It was really fun when you'd get a Bulgarian banquet hall or two card tables in Liberia in a shack with three walls, accompanied by images of actual local foods and people enjoying them. Then it would turn around and give you a KFC in Peoria or some gyros shop in Glasgow or something. Gyros everywhere. So much gyros in this world, and I love gyros, but wow. Sometimes almost certainly not a restaurant. Local health department? Telephone store? Just a picture of a blank wall?
― peace, man, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 14:23 (five months ago) link
Referring to Random Restaurant Bot, there. Point being, it was a good and worthwhile account that I always looked forward to reading.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 14:27 (five months ago) link
nice of someone to port lag∞n's restaurant bot to bluesky, but if bsky becomes monetizable we have to come after this new guy
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 14:54 (five months ago) link
I just kept falling into the comments on political posts and obv "comments" everywhere are pretty bad, X was sinking to incredible new lows that were really depressing me.
I never responded or interracted, but I just had to kill the ability to fulfill the morbid urge to see what horrible people on X were discussing.
Absolutely why I had to stop using twitter, finally, as an act of self-care.
― impostor syndrome to the (expletive) max (stevie), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 15:25 (five months ago) link
imma follow you on bsky now dan
― impostor syndrome to the (expletive) max (stevie), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 15:26 (five months ago) link
Oh no, I thought it was lagoon’s :(
― steely flan (suzy), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 15:26 (five months ago) link
The first time I saw a body of a Palestinian is the first time I thought about quitting. Reading and collating matter on it (as I do with many things via twitter) as I have is enough.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 15:33 (five months ago) link
Many people have not been as careful; they have seen a lot of videos. What the effects will be are not yet clear, and won't be for a while.
(This is more widely on social media not just twitter)
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 15:35 (five months ago) link
Don’t forget all my posts are exclusively available at https://jklol.net/posts.html
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:14 (five months ago) link
yea that's definitely a problem for me too, a lot of the good folks on Twitter who hadn't left yet are posting about the Israel/Palestine conflict nonstop, and obviously that stuff is very important and needs to be exposed but it just depresses me so much to see it. I go on there for fun takes about LeBron James and videos from the Da Vinki twins, I don't really want to see the horrors of war alongside it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:19 (five months ago) link
huge fan of random restaurant and yes it's on bluesky, currently the only account i follow haha
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:19 (five months ago) link
I'm not opposed to people posting thoughtfully about what's going on, but soon as you hit the comments it's gotten noticeable worse and more offensive.
i'm here https://bsky.app/profile/danergy.bsky.social
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:44 (five months ago) link
brb adding silby's posts to a rss notifier
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:21 (five months ago) link
"remarks overheard in a random restaurant"
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:26 (five months ago) link
I have curated my Twit/X thing well enough so that I don’t see much objectionable/disturbing stuff.
― steely flan (suzy), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:28 (five months ago) link
i just don't like its candy-like negative addiction effect, and the way you can lose a lot of time there without realizing.
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:34 (five months ago) link
esp doomscrolling
Have curated it carefully but I want to keep with the detail in the conflict, which has meant that some imagery you don't necessarily want to see slipping through.
Though it's not a big enough deal to switch off.
Many others have absorbed an insane amount of images.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:36 (five months ago) link
― steely flan (suzy), Wednesday, December 6, 2023 10:26 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
its fine i dont mind at least they credited me
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:44 (five months ago) link
maybe ill make an account that puts silbys posts on bluesky
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:45 (five months ago) link
I’ll sue you!!
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:46 (five months ago) link
i will make a bot tracking your private jet
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:48 (five months ago) link
yea I regret having spent so much time on there during Trump's presidency, just felt like Twitter specifically was really good at giving you a steady stream of bad news and terrifying opinion pieces which just wound up being really bad for my mental health. I remember something Chris Hayes said about it back then, the fact that Trump was in the news so much and was saying a new horrible thing every day was just bad for everybody, it's not really healthy for people to have that much politics in their lives
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:49 (five months ago) link
yup
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:50 (five months ago) link
I only signed up for Twitter around the time of the 2010 UK general election and it was good at helping me find new/interesting people, and establish a lot of new friendships, then between 2015-19 those friends became even more important. I am also forever thankful none of my immediate family found me or searched for me there.
― steely flan (suzy), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:01 (five months ago) link
xp same same
― jaymc, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:02 (five months ago) link
lagoon, silby, I’d like to represent both of you in the upcoming litigation, to ensure that both perspectives receive equal representation
― i'm really excited to learning more", *sunglasses fly onto dog.gif* (z_tbd), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:02 (five months ago) link
i have a fake French name nobody can find me
― a very very unfair (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:13 (five months ago) link
Pierre Delecto
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:15 (five months ago) link
― i'm really excited to learning more", *sunglasses fly onto dog.gif* (z_tbd), Wednesday, December 6, 2023 1:02 PM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
bot court in session
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:32 (five months ago) link
https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social/post/3kfvn6snlp32y
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 21:55 (five months ago) link
my twitter feed is still pretty good. bluesky is sleepy
― flopson, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 22:09 (five months ago) link
me: German priest you have to stop. you smoke too tough. your swag too different. your bitch is too bad. they'll kill you German priest: pic.twitter.com/vs1gf3yfjW— ettingermentum (@ettingermentum) December 11, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 11 December 2023 08:12 (five months ago) link
one thing I've noticed lately is whenever a tweet like that goes viral, it either turns out to be stolen, or someone steals it from them word for word and gets way more engagement
obviously that's always been the case but it seems to be happening way more now and I feel like it's because Twitter is no longer a place of honor, perhaps in part due to being bought out by a guy whose entire shtick is stealing memes and cropping out the name of whoever made it
― frogbs, Monday, 11 December 2023 15:45 (five months ago) link
I've always seen stolen tweets on twitter. Not to say it's happening more often now.
When Musk does it say it's clearly stolen because there is no way he could be intentionally funny
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 11 December 2023 15:48 (five months ago) link
I want Musk to just tweet out "BOXCAR"
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 11 December 2023 15:50 (five months ago) link
i was using Twitter a lot for sports updates a few weeks ago and this one account tweeted out an impressive factoid tweet that got decent engagement, then found the same tweet copied word for word without attribution a few minutes after with about the same engagement as the original, with lots of "wow, astute observation" responses.
plagiarism is a new career choice for me
― STUPID CRAP FACE (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 December 2023 16:07 (five months ago) link
could see twitter paying people for engagement leading to more stolen tweets
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 December 2023 16:15 (five months ago) link
We are going to a tiered engagement system. Now instead of LOVE only, you get APPRECIATE, LIKE, LOVE, and REALLY LOVE. Also, there are negative versions - SOMEWHAT DISLIKE, DISLIKE, HATE, and HELL NO.
You will receive compensation in the amount of $0.04, $0.07, $0.09, $0.11, respectively, for appreciated posts, and you will be billed the same for any disliked posts. Invoices are due to be paid within ten days of receipt.
― STUPID CRAP FACE (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 December 2023 16:21 (five months ago) link
This is the most otm tweet I’ve ever seen from this guy. It’s going to be boiling piss for decades
it's almost always men who take this position. if your hosts take the time, money, and effort to host a party and request you dress a certain way, you either adhere to the dress code or not go to the party. *especially* if it's a wedding. that's their special day, not yours. https://t.co/lK1nijFtVv— derek guy (@dieworkwear) December 11, 2023
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Monday, 11 December 2023 16:47 (five months ago) link
fuck it the world still needs twitter
Vivek Ramaswamy appears to broadcast himself urinating during live X talk
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/11/vivek-ramaswamy-urinating-twitter-x-elon-musk-alex-jones
― lag∞n, Monday, 11 December 2023 17:36 (five months ago) link
xp are you trying to say that's an insane opinion to have?
― budo jeru, Monday, 11 December 2023 18:05 (five months ago) link
otm means “on the money”
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 December 2023 18:13 (five months ago) link
i know what it means. the part i don't understand is the boiling piss thing. i thought the implication might be, "this is as close to otm as i've ever seen this guy, so think how much worse all is other tweets are"
― budo jeru, Monday, 11 December 2023 18:16 (five months ago) link
you have to boil piss to sanitize it before drinking
― STUPID CRAP FACE (Neanderthal), Monday, 11 December 2023 18:20 (five months ago) link
― mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Monday, 11 December 2023 18:27 (five months ago) link
Neanderthal otm
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 December 2023 18:43 (five months ago) link
It’s a reasonable tweet, but people on the internet will absolutely argue about how any nod to convention is actually ableist, classist, etc. or invent totally new reasons why they don’t like your idea because they think it’s specifically about them. Wear whatever you like, people will react accordinglyYou could enrage people by saying something like “I feel driving an automobile is safest when everyone follows the posted speed limit” and get the same result imo
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 11 December 2023 18:56 (five months ago) link
Truly insulting to those with Hagaritis
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 11 December 2023 19:07 (five months ago) link
The sort of people who would go to lengths to 'craft their special wedding experience' by imposing a dress code on all those who attend are also the sort who insist on bridesmaids in matching gowns, groomsmen in tuxedos, and who cater their wedding complete with waiters and bartenders. Possibly they'll also hold their wedding at a destination resort requiring you to buy airplane flights and book expensive rooms. iow, exactly none of my family, friends or acquaintances, thank god.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 11 December 2023 19:22 (five months ago) link