Because business types eventually ruin everything.

Exactly - go in for a pack of socks, come out with socks, a hotdog, and a nine-foot TV.

I guess most phone users aren’t bothered by this

Bingpot!

I would say “non-lockable” means can’t be locked, and “unlockable” means can be changed from locked to unlocked, implying also being lockable.

But to answer the question, yes we are making up language as we go along. For one thing we’ve always done that, but recently the trend has accelerated as people strive to reduce complex ideas to simple, overgeneralized slang to avoid having to think as much or do as much thumb-typing.

Because all I need to know is if my battery looks low enough to worry about, like the gas tank gauges on most cars. Nobody needs to see the exact number of gallons or liters of fuel they have left. “Close to F great, middle fine, close to E bad” has been doing the trick for well over a century. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with people who like seeing an exact battery percentage, but it really isn’t necessary.

I click “Don’t recommend channel” whenever I detect bullshit, like if the word “banned” is in the title. Those are never about anything that was actually banned.

And yet none of the boomers I know think or act like that. Whaddya know - people are individuals and aren’t defined by the public perception of their generation. It’s almost like people deserve for you to treat them as the individuals they are instead of regurgitating memes about them.

Exactly, it’s the abject willful ignorance that angers me. It’s not like the facts aren’t there, but profiling is easier than thinking.

Boomer here, the first moon landing happened before I started high school. The same “greatest generation” that fought the nazis also brought them into the space program. Please get your fucking history straight.

Right, cuz of course the Young Republicans are a myth.

Yeah it’s not like boomers showed up for anti-war marches, anti-racism marches, environmental marches… no, nothing like that, we just said “fuck you entitled brats”. This manufactured hate is as ignorant as criticizing young people for not having kids, or thinking they all sit around eating avocado toast.

Makes sense, but “Youtube making the best possible effort to detect AI slop” would be heavily douchevoted.

Isn’t the AI “slop” detector also AI?

I kicked a trumper out of my D&D group after I finally got of tolerating his shit. He thought Trump would be better for our economy. No regrets.

Same goes for any sub - that’s what the Block feature is for, folks. Not necessarily to insulate yourself from different points of view - some subs are just the same shit over and over.

The little engine that p’tach tlarrggma’ggogth

Seems like a couple summers ago Texans were sweltering for lack of electric power to run their AC. Checking grid capacity should have been the job of whichever branch of state gov’t handed out these 1800 permits. Was the approval fee a box of steaks?

In Sweden you can park your bike anywhere without locking it. Of course you shouldn’t because it’ll get stolen, but you can.

You can make one million dollars and never pay taxes! All it takes are these two simple words: “I forgot”. That’s right! And it works for other things as well: “I forgot armed robbery was illegal.” - Steve Martin

Dem jappaleeno peppas is da bomb.