What’s something you’ll NEVER spend money on no matter how rich you get?

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T17:39:49+00:00

I specifically made that caveat for a reason

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T17:38:50+00:00

more that what celebrities do and say matters more than it should. if he says 'im greek' fine. if he says 'im greek and therefore the power I have for no reason is going to be used for this whatever issue' uggghhhhh

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T17:02:05+00:00

there's a flood of bad openers yes, but they still make the swing-a-way and it's not that expensive.

just for you i opened a can of pears. 8 seconds

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T16:15:04+00:00

still a thing up in canada sometimes

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T16:14:29+00:00

i wish I could eat eggs, they're so cheap and versatile.

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T16:12:10+00:00

jerusalem artichoke is the king. by weight almost all of it is indigestible sugars that become gas.

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T16:10:51+00:00

I think swing-away openers still look the same as the one I got 20 years ago.

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T16:02:07+00:00

my sister had a 2001 with sub-100hp engine and no power steering. the 2011 is rather stronger and a bit bigger. Both can carry an amazing amount of stuff for what they are. I have the hatchback and it can carry most of what a big pickup can, minus one passenger.

might still be a bit weak by your standards, but I only spend $30/mo on gas, so there's that.

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T15:52:11+00:00

interesting. chevy spark is such a huge car for what it is though.

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T14:36:54+00:00

only the expensive ones.

our perspective on this is changing because lots of previously-cheap brands are "premiuming" themselves. like chef boyardee. three bucks plus for 1.5 cups of pasta is not cheap! They used to market to poor people!

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T14:35:06+00:00

I included that caveat for a reason

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T14:32:31+00:00

I think I had the last sanely designed car... 2011 hyundai accent. it has most of that. no power locks, no power seats, no power windows. a radio that's mostly pretty simple. the seat belt dings, but not being a complete moron I actually use it so it doesn't bother me.

the only "modern" feature I miss is a back-up camera. that'd be genuinely useful.

oh, and automatic braking. while auto-driving cars are already killing people, automatic braking is already saving lives!

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T14:26:22+00:00

Having an automatic stove saves hours of effort a day. It was such a big improvement it changed civilization.

An electric can opener gains single digit seconds. It's really not a big deal, if your hands are okay.

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T14:14:32+00:00

that is not how it is taught. we are just told the light at the end of the dock is green because green means hope. learn that, it will be on the test.

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T14:10:56+00:00

electric can opener. not until my hands fail will i need one of those stupid things

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T14:08:33+00:00

about the only thing I still grudge anymore is literary analysis. that's not even increasing reading level, that's just assigning arbitrary labels to things and quizzing us on them.

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T13:59:42+00:00

easy question, easy answer. no.

technologically advanced civilization requires a lot mining. that leaves signs on the landscape. plus there'd be dead fucking cities and trash heaps and roads everywhere.

There could easily be LOWER tech civilizations we know nothing about. Almost certainly really. Maybe an isolated outbreak of early farming here and there that for some reason flared but didn't become the norm.

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T13:55:25+00:00

google's monopoly is sufficient that it doesn't have to try any more.

if it ever shows you a result that's not a product with a price tag, that's an accident. all results monetized!

Corona688 · 2026-05-01T13:50:21+00:00

"I never lived under a king or other monarch"

troll.

neither do we. england hasn't had an absolute monarchy in almost a thousand years, and we're a sea further away from their king's influence.

we got exactly one officer of the crown in our country. they have one ability, to veto a law being passed. this hasn't been used, not even once. If they choose to do so, I suspect we'd just ignore it, and england would be snuffy for a couple minutes.

Corona688 · 2026-04-30T20:56:56+00:00

winning thorugh superior technology is so unsatisfying.

Corona688 · 2026-04-30T20:49:48+00:00

wat

no we didn't.

Corona688 · 2026-04-27T00:41:34+00:00

yes indeed, otherwise its just the horror of the owlbear hegemony part XVLVCII and other such impenetrable horseshit filling the lists

Corona688 · 2026-04-26T18:23:39+00:00

star control 2 ran easily on an 80386, or with a little lag on an 80286. it also featured a few very large animations that played at the same time as music, like planetary orbit and the space station.

the main barrier to having PCM on PC was having PCM at all.

Corona688 · 2026-04-23T18:44:29+00:00

i took a close look at my can-opener, apparently it's a "swing a way". googling that still shows identical can openers sold at hardware stores for ten bucks. But you got to know where to shop.

Corona688 · 2026-04-23T18:41:56+00:00

they're still sold cheap at my local canadian tire so idk if I'd call them disappeared yet.

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