Gotta extract more value from the reduced user base. Think Netflix. Plus, they gotta recoup AI “investment” costs, and the remaining people on Xitter are predominantly mouth breathing rubes.

Add that to foresight only as far as the next quarter and it’s the most logical recipe for success /s

Cipro is brutal. Last time I took it 2 days in I felt like my tendons were disintegrating. I couldn’t even pour myself a cup of coffee without crying.

I was able to take it a couple times before without too much issue, but Jesus it doesn’t play around.

Don’t mess with cats, example 38385848692919593

They’re not building PCs but they are buying/using laptops, and, to a lesser extent, prebuilts. I’ve also built a few gaming PCs on request from otherwise “casual” consumers though that’s a smaller portion of the market.

Once upon a time, video game consoles offered the convenience of plug-and-play gaming, and living room comfort.

Not everyone wanted to build a PC and play with keyboard and mouse, and even still playing those PC games can be a hassle to set up on a TV if you’re common-denominator-levels of tech unsavvy. (Read: not the average Lemmy user)

Valve has brought that forward some with Steam Deck and eventually steam machine but by and large most PC gamers are Windows users.

That said, console platforms have gotten so increasingly hostile towards customers between pricing, licensing, download times and walled-garden tactics that they’ve painted themselves out of an increasing chunk of the games market.

People would rather set up a computer and a controller than buy a console, and it’s the corpo’s own fault.

Accelerationism.

It was actually just an excuse to see the meme collection. They knew 👀

My thoughts exactly. It’s like the TV equivalent of a gym membership.

People who refuse to exercise critical thinking skills, which is a terrifying percentage of the population.

Not that it matters to her worth as a person ofc but to be honest she’s still pretty imo. Aging is not this horrendous thing to be avoided at all costs. ¯\(ツ)/¯

Antimeme?

These sorts of issues are precisely why I didn’t move to Piefed.

Lemmy devs are…well, notorious. But as far as I can tell their opinions aren’t baked into the software the way PF’s seems to be.

Piefed feels too much like a Reddit clone with its moderation style and vote/“reputation” counting for my tastes. For the people who like it there, more power to them.

Only once the sun came out and dried up all the rain.

Lesson: it’s okay to give yourself a break and not burn yourself out by pushing through futile conditions. 🤓

Because kids love gross-out humor? Lmao

Nearly every 4-10 y.o. I’ve known in my lifetime had “fart,” “poop,” “butt,” and “booger” as their top most said words of the day. The remainder was yammering about their favorite TV shows and books/toys. And bugs. And rocks.

Can I grab all three and run away, Florida Man style?

I can hear this image

Can’t say I’d personally touch it lmao but if you’re happy with it, then that’s all that matters 😄

The best distro is obviously:

I think OP’s account was made exclusively to make this aneurysmpost

So -

Rest of the world: Metric

USA: Imperial

?