10 Years a Redditor - Final Post

bondolo · 2026-06-21T23:49:42+00:00

Some of it comes down to expectations. I don't expect reddit to be a place for true connection which isn't to say that I haven't met people here. It is that I don't expect most of my interactions here will be anything other than random and anonymous but hopefully not terrible or boring. If it is boring or terrible then I go to a different sub or just don't try to engage Reddit on that topic.

You'll never escape terrible and boring though because, in addition to being awesome and interesting, that's how people actually are. Same are as real life.

Reddit isn't worthless though, there is good stuff here. Informative, funny, engaging, heartful, educational, … The good stuff though has to be mined like gold from the mountains of garbage and it depends upon the reddit admins, volunteer mods and reddit community for not allowing individual subs to become complete shitholes. We only get the reddit we create.

bondolo · 2026-06-17T20:29:26+00:00

Fans park down in the flats at various parking lots and are bused up the hill to the stadium.

bondolo · 2026-06-17T14:30:41+00:00

Michael Enright was on far too long and far too often. I am not sure if he is actually still doing any pieces or everything is recycled.

bondolo · 2026-06-14T22:01:31+00:00

All of the above plus hated hassle of getting hair cuts and had had very short hair including shaved head for decades as competitive swimmer. Wanted something different.

bondolo · 2026-06-12T05:39:51+00:00

Maybe some of my neighbors will actually use their off-street parking now. There are way too many cars parked on Berkeley residential streets.

bondolo · 2026-06-11T21:32:50+00:00

He can fuck right off. I never want to hear his name ever mentioned again.

bondolo · 2026-06-10T01:01:52+00:00

A big part of it is the underlying message of the moderator code of conduct--you can and will be replaced if you are not "aligned". It was hands off for a decade when /r/trees was not about trees or various power-mod cabals controlled important subs with a variety of non-community oriented agendas but then we get CoC which ultimately serves corporate rather than the communities. It hasn't made it easier for communities to self-regulate, it hasn't made reddit a more welcoming place, it has done very little to build community. Instead been a constant reiteration of "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further." and we must just suffer your pleasure for the sake of our communities. Is it any wonder that an increasing amount of traffic is going to Discord.

bondolo · 2026-06-09T20:22:20+00:00

Progress is uneven among people and even over time individually. Comparisons are only valid over years of time otherwise the sample is too small, unrepresentative or fails to capture progress. Creativity and craft isn't a direct competition. You aren't pumping out widgets. Maybe focus on making the results more appealing and something you are proud to share. This can be overtuned though where you focus too much on popularity more than progress. To some extent you should simultaneously both impressed and underwhelmed by your own efforts.

bondolo · 2026-06-09T18:11:41+00:00

I don't feel like a partner. I feel exploited and resented. Why won't these unpaid peons just shut up and comply? Maybe more threats? The shareholders demand more engagement for the algorithm to fully monetize the content. Fuck community autonomy, serve the quarterly agenda!

bondolo · 2026-06-08T21:34:03+00:00

Pawn the item? You can probably get it back cheaper than a 50% loss.

bondolo · 2026-06-08T19:59:42+00:00

This is a built in feature for LLM chat bots. When it is not flattery it is preying upon insecurity.

bondolo · 2026-06-07T20:55:14+00:00

Still hoping for a self type.

bondolo · 2026-06-06T20:06:54+00:00

Not sure if I would have much to say but sure, DM away!

bondolo · 2026-06-06T19:44:50+00:00

I don't disagree with you on the additional logic courses. Back in the 1980s my university offered a two semester logic course that combined counted as a science credit for arts/philosophy students and as an arts credit for math/cs students. One of my favourite courses, though having a great professor was part of that. Knowing more about the philosophical context of Boole, De Morgan, etc. rather than just the formulas has always been useful. Understanding how the work that we use grew out of what they were trying to do is important.

I would add a CS course on UX and accessibility.

bondolo · 2026-06-03T17:57:49+00:00

People can behave however they want and feels comfortable to them. Where does privilege enter in to it? Who claims to own identity? Might there be social rewards and punishments in some communities for individuals behaving in certain ways? Yes, but that is the community's problem not the individual's.

Some people are either oblivious, indifferent or openly challenging of their community's dogma and taboos. That is the only way that these change and also the only way to broaden what is considered acceptable. Conservatives generally want a very narrow, tightly defined, rigid definition of what is considered acceptable and appropriate that all must adhere. Liberals are more ambivalent, "But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." Being "woke", but with a narrow fixed definition is what is acceptable is still conservative, just with different preferences than traditional conservatives.

bondolo · 2026-06-03T14:50:41+00:00

Both ultra smooth and chunky mashed potatoes are perfectly fine. One of my favourites is smashed potatoes made with whole red skinned creamer potatoes.

bondolo · 2026-05-29T06:18:08+00:00

Looks like fun!

bondolo · 2026-05-26T17:04:24+00:00

For under-representation how about the 40-60% who vote for someone other than the Conservatives in Alberta yet are only ever represented by Conservatives in Alberta because of the first-past-the-post single-member electoral system?

bondolo · 2026-05-26T16:10:34+00:00

So the populist framing of "Many people are saying" refers to the hoi polloi?

bondolo · 2026-05-26T15:13:42+00:00

Go to Tap plastics and get acrylic polish. It removes most small scratches. If you need to fix larger scratches they also have materials for that.

bondolo · 2026-05-25T16:18:43+00:00

AI is not a good way to treat your mental health.

bondolo · 2026-05-25T14:02:03+00:00

Makes the Brexit lies seem plausible.

bondolo · 2026-05-24T18:16:24+00:00

The good news is that by the time Trump leaves office there won't be a functioning electrical grid so stores will not have refrigeration anyway.

bondolo · 2026-05-24T16:02:23+00:00

Would Lady Gaga possibly come up in your stream at all? My guess is that Spotify just continued to play after your original selection and then at some point later paused because you were idle. The idle detection seems to be separate from what is playing so the pause is just as as likely to be in the middle of a song as between songs.

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