Get a burner. Browse some boring content with it: few business websites, maybe some sports scores, maybe snap some photos of landscapes and dogs on the camera roll.
Then you have a functional phone and piece of mind. Making the phone feel “lived in” probably isn’t all that important, but I think it’d be easier to explain than a factory stock pay as you go phone.
That holds true by the transitive property. It’s just good math.
Flavored water does feel like cheating. It’s really just water.
The birthday paradox comes to mind.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
Unless someone can prove some malicious intent, I think it is just as valid of a birthday as any other day.
You need to do damage control. Being short in all caps to a friend trying to speak with you is rude. The only real move is to apologize.
I killed Instagram and Whatsapp recently when Mark started buddying up to Trump.
Deleted Twitter shortly after Elon took over, which bummed me out since it was a good place for software development information.
Quit reddit after the API ordeal when I didn’t want to use the official client.
I was a long time user of each platform, and I was bummed when I had to leave each.
Now I have bluesky, lemmy, mastodon, and some occasional discord servers I hangout on. I miss Instagram as a time waster, but I’ll survive without funny dog videos and fitness models.
I agree, people need to be able to focus on something else for a few hours on a Sunday.
The cumulative price increases are noticeable. Grocery receipts feel like they are $25-50 more expensive for the same stuff.
We buy a dozen eggs every other week, so that specifically isn’t impacting us much, but in the store I usually take note, and say damn under my breath when I see the $7+ ones.
The only solace I can find in this situation is that the worst ones will likely do something dumb and end up back in jail.
Yeah you’re correct
My favorite part is the US government, with its massive intelligence agencies, is trying to shake down its employees to discover their own org chart.
I feel like one is a set of boobs. The other is a man, fully erect as seen from the front at a direct angle (business end pointed towards your mouth as you approach the door).
Places with gendered bathrooms should stick to icons that make sense. The place can do something cutesy too, but have a real bathroom sign.