It’s pretty obviously a troll account.

Why don’t they care?

Because the status quo works for them. Anything else is a you problem.

This answer applies to a broad swath of topics.

Now now, let’s not be hasty…

When I was in grade school we loaded up Logo and wrote scripts to make the turtle do abstract art.

is old

>_>

I do use DDG as my default. I was using “googling” for the sake of making a witty remark. Even so, the results are usually comparable - the first couple dozen results are mostly AI/SEO slop.

I used to be good at googling information I needed. Then Google changed what googling does.

…dammit.

Well phones already vibrate so they’re ahead of the curve in that regard.

I’m waiting for the twelvefold myself.

And if artists can’t make money of their music anymore, we’ll really only get music from rich people who can afford the lessons, instruments, recording studio, production, etc. as an expensive hobby rather than a source of income.

Ding ding ding

Username checks out.

As someone who grew up with a 20-some inch CRT in a console format (think TV-as-furniture that sits on the floor and not a TV that sits on furniture), and then eventually got a 19" hand me down for bedroom use… yeah, the commonality of enormous flat panels still makes me shake my head in wonder sometimes.

That said, when my parents’ 27" CRT died about 10 years ago, we gave them our old 55" plasma. It was hilariously oversized for the space. But it was free (to them) and we made it work.

Also you can’t ask them why they did something, they have no capacity of introspection, (…) they just make up something that sounds plausible for “what were you thinking”.

It’s uncanny how it keeps becoming more human-like.

And Prodigy.

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A lot of my favorites are already on Nebula. I’d ask the rest to follow but that would require a google account.

if you’re in academia you should be able to produce a five paragraph essay.

So, K-12 is “academia” now?

Being able to produce a narrative is an essential life skill.

Lots of essential life skills are difficult for lots of people. Something we get reminded about every time it comes up by people who have no clue what they’re talking about yet see fit to tell others what they should and shouldn’t do, and how to feel about it.

The world isn’t going to cater to you

No fucking shit.

your self diagnosed executive dysfunction

I’m sorry Dr. Jackson, I’ll have to let my old neurologist, psychologist, neuropsychologist, and psychiatrist know that The Internet told me that the assessments I had done at ages 23 and 44 are all in my head.

learning to adapt is probably a useful habit.

You’re right! I’m just going to do that instead of being in constant psychological agony. Where were you all of my life? ❤️ If only I had someone talking down to me saying Just Do The Thing over and over again, from childhood onwards, life would have been so much easier.

🤡

…so you just gonna leave everyone in suspense? The internet loves armchair psychology!

Hi,

I would have failed every single one of your tests. Not because I don’t understand the material, or the English language, but because structured writing, to this day, makes me seize up. Blank space is one of my biggest triggers for executive dysfunction/PDA. Turning everything into a cookie-cutter essay is just a different form of trying to fit everyone into the same box. More selective than making everything multiple guess, but no better. I feel bad for your students.

Signed,

Former “gifted” kid (with then-undiagnosed AuDHD) who got sick of bad teachers 30+ years ago

I’m middle aged. I have friends, some of them since high school. Everyone I know is stretched thin, either barely getting by or dealing with situational crises that otherwise drain what reserves they once had. And those pulling the strings seem content to keep tugging. Shit is either going to explode or collapse.