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The basic strategy of all addictive technologies is very simple. They make you feel extra capable, they addict you, then they make you feel inadequate without them.

-Mike Monteiro (via)

"And suddenly an entire industry is telling you that you’re not capable of moving through your day without their help. An entire industry gaslighting you, until it becomes easier to just gaslight yourself into believing that you were never truly capable of things you are very much capable of."

What streaming has done—it’s very convenient, but it’s taken the feeling of going hunting and turned it into we’re all just being fed. We’re all farm animals that are just being fed, and we’re being fed content. You can just stay home. Just stay home. We’ll just feed it to you. No wonder everyone’s depressed.

—Don Herzfeldt (via)

besweetbyjapanesebreakfast

Hey guys LiveJournal is rumored to be going down permanently, this guy is archiving pages and communities for people for free if you ask. He has a program to do it yourself but will help you if you only have a Mac and can't run it or something. Takes some time but 100% legit

LJ ArchivrI helped create an application to help those interested in Archiving archive their user & community Livejournals. You can find

into-september

It's still up ATM but welp, and please remember that Dreamwidth can import your entire LJ.

moviesludge

i never used this but if i had I'd want to know about this

ancientsasswarrior

Back in the day I used LJArchive which is of course old and only available for PC but it's an option.

rickmoya

End of an era.

Boosting for LJArchive mention (to my, what, four active followers, at least two of whom are barely old enough to have used LJ)

stuckinapril

When was the point that you knew you overstayed your job . Is it when u felt absolute dread clocking in every day or was there another seismic moment

stuckinapril

New reblog game but it’s what made you so sick of your job it lit a fire under your ass to quit

kivrin

When I realized the things I was thinking about my workplace exactly mirrored things people say about an abusive partner. "They can be so great! No one else would put up with me! There were bad times but things are better now!" (Narrator: THINGS DID NOT STAY BETTER.)

#worked in a restaurant as a trial run to opening my own #guess what I realized I didn't actually want to do #quickly learned that cooking for customers doesn't bring the gratification that cooking for family/friends does #plus it was a 45-minute drive each way for a buck more than minimum wage

karvina

parents around the globe are listening to some shit loud as fuck on the Tv

rickmoya

My wife (my kids' mom, yes) goes to bed before me every night, but not without pausing her show and throwing me the remote. So I take a little time browsing around, deciding what I want to watch, and OH MY GOD WHY IS IT SO LOUD

so yeah

— Alton Brown (Food for Thought, p. 244)

apropos of nothing

#Youtube

6 & 7 for the ask game 😈

you had to, didn't you

6. What's your go-to way for sneaking vegetables into your diet?

Do I sneak? I don't actually know. Like, it's not always (or even typically) disguising them; they're a part of the stuff I make. I do a fair number of stir-fries because it's an easy and flavorful way to put vegetables on a plate. When I grill, I throw on peppers or zucchini along with the protein. My kids love soup, and their favorite I make has kale in the name. Or in the summer they like salads with chicken on them. Keeps things easy.

I guess that's the actual answer: I have kids, and so I want to teach by example the importance of eating well-rounded, so I feel obliged to make sure there's at least one vegetable in every meal. When they go on trips with mom I eat like an animal (bowls of meat or beans with some sauce on, adult kibble style).

7. How many times in your life have you moved?

Whoof. OK.

Parents' first apartment to their first house, age 2

Parents (mom and stepdad this time) bought a bigger house, same city, age 19

Year working in Japan, age 22

Came back and moved in with my fiancee, age 23

Moved together (married now) to Orlando, age 27

Moved as a family (with one kid) to Las Cruces, age 31

Moved as a family (two kids now) back to hometown, age 34

Moved into our current house, same city, age 36

So not as much as I thought. But I also didn't count the three college dorms I lived in, because I didn't have to move out of my parents' house for that — I just had to take stuff to campus. (I'm still counting Japan, even though my parents kept my room while I was there, because college was in the same city where they lived and Japan was, like, not.)

#am i playing the ask game right

apolladay

Bam! You're dead! Are you ok with wearing your ghost outfit forever?

yes

Voting ended onApr 7

#cargo pants and black t shirt #yeah it's fine #except no shoes? maybe

ancientsasswarrior

Ask game for people in their 40s

What supplements are you taking that are actually working for you?

What's the last weird question you asked the doctor?

Do you have a pillbox and if so what does look like?

What's your bedtime?

When's the last time you went out on a weeknight after dark? What was it for?

What's your go-to way for sneaking vegetables into your diet?

How many times in your life have you moved?

Are you still willing to go to standing-room-only concerts? How long are you willing to stay?

How's your mobility?

Favorite/most common reason to say "I'm too old for this"?

Best thing about being over 40?

rickmoya

Dang, I read half of these questions and realized how deeply in denial I am about my age. Bedtime? Supplements? Regular doctor appointments? That shit's for old people ... like ... me.

But then: I've always been old. Standing room concerts? Leaving my house after dark? What am I, a junkie rock star? Even when I worked nights at a newspaper in my 20s I was trying to persuade the after-work drinks to come to my house.

I guess that's the best thing about being in my 40s: so are most of my friends, and they no longer shame me for wanting to go home at a reasonable hour and watch a cooking show.

supermarketcrush

what's a book you read as a teenager that was so magical and personally profound to you it literally changed your life, doesnt matter if the book was actually well written or not. mine's probably the catcher in the rye

#weekend by christopher pike #see also: ayearofpike #this was the beginning of a beautiful obsession

incognitopolls

(2/2) What genre was the last NONfiction book you read?

Computer and information science

Philosophy and psychology

Religion

Social science

Language

Science

Technology

Arts and recreation

Literature

History and geography

Something else

I don't remember/I've never read a nonfiction book/show results

Voting ended onApr 2

We ask your questions anonymously so you don’t have to! Submissions are open on the 1st and 15th of the month.

#communication social science and technology #Extremely Online by Taylor Lorenz #almost done with it

so it’s healthy

Why does my carne adovada burrito have a PlayStation cheat code on it

Trying hard is cool. Caring about stuff is cool. Nobody does anything worthwhile by accident.

–James Pumphrey (via)

"We gotta get over the fear of trying. The fear that this isn't me. The fear of your friends making fun of you. Because guys, your friends are gonna make fun of you no matter what. If they don't make fun of you, then they aren't your friends."