This is the exact line I was gonna quote too lol, this story is very specific and fun to read

It was always going to end this way.

The weird man-lifts used to get a side eye from me

I really wasn’t with the initial comment elsewhere. Oldish brain full of too much stuff shortcutted a real vague memory straight to “yeah that guy Tim Apple” lol

Not quite invisible but you could also splash and wade into a pool of strong acid thinking it was water, during what first seemed like a somewhat routine FUBAR maintenance situation…filling your boots etc.

Yeah this sounds REAL off.

😔

Hmm nah, “Tim Cook”? I don’t think that’s right, pretty sure it’s Tim Apple…

(tries to save face by pretending to double down on the “silly joke”)

Thanks, really worried for a few there that I was cracking up

Wait a minute…

Cool! Who pays for that? Game developers / publishers or more like game focused media outlets?

The one saving grace is that their one-off custom damn shit always feels well designed, and they move a lotta units (which helps with repairs when everything is GD custom). Dunno if that’s changed in recent years.

With that said I avoid them for personal use usually for the same reason, why have a desktop if you don’t get the benefit of parts compatibility?!

Crap DOUBLE WAIT I’m now realizing Tim Apple wasn’t a real guy’s name, dammit RIP my other comment

Wait is “Tim Onion” a silly joke riffing on Tim Apple (think that’s his name) at Apple?

But don’t you see?! Those increased expenses will just be passed along to the scammed!

(No actual point here just thought it was funny to compare to the logic we hear for not punishing other abusive businesses)

Blech, I’ve heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.

More gut bacteria for the rest of us, that’s what I say!

There’s precedent for it, that’s exactly the (thankfully moronic) dumb shit that happened the last time they had majorities like that. This feels different this time, with the Supreme Court and such, but who knows. Lotta self centered people imagining themselves on top…may amount to little. One can hope.

Lol ay! This is how we do things at our house, sleeping arrangements are up to each individual each evening. Might sound really weird for folks who’ve never done that, and it does have some things to watch for (can accidentally drift toward a more roommate like relationship dynamic if we don’t put attention toward avoiding that at times).

But sheesh the freedom to just go get a solo night’s rest at will with no hurt feelings? Took some careful communication (and some accidental hurt feelings along the way, to be clear) to get here but it is GREAT, we both love it. Really reduces friction in other areas of life when better rest is an option.

Yeah, I hear that. I do think his extreme narrow focus is a legitimate and severe neurodivergence, he’s not going to like…stop being that way, ever, to any degree. It’s how his mind is shaped I think, he doesn’t even enjoy music, laughter, actual human warmth, even just alcohol, all things broadly considered to be the most human things. There’s no room for anything but his bizarrely narrow drive.

Whether there are people in his orbit who have learned dangerous things is a more troubling question, one we can only really hope is tempered by his unique extreme toxicity (and hopefully in this case the massive inertia of all the many people in branches of govt who’ve made that their career and have a personal interest in the status quo).