“Dont use your phone while driving, its super distracting and you can kill people while not paying attention!”
Also: “change your AC fan and temp settings by clicking on this app, popping open the menu, then touching these precise button areas on the screen”
No, thats just a non-american opinion.
I think its derived from the line-graph you look at where the stock price increases (value over time) and instead of the usual zig-zag up and down, as it skyrockets in value the trend line starts shooting up (towards the sky) as if its on a trajectory to hit the moon.
At least thats my understanding of the origin.
Fantastic, thank you!
A blind spot i know i have is that i grew up without social media and the internet as it exists now, when i was a teen the internet was a place to spend some time playing goofy games on newgrounds or neopets, maybe downloading some movies or music from Limewire or Kazaaar.
I have no idea how i would have gone growing up with this insidiously tailored and hyper addictive environment, honestly it feels like giving every kid their first hit of heroin in high school and sending them on their way.
So i get why kids might be both ‘thank you’ and ‘fuck you’ in equal measure, but just like heroin there will be plenty that never recover, and it all could just be resolved by reigning in the social media companies.
I have so many questions…
What happens when they get waterlogged from rain, mouldy and warped?
Did they ever have issues with termites?
What is the black abyss below him, is he on a stack of wood that is casting a shadow or has the ground texture.png not loaded in correctly?
Being the early 1900’s, did workers smoking while stacking wood regularly cause fires?
I think you may be gettting US information interference, our 240VAC grid is well enough to charge even from a standard 10A GPO (standard socket outlet in your house).
Things are a little different in the USA where the grid is 120VAC and they would be getting literally half the speed we do, and then they would want a larger outlet connection or hardwired dedicated charger which can deliver T2 charging speeds.
Ususlly denial and repression
Ah so google is behond this…
But the beauty of our preferential voting system is you can keep voting greens #1 and letting your vote flow onto the next best option/s until over time the greens (or your party of choice) can build up numbers to contest as ruling party, and leave the conservatove parties behind. You still get the not-quite-so-shit government in the mean time, but progress is happening.
I hate to be the person thats is all like “as a parent…”, however - to me having to leave early, come in late or take a day off to deal with kids being sick, appointments or just daycare/school drop off/pickup is worse.
The premise of this feels like “smokers get a break so why shouldnt we?”. But realistically my work is still there, i am stressed about the thing i havent done that should/needed to be done that day, the amount of work i now have to catch up on and the extra stress of trying to get the ‘non-work’ things done as quickly as possible so i can be back at work to get through my workload.
And ontop of that, you likely had to cut your work time short because your kid is sick or hurt and you are also stressed about that, its not like you jump in your car and start whistling to the radio heading home early.
So yes, i think a non-parent should have just as much flexibility as a parent, but thats a conversation to have with your boss and not some guilt you try saddle on parents when they cant be at their workplace for their full X-hours per day. I would never make a coworker feel guilty because they left half an hour early a couple days per week to go like practice for their sport or hobby or something, so afford the same respect for someone who has ‘child commitments’ instead of your ‘leisure commitments’ because they arent the ones saying you cant take time off too.
Funny thing happening in Australia at the moment is that analysts are suprised by the millenial generation not shifting conservative as they age, instead holding onto progressive values and its showing in the current political sphere.
Turns out if you take away people futures via income, housing/rent affordability, cost of living, etc that people are actually committed to making change.
An article on the topic if your interested. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/millennials-rewriting-the-rules-of-australian-politics/106050836
I think i would like to contact her regardless…
My dad always used to say to me “how much is this gunna rip me off” when looking for the price tag/sticker in store. I didnt realise this was tounge in cheek until when i started to venture out on my own, i said this to a shopkeeper and got this look from him… Instantly realised my mistake.
Those little monitor bracket clamps vs the edge of that desk…
Plot twist: its because they never properly cleaned the prep area, the fridge was too warm and the employees didnt wash their hands regularly when switching between the cash register and food handling.
I think the headline was cut off, “of society.” is missing.
And what, we get the one universe he writes without a cool magic system?