Death and the digital world is a weird thing. I'm of an age where I have quite a few people in my phone contacts who are now dead. What do I do, delete their numbers? It doesn't feel quite right. Ditto Facebook friends.
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 6 June 2021 12:13 (two years ago) link
239. Said that The Simpsons isn't as good as it used to be but it's still one of the best shows on television.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 6 June 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
240. Were excited that Family Guy was coming back from cancellation.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 June 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
241. patted Seth McFarlane on the back for moving forward, doing the work and fighting like fuck to defy the FCC
― deepfake chopra (unregistered), Sunday, 6 June 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
242. patiently counted down the days/hours/minutes/seconds until the Olsen twins' 18th birthday:
https://i.imgur.com/ctgqkjz.jpg
(ironically, of course!)
― deepfake chopra (unregistered), Sunday, 6 June 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
Celebrity Boxing
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Sunday, 6 June 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
243. Tried really hard to get Firefly uncancelled*
*Joss Whedon has obviously since been cancelled
― a hoy hoy, Sunday, 6 June 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
2580, right down the center. SEND― Tracer Hand, Saturday, June 5, 2021 5:37 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, June 5, 2021 5:37 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Dialed down the center with 1-800-CALL-ATT?
― peace, man, Monday, 7 June 2021 12:11 (two years ago) link
Bob Weaddababyeetsaboy
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 12:22 (two years ago) link
TIL 1-800-COLLECT still exists
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 12:37 (two years ago) link
when Mr. T and Carrot Top dominated our commercial breaks
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 7 June 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
lol apparently a 6 minute collect call on 1-800-CALL-COLLECT is like 42 bucks now
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
a strange return to the early 20th century, when long distance was insanely expensive and barely used, and provided largely so AT&T could claim it offered some special public benefit justifying its monopoly ownership of local phone companies. who is the target market for ludicrously expensive collect calling in 2020?
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 7 June 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
prison inmates
― Bnad, Monday, 7 June 2021 19:06 (two years ago) link
ugh. god our society is fucked.
― Bobo Honk, real name, no gimmicks (Doctor Casino), Monday, 7 June 2021 21:20 (two years ago) link
that makes sense. sadly.
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Monday, 7 June 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
244. Watched movies with Tobey Maguire and/or Elijah Wood in leading roles.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 7 June 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
It was neat when they told Tobey to act natural when filming on a street, and so he did finger guns, went into a club, did a line of coke and started dancing on a piano in Spider-Man 3.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 02:01 (two years ago) link
244. be reminded of the existence of Sven Goran-Eriksson and Lembit Opik on a regular basis and not just when this happens
I can't believe this is real https://t.co/8t9wVfZac5 pic.twitter.com/r3VlPQ0VtG— Patrick Maguire (@patrickkmaguire) June 8, 2021
― soref, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:00 (two years ago) link
lol wtf!
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:09 (two years ago) link
Speaking of the 2000s, I interviewed Opik when I was a journalism student in 2003, and found him super inspiring and likeable. I spent the day with him on a secondary school visit. Even then he was undoubtedly a self-obsessed goofball, but the kids were rapt with him, and he gave a speech about the importance of getting involved in politics, campaigning, not being apathetic, etc. that was as inspiring as anything I've heard on the subject. His subsequent career as a triple-z-list celeb, Sunday Sport columnist, and holder of bad opinions is an utter embarrassment, obviously, but also a real waste of a talent that probably wasn't that apparent to many, even himself.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:13 (two years ago) link
245. visited Stileproject for proto-edgelord vibes
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:25 (two years ago) link
246. extremely relatedly, thought 'pimps' and 'hos' were funny concepts to roleplay as middle-class white people
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:42 (two years ago) link
lol #245
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
247. Often thought about, but couldn't quite explain why "Stuff White People Like" felt extremely racist while trying to be the opposite
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 11:01 (two years ago) link
248. Saved Karyn.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 13:57 (two years ago) link
249. Bought string quartet tribute albums
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
250. Consider 256mb mp3 players with LED displays serious cutting edge shit. More of a self-own here because I was well behind the curve on music players.
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
251. Shagged Ariane
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
252. Laughed at cross-dressers. ("I'm a LADY!")
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
Of course now all the disablist/anti-trans/racist blackfacing elements are indefensible now, but really they should have been at the time as well. Not that I'm getting on my high horse here. I only boycotted it on the grounds that Lucas/Williams are horribly unfunny performers and absolute despicable wankers to boot.
― calzino, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
253. Not automatically lol when you thought about Joseph Kony and the Lords Resistance Army
― Fart low, sweet chariot, Coming for to carry me home (Bananaman Begins), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
lol @ 251, had completely forgotten about that particular gem
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
254. Ran a spyware scan on your parents' computer and removed bonzibuddy.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
(Today: help your parents use spying apps from google, apple, facebook)
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
My in-laws once asked me, in the 2000s, to look at their computer because it was “going slow”. Literally a full half of their Internet Explorer window was bullshit toolbars, because they always clicked Yes to everything.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
374a. used physical tickets to get into events
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
471b. lots of fast food places didn't take debit cards yet (at least in the early 2000s)
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
258. Yelled "Whazzup!" at each other
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:06 (two years ago) link
259. Yelled "Nice one Brova!" at each other
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:07 (two years ago) link
xpost I have a friend who said that to me a week ago, and she's only 25 - she woulda been like, a toddler when that came out.
but she didn't know it from the original commercial - did it appear somewhere else recently?
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:07 (two years ago) link
260. "Bud...Weis....ER!"
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:08 (two years ago) link
260b. worried that the frogs screensaver was a virus261. still used a screensaver
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link
262 sent people links that hijacked their screensaver with pr0n/frightening old ladies/space invaders.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal)
In the UK there was still a smattering of smaller food outlets and shops that didn't until the pandemic!
― chap, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 20:39 (two years ago) link
honestly I kinda wish nobody did, I'm more cognizant of how much money is leaving my bank account if I'm physically handing someone currency rather than a card.
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
263. Crunk264. Melidramatic Popular Song
― Fauna Sukkot (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 10 June 2021 23:58 (two years ago) link
265. still waited for The Avalanches to release a new album266. gave up on waiting for My Bloody Valentine to release a new album
― scanner darkly, Sunday, 13 June 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
267 said that it was “like buttah”
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
from an snl sketch that ran from 1991-1994
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 14 June 2021 17:20 (two years ago) link