There was a huge computer herpes epidemic back then 😔

I had this basil plant that somehow was always in bloom. I’d brush my arms against it in the morning; free perfume. Smelled amazing too. You can also crush a leaf and use that.

I was too dumb for any contingencies so I would have porn image files all over the desktop and browser history. There were some traumatizing moments

Man how did I miss this one? Looks awesome. It’s cheap on Steam as well

This is how wyverns were made

People make this mistake everytime

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You can’t really “change someone’s mind” unless they’re receptive to it. Quite often you’ll just end up in a situation where both parties are already hard set into their position; then they both enthusiastically repeat their best arguments and logic, while completely ignoring what the other person is saying. The hope is that there’s a magic combination of words that will trigger the incantation that changes the opposition’s mind. There usually isn’t.

As a thought experiment, if you wouldn’t be willing to “change teams” no matter what the other person says, they probably feel the same way towards you.

I have a family member who is an avid Pauline Hanson / Trump supporter; despite my reminders that those people hate me for who I am at a fundamental level and would see me suppressed, deported, begging on the streets, or worse. I’m “one of the good ones” you see, an exemption to patch over the cognitive dissonance. I would never support them, because it would be literal suicide to do so. I’m sure they have similarly strong opinions about my favourite progressive political parties.

That said, I don’t have a good actual solution, and at least arguing about things raises visibility and could sway undecided third parties. But at a certain point it becomes too exhausting to continue arguing all the time.

My eyebrows and eyelashes are long enough to touch the lenses of glasses; they were constantly smoodgey and greasy. It bothered me so much I got laser eye surgery lol

I couldn’t tell how serious you were being, sorry. Some people get weird about this specific topic and gatekeep the labels lol

All these job titles don’t really have a formal definition. Software engineer = programmer = software developer. Computer scientist sure does sound fancy though. There’s no committee that will say “actually you’re doing too much math to be a developer sorry.” We all do the code-y thing. Businesses seem to pick one at random based on seniority. I just call myself whatever my most recent job title was.

Your industry will affect your specialisation and skills much more than anything else.

- Software Engineer (Maths)

Rest In Peace your yellow and key black cartridges

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Is this doing anything for you?

You can see by which posts I’ve commented on recently. Feels diverse enough for my needs

“Lack of skill” is a bit harsh… the artist used the “mirror” tool as a time saving measure. Doing anything else would require redrawing most of the creature in a new pose, and I don’t really feel like it’s necessary for this comic

It is*

Yeah, some company I.T. policies ban password managers, which is extremely dumb… But also like, what’s there to do about it? Not my decision and we still gotta work.

I think I remember at some point putting my passwords inside an encrypted 7zip archive that itself had a password. No idea how secure that truly was, but it made me feel better.

Fear the catorrhoea a little bit 🤏

Art kid in math class