Glen Malley
@glen_malley@mstdn.ca
Canuck in Tokyo forever | Frequently rambles about tv, food, booze, shitty net radio | Relentlessly contrarian
“smart enough to be fun, dumb enough to be shameless.”
- Pronouns
- he/him
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
Huh, whaddya know, Ontario *is* larger than Texas.
Replying to @glen_malley@mstdn.ca
But this isn't too surprising. Being "fine" is not enough anymore, especially for the media establishment which is always ravenous for controversy and outrage.
Things can only ever be the best thing ever or the worst thing ever. Because anything less doesn't get clicks.
Man, the media is just loving pushing this whole "Supergirl bombed" angle. Most of the actual reports from actual people watching that I've seen have been "it was fine". But unless something is a huge success, it's an instant bomb, and the media will push that hard to make it so.
I should know better than to click on a fanart post on reddit while in the office, even if it's not marked as NSFW. Especially in the #BaldursGate3 community, which is the horndoggiest goon-squad that ever gooned.
I dunno where you work that a watercolor back shot of Minthara in skimpy string lingerie is not NSFW, but good on you I guess.
Replying to @solsetur@famichiki.jp
@solsetur I dislike change to an unhealthy degree.
Replying to @solsetur@famichiki.jp
@solsetur It is constantly freezing and taking forever to do things. I don't know why I don't just change...but I kinda hate doing everything on the web these days.
Honestly, I hate to say it but the desktop application of Outlook is considerably worse than the web version of the same thing. Like atrociously so.
Replying to @glen_malley@mstdn.ca
@chad Any thoughts on making this a setting?
I've temporarily fixed it using the Stylus extension to override the CSS, but a permanent method would probably be good.
Replying to @AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca
@AmeliasBrain @announcements
Agreed. I appreciate the sentiment, but being able to turn this off in the settings would be more appreciated. The red accent looks not-so-great on glitch theme dark mode.
I very very rarely watch movies these days. My backlog of films is just obscene at this point. But I watched a movie tonight, and I couldn't help but notice at the very end of the credits, in with the disclaimers and "no animals harmed" and shit, the very last line was "This film may not be used to train AI"
Is that normal now?
Once you move everyone's social lives online, they become subject to the same pressures as everything else online.
What gets the clicks wins.
Outrage, controversy, weird and strange, over the top filth.
Until eventually everyone is a "quirky extra weirdo who tells it like it is and isn't afraid to get spicy" just like everyone else.
They shut down the coin laundry in my neighborhood. I never used it but it usually had people in it every time I walked by.
Anyway, they've replaced it with what appears to be a mid-range French restaurant.
Really doubt anybody needed another one of those.
The temptation to have a nap is very strong. But I've done absolutely nothing today except wake up, so why am I still so tired?
