Hangouts was so close to perfect before they blew it all up.

Now I’m using a mix of Chat and Voice and it’s terrible for everyone. Voice doesn’t even support RCS from what I can tell, and all my messages with iPhone users are full of reactions. It’s so annoying. I’ve had the same Google Voice number for over a decade, why is this so frustrating?

If you watch the behind the scenes stuff it honestly is pretty impressive how competent the movies ended up being. Yes, they are terrible, but they could have been a lot worse. Peter Jackson made them watchable, at least.

As someone who can never remember anyone’s name this is hilarious and somewhat triggering lol. That clip from the end felt like what I was doing last night at a bar with my wife’s coworkers. Just gotta deflect and dodge until somebody else says their name first.

Thanks for sharing.

Have some respect for those of us waiting for Xbox 🥲

I was a patient reader and just finished the last Expanse book last weekend (it was fantastic). Now I’m having to work very hard to remain patient for this game. I may buy it just to support the franchise and play it on my own time later.

“When you look annoyed all the time, people think that you’re busy.”

• George Costanza

I’ve lived by this advice my whole career and it’s never failed me.

The acquisition of upvotes is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better Lemmy and the rest of the internet.

It really did make my day to see it pop up here. Thanks for sharing, and glad you liked it.

Btw, meetings are work. If you spend a lot of time in meetings that does count as actual work.

This is so important. I know so many people that complain about people being “in meetings all day instead of working” or manager expectations are to be doing a bunch of stuff, but your calendar is absolutely packed with dumb meetings. Meetings are work, so if other work needs to be done then I need to be allowed to take that time.

And no, multitasking isn’t real. If I’m doing other stuff during the meeting then I’m not actually paying full attention to either the meeting or the other work.

Been in IT for over 15 years and this was exactly what I was thinking too. But the top is how I felt 10-15 years ago. Now, after years of dealing with the dumbest users and the craziest decisions from tech companies, I’m more Shaw than Picard.

Oh wow, I made this meme! So happy to see it shared on Lemmy, my new home 🥹

I feel like I’ve seen enough to say that this is likely real and you are probably correct. I’m struggling to figure out how to prepare for this though. Are there companies or industries that we should be investing in or something?

Lots of new, unique communities and the occasional titty? I’m sold.

Exactly. And it’s driving me crazy how many mods are caving. Like, I get that you care about the community and want it to continue on, but will it even be the same now that you know how little control you actually have? Will it survive the next insane, profit driven decision Reddit makes and refuses to negotiate on? Just rip the band-aid off now like /r/interestingasfuck and others did and let them remove you. We’ve seen that they can’t actually replace what was lost, so let them try.

And yet, extremely common.

It was a truly insane statement, and yet perfectly on brand for Reddit during all of this. I’m very happy that The Verge handled it so perfectly.

I’ve seen a few of these lately and it really is the best use so far. Bravo OP.

Oh it’ll happen. It’ll just be boring as shit.

EDIT: And cringe. Soooooo cringe.

We already have callbacks and inside jokes! I’m never leaving.

Seeing a lot of comments about them “abandoning the community” and it makes my blood boil. These people have worked for free for years and all they’ve gotten for it is more and more headaches. Reddit has shown what the future looks like for everyone on the platform. It’s authoritarian control from the dumbest motherfuckers you can imagine. Why keep investing time in that? They didn’t abandon the community,Reddit did. Moving on is the only option.

The first part of your username had me thinking you were wrong, but the last part checks out.