone gets to roll the credits. Not every game is for you.

All isms seem to lead to managerialism.

I truly believe this accurately shows how most people Nostr (just not female, and not using a Mac)

Superman is a tragedy of sorts. A god comes to earth and and wants to live as a human. In a very human way, he falls in love with a woman believing she is a human, but actually she's a journalist.

Every day that passes, your odds of being invited to someone's wedding to an AI increases.

As his former teacher, Macron's wife should have practiced her craft and used a ruler on him instead. Missed opportunity.

That feeling when I see Udi's post, and I think I agree with over 90% of it...

Learning this morning that there are more Pixies albums that I haven't listened to than those that I have listened to.