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Rob T Firefly

@ rob_t_firefly @lemmy.world

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  • Where did you learn everything you needed to know about online discourse?

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  • I still automatically think "YOUR .SIG IS TOO HUGE!" when reading modern work emails with rows upon rows of name, job title, company, contact info, disclaimers, embedded graphics, etc. at the bottom.

  • What are subscriptions that are worth it and subscriptions that are not?

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  • I'm happy to be a direct supporter of creative people whose work I enjoy; think Patreon and similar setups.

    I find that making small monthly payments to a handful of independent folks who do work I love and who directly appreciate my support to be far more satisfying and worth it than subscribing to a wealthy and powerful media conglomerate thing which feeds me a bunch of crap the majority of which I don't care about.

  • What's something that, after you had it, you immediately wanted another?

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  • Dates with the person who became my wife. (Fortunately, she felt the same way.)

  • What's something that, after you had it, you immediately wanted another?

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  • I've always felt that owners of dogs and/or cats should have more than one, so they have one another to interact with when you're not home. They're meant to be social creatures and, assuming they don't happen to incompatibly hate each other (which can happen), it's a lot nicer and healthier for them than just leaving a single pet home alone all day.

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    Why does philosophy education make people uncomfortable?

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  • Those crappy old chairs in the classrooms have no lumbar support.

  • [de] Chatting with right-wing extremist “paedophile hunters”: Group hunts down suspected pedophiles. Their fantasies also target gays, Jews, and leftists. Reporter has been reading their Signal chat

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  • Or white, let's not forget that bit.

  • Disney Plus Subscribers Quit in Droves Over Jimmy Kimmel Axe

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  • Disney Plus Subscribers Quit in Droves Over Jimmy Kimmel Axe

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  • Imagine actual oligarchs and nazis staying in power because actual oppressed people love stories the oligarchs and nazis control about imaginary oppressed people defeating imaginary oligarchs and nazis too much to stop giving them money.

  • What is something that should have died out a long time ago?

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  • Teräs Käsi.

  • Devils Panties 09/12/2025

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  • Various Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, Neopagan, Indigenous, and other traditional religious practices include lighting a memorial candle, and it's also done by some in a fully secular manner without religious attachments.

  • Boromir, his hand in an O

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  • Table cat, screamed and pointed at.

  • What's a sci-fi thing you feel is achievable with our current level of technology that you'd love to see become a thing?

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  • While you're admiring a building which was there in 1925, you get run over by a car which is there in 2025.

  • Android’s most beloved launcher may be done for good

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  • The fact that the company forced him to stop getting ready to open source it strongly suggests they aren't interested in it being open sourced.

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    How do I increase reputation?

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  • Be good.

  • This is so wizard, Harry!

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  • "I'll try the Kolvoord Starburst, that's a good trick!"

  • Realistic Star Trek by John Goodman

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  • Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward

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  • Turning it on by default (opt-out instead of opt-in) is still a huge concern and needs spreading the word about.

  • What's the worst change made in a movie adaptation of a book?

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  • All the WTFery in that War of the Worlds thing Amazon just crapped out.

  • What's the worst change made in a movie adaptation of a book?

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  • Ditto the vast majority of Stephen King adaptations.