Public Libraries were the original Freemium model.
Free to read all you want in-house, but if you want to take some home, you gotta pony up for that card....
Every culture has a future as history.
Is the Fediverse (or thrediverse specifically) going to follow the way of the old web?
People using their communities to link to like communities because the fediverse/thrediverse is so vast and it’s not as easy to navigate? Maybe, eventually finding a way to consistently open links to other instances/services in a way that opens it in your preferred instance/service (some sort of protocol or extension). Our...
After migrating from Reddit, it’s jarring that comment sections aren’t cluttered with hashtag-style comments that are just links to subreddits like /HoLuP/
I love that comment sections here are like, y’know, discussions and stuff. Not just the same jokes and parroted phrases over and over and over.
When I was a kid I identified old TV shows because they were black and white...
These days, kids identify them by the aspect ratio.
Sunscreen is an add-on to go outside.
Brain bubble from my friend.
The Joker's super power is his mental illness
Today could be one of those boring ol' happy days I might one day randomly reminisce about in the future.
Sometimes my brain hits me with the most mundane memories, and even those bring comfort & nostalgia at times. Trying to appreciate all the little things and enjoy the moment.
If the mind can break and bend, then the mind is an object
Getting lost in thought is kinda like wearing headphones without headphones
The world fades into the background as your thoughts envelope you, and if you’re a musician imagining your music, maybe it’s closer to that than I’d have thought. =O
You can dance the Macarena to other songs besides the Macarena.
Try it sometime.
With the advances of medicine in the coming millennium casual conversations might be like "I'm 245", "Oh, I'm 332", "Damn, I'm just 119"
How come we say Lake Michigan and not the Ocean Pacific or River Chicago?
You don't realize how nice it is when you don't have a headache, until you have a headache.
An overcooked bread isn't well cooked. So a well cooked bread is necessarily not too cooked. And yet, asking for "well cooked" or "not too cooked" bread in a bakery have well distinct meanings...
We should stop saying "The customer is always right" because it's not true
In the grand scheme of things, the customer may have slightly more pull than the cashier ringing up their order, but it’s the CEO and the board of directors that control the narrative. That’s why we’re getting bigger and less fuel efficient vehicles, bigger and more fattening meal portions in restaurants, and bigger less...
That Tesla car that got launched into space has probably burnt up by now
Not in the atmosphere, of course
"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not.
Bot posting in new communities seem to discourage human engagement.
Or is it just a coincidence?