Brah’s probably not a fan of this clip…

https://youtube.com/shorts/TVfMndcXk8c

Just wait until they get banned from reddit, get them to sign up and show them the Boost client (that used to work on reddit) and away they’ll go. That’s how i did it :-)

The NME (popular British music paper) had a website with a chat room/board that I was active on in the late 90s. I was about 17.

They also gave you free webmail with a @nme.com address, so you felt like a music journalist. Unfortunately, they shut it all down out of the blue in the 00s, with little warning, so I lost my primary email address. Would love to recover all those messages, but they are gone forever.

Sounds like that plot line in the TV show Silicon Valley

Funny but relevent:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLfT0ULotrs/

Yep. It’s somewhat ingrained in UK culture, at least for people of my gen. I’m 48 this weekend, and plan on staying in with my fam and maybe having a few beers. But that’s only because I’m off for a city break with friends next week to see The Beta Band and basically eat and drink for 2 days. Can’t wait.

Wow. I was just going to snoop around people’s houses…

Sorry. I was out of my element.

Too late, I’m already banned

That’s just like… your opinion, man

Great list. The Princess Bride somehow passed me by. Is it one of those movies you could watch now and enjoy, or more something that you enjoyed at the time and therfore still holds up?

Yeah, I get what he’s saying, but I agree. I think we’ve lost a lot in this post-nuance world. It’s kind of like saying you wouldn’t watch American History X because it’s got nazis in it.

Starlink, sadly, is essential for many rural communities. But yeah, everytime we sign up one of our properties at work to one it always feels like a Faustian pact.

Work-wise fairly awful. Dodgy software and shitty MS updates resulted in hundreds of users having debilitatingly slow logins, and as the IT department we had to respond rapidly, which we do anyway, but we were also hounded by angry managers. Fortunately we’re on it today and all has gone well. Plus there was the sweet salvation of beer and family boardgames over the weekend.

Now that you mention it…

Turns out I only have one kidney. Went in for a scan of my bladder (which was fine), and the nurse doing the scan just casually mentioned it. I had no idea. I was 43 at the time.

I hear you. But then does the existence of some sort of higher purpose/unknown science necessarily imply everlasting life?

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I was a bit annoyed for a while. I made it worse for myself by trying to actually evade my ban using a VPN etc, but I hadn’t appreciated how sophisticated they are these days and once you’re banned you’re banned for life.

It’s odd to me, as when I first started using it throwaway accounts were common and it was a fun place to an anonymously comment on stuff. I might try and rejoin when I next upgrade my phone, but I understand they track your Google account and various other identifiers so maybe it’s to call it a day.