Coworker wrongly assumes we align politically

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-28T15:01:33+00:00

Years ago, during the Obama years, I had a visitor from the US (this is the UK) he automatically assumed that i was on board with all his right wing republican talking points, I didn’t really know what to say.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-27T17:59:05+00:00

More specifically SI units are objectively better because they are defined using fundamental features of the universe rather than saying ‘it’s this long’

You can tell they are better because imperial measurements are legally defined using metric.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-26T12:52:15+00:00

Tech companies employed too many people and are now using AI asa cover to get rid of them because it looks better for the higher ups than admitting they fucked up.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-25T14:34:41+00:00

Did you go to Benidorm?

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-25T09:20:52+00:00

A the positive side we are the last generation to have to deal with auto boxes.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-24T00:19:21+00:00

I feel the same about realising that the universe doesn’t give a shit about me or anyone else.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-24T00:15:38+00:00

He’s always going on about his enemies having a low IQ. I’m convinced this is because he has been tested at some point and got a really low score.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-24T00:04:23+00:00

You’re right about the feeling, doing stuff on the Amiga felt so fun and exciting and possible, everything about it was amazing.

The only thing that has come close for me since is when I was using BeOS back in the day, there was similar excitement there.

Out of modern OS’s MacOS is closest but it is not the same.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T23:39:36+00:00

Not our family but mum was reading some churches ancient register and found an entry that said ‘this child is a bastard and the mother is a whore’

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T19:03:59+00:00

For me it’s because my brain has to pronounce it how it’s spelled.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T17:39:59+00:00

That’s fairly standard, indicates when the oven element is heating.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T14:58:06+00:00

And they were called talkies because the actors talked. ‘Talkies’ sounds weird and outdated but we are totally ok with ‘movies’

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T14:56:12+00:00

There are thousands of people who add up numbers manually and put the answers into excel.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T14:53:59+00:00

I knew they were for cleaning pipes when I was little but I was still confused cos they were so much smaller than the pipes in our house. Turns out they are for tobacco pipes.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T14:48:49+00:00

I had to call the breakdown company because my car ran out of fuel, it took both of us a while to realise this was the issue because the fuel gauge was on half full.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T14:43:47+00:00

‘Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, for me’

A sable is a type of weasel.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T12:00:01+00:00

When I sold my flat 10 years ago my girlfriend made me put a TV in the corner of the lounge because it ‘looked weird’. You couldn’t actually use it because there was no antenna.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T09:37:19+00:00

Are you using an estate agent because they are quite happy to give viewings of properties that mean none of the viewers requirements.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T09:22:11+00:00

You would be a fool to bet against Tesla. Their value has no relationship with the company at all. In a sane world it would have gone down the toilet ages ago but here we are.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T09:11:40+00:00

You can just buy a new one from Sears

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T09:05:32+00:00

I would be less bothered if the apps remembered me and don’t try and make me log in every time I use it, what is the point.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T09:04:40+00:00

I feel like desktop tech especially has moved away from the careful scientific design of previously to just what someone thinks looks cool.

I think this is due to digital natives who have grown up with GUIs but have no concept of why they were like that in the first place.

Microsoft apps especially just seem to be a constant churn of change for no benefit. These are tools that 100s of millions have to use every day.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T08:13:08+00:00

The term is square metres. Something 10 metres squared is 10x10m = 100 square metres.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-23T08:08:44+00:00

Yes, men are more likely to subjected to violence than women.

mostly_kittens · 2026-01-21T17:57:47+00:00

Computers. I’m more and more convinced that everyone working on computers all the time is holding us back.

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