True. A decade or two earlier might have been different: All the historical examples in this thread had my mind locked in to the twenties or thirties, not the fifties!

This is a British book, though

This is a train, though

Huh, TIL about xeriscaping

Oh, it definitely seems like it is in need of repairs. But the article also says the contractor talked Trump out of a “Bahamas turquoise” color for the liner, so I feel like this is at least a little bit of both 😅

Is it Zima blue?

Jokes aside, this says so much about the way Trump sees the world. It’s a pool, so it must look like a swimming pool because that’s all he knows.

Took me way too long 😅 I had apparently managed to suppress the memory of that whole train wreck…

“Sea legs” would have been my suggestion

For context this was a REAL ad campaign from tech startup Artisan, that was plastered all over the Bay Area (and later elsewhere, including internationally) last year.

Lots of planes have in-flight wi-fi these days, so instant messages are fine. Looks like iMessage in the OP, so I’ll rate it as plausible!

Exactly! The EU digital wallet spec is perfect for this: It allows for granular info like “is this person older than X years”, which is exactly what we want here! Not what Meta wants, obviously, but fuck them.

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that the problem is not the technology, but who controls it.

If we actually taught digital literacy in schools, and democratized access to technology, people could be making their own software made for solving problems instead of capturing attention!

That is, indeed, the joke!

In more ways than one!

I think that goes in bags regardless?

Norwegian here, absolutely hate the stuff! Your description is spot on from my experiences.

Mildly infuriating?!

boils down to

I see what you did there!

Valid point! And yeah, there is a lot of furry content on here, NSFW or otherwise 😅

FYI, the Voyager app has a “hide all NSFW”-setting. Saves you from having to keep up with all the new content!