blivet

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[–] blivet@artemis.camp 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Why do you say that?

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, I try to buy stuff from brick and mortar stores. I figure that even if it’s a big box store at least there are actual employees working there who live in my area.

But I can’t even find the kind of underwear I like at any physical store near me. Even online, Amazon seems to be the only place that stocks it.

The same goes for the style of jacket that I prefer. I’ve spent months looking everywhere, and the only place where I've found even an approximation of what I want is Amazon.

I’ve noticed that even in big box stores nowadays the selection is pretty limited. You'll see a wall of racks full of the same item. I don't know if it's supply chain issues or if they've just decided that it's not worth the trouble of trying to stock a variety of items that only appeal to a relatively small number of people.

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I suppose the idea is that it’s possible that someone has written several books in the past, and wants to sell them on Amazon now.

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Its been okay, if a bit stale, but this was one was disheartening.

Yeah, I feel the same way. The other episodes were all right, although a bit heavy on the memberberries, but this was just awful.

I haven't seen every episode of Futurama, but I've seen the vast majority, and while more than a few haven't been my kind of humor, this is the first one I've seen that I thought actually sucked.

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 11 points 2 years ago

In retrospect it’s amazing how the nicotine addiction causes you to accept hocking up giant wads of brownish-black phlegm every morning as entirely normal.

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I guess Wenner is such a fan of these guys that he’s lost all perspective. I mean, I’m a big Stones fan myself, and I think Mick Jagger is pretty clearly a smart guy, but a philosopher?

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 0 points 2 years ago

What is the proof that thurstyark's uncle did not have COVID?

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 8 points 2 years ago

I think “asshole” is a pretty common type.

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I watched the first season when it first aired way back in the 90s, and I've seen random episodes here and there since. I recently decided to watch the whole series, and I had forgotten that a lot of the writing is just not my kind of humor, which is why I lost interest back when it was new. Even so, there was enough good stuff for me to keep watching, but I'm in S5 right now, and I've definitely noticed a drop off in quality.

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I agree, but I think a significant portion of the population has become genuinely detached from reality. They may be awful people too, of course.

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 1 points 2 years ago

I didn’t say they would.

[–] blivet@artemis.camp 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

They are mentally ill. Those are not the actions or speech of a sane person.

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