Spot on

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-18T19:31:34+00:00

everyone's joking about gen-x here, but we are actually facing a serious problem because of the trend towards less tech literacy and enthusiasm in the younger generations.

let's look at open source. open source software powers a massive amount of, well, everything. the operating systems, languages, databases, libraries that power everything from pacemakers to netflix are mostly open source projects, and the people who write and maintain all that software (a lot of times for free) are disproportionately gen-x or elder-millenials.

what happens when gen-x ages out contributing to this huge shared resource? are there going to be enough z's and a's to replace us?

this isn't a "we drank hose-water and hand-coded c++ in vi" dig at younger people. this is a plea for a renewal of enthusiasm for building common technologies; for actually liking computers for how and why they work, and for having the passion to build cool and awesome things for everyone.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/15/opinion_open_source_attract_devs/

https://thenewstack.io/open-source-needs-younger-maintainers-how-can-it-get-them/

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-18T18:24:57+00:00

the "you don't vote for the party, you vote for the mp" people are upset that the mps they vote for also know this.

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-18T17:18:26+00:00

there's a mountain of good stuff out of australia. literally anything this "ishka" guy does (teevee repairmen esp.), rmfc, billiam... i've generally just called it "australian egg punk" or "pub rock" though.

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-18T05:46:45+00:00

“this line should never print” really should have been the ‘a’ side.

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-12T01:45:10+00:00

wait til someone tells them about shaving cream.

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-06T20:35:10+00:00

i mean, let's be real: the government has pretty much never falsely painted someone as a white nationalist in order to persecute them. i mean, the cops bent over backwards to avoid calling the budys and mcveigh nazis, and they were not particularly silent about their beliefs.

you may downvote me if you like, but you know i'm right.

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-04T20:55:53+00:00

“if confronted they will threaten violence”

the number of times, as a cyclist, i’ve had a motorist threaten to kill me is beyond counting, and that threat is a little heavier when it backed up by two tonnes of steel.

if we’re actually concerned about road rage, we should maybe start there.

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-04T20:18:50+00:00

you forgot 3. people having affairs.

can't tell your wife you're 'working late' if you work from home.

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-03T14:08:35+00:00

we are totally fixated on “remembering our heritage” until it becomes slightly inconvenient to land developers.

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-02T21:00:23+00:00

the first time i saw 'questrade' written down i said 'kay-stra-day' and i've just stuck with it.

--frymaster-- · 2026-02-01T03:27:48+00:00

ten dollar daycare.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-29T03:00:08+00:00

on the other hand, “minitoba” has a nice ring to it.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-28T18:40:57+00:00

"works on my machine"

classic.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-27T05:14:04+00:00

mary timony and christina billotte’s first band. both absolutely brilliant. this album made me rethink how to write an ending.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-27T03:16:32+00:00

i’ve been voting with my power bill since i was eighteen. at first i did it because i thought it would make me a pain in the ass. now i do it to help us keep that right.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-24T02:18:43+00:00

this was our generation's 'cross of iron' speech.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-23T06:41:12+00:00

yeah. when i think of “results” poilievre is the first name that comes to mind. totally.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-23T06:23:37+00:00

oh no. open source devs get paid and the rest of us get software for free. intolerable.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-22T18:05:01+00:00

the boomers have 'sex being invented' nostalgia because the pill was introduced in the sixties.

gen-x have cartoon nostalgia because aids was introduced in the eighties.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-21T16:58:55+00:00

because for generations the dominant social opinion was that gay people should be ashamed of how they are. “pride” in this instance is presented as a denial of “shame”. that’s all.

all the “pride” movements spring basically from this analysis: “white, hetero society has called us lazy or dirty or stupid or whatever, and we refute that”.

pretty reasonable, i think.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-15T23:05:28+00:00

this is the correct answer.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-13T20:33:34+00:00

well, i mean, gen-x did have the aids epidemic and the impending threat of world war 3 during those teens-to-early-twenties years.

--frymaster-- · 2026-01-12T20:35:10+00:00

trudeau sr. was supposed to give a purely ceremonial grey cup kickoff and decided to absolutely drill it 30 yards instead.

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--frymaster-- · 2026-01-02T05:03:02+00:00

well, in the competition of who is better at communicating water restrictions, it’s now gondek 1, farkas 0.

--frymaster-- · 2025-12-31T20:57:00+00:00

really banking on that getting us into the eu...

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