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Of course you realize that English is a Germanic language? Therefore it is you who have strayed from the proper words. 😉
Noah Caldwell-Gervais. Thank me later.
BenLeMan@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are the modern design trends you hate most?3·10 days agoI feel like they’ve gotten better over time. And some settings you’re really only supposed to be changing if you know what you’re doing.
You know you’re going to be suffering the FOMO until you do it.
BenLeMan@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are the modern design trends you hate most?22·10 days agoDialogues that don’t require clicking OK to apply my selection. What if I change my mind or click the wrong thing?
Here’s a past annoyance: help text for BIOS settings that was like
Tronic memory catalyst conversion ratio: Sets the ratio of tronic memory catalyst conversion.
O RLY? 🤔
BenLeMan@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are the modern design trends you hate most?10·10 days agoBlue LEDs are eye piercing, especially when they are always on and you are trying to sleep in the same room.
BenLeMan@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are the modern design trends you hate most?22·10 days agoUsers are lazy AF and hate to read. No matter how instructive the error message, some people would rather open a helpdesk ticket because “the computer isn’t working again”.
It says right there your USB drive is full and suggests deleting some files to free up space, Karen! 🤨
Cries in 4K monitor
Seriously, I love the concept of NewPipe but the low resolution bugs me too much. I’m holding out with Firefox and uBlock as long as I can.
And guess what, if it gave me an ad free experience at an affordable price I actually wouldn’t mind paying for YT Premium.
BenLeMan@lemmy.worldto Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL about thought-terminating clichésEnglish261·19 days agoLet’s not forget the grand daddy of them all: The Lord works in mysterious ways.
Somewhat apropos I recommend watching Adam Curtis’ take on what he calls Oh Dearism:
BenLeMan@lemmy.worldto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Which NES soundtrack do you find very relaxing?21·20 days agoMy favorite NES “soundtrack” is Dark Side of the Moon, Brad Smith’s fantastic adaptation of the Pink Floyd classic for the NES console.
Great “use” of quotation “marks” and I’ll have one of each please. 😊
Some people just can’t handle being released from Plato’s cave.
For some people it is. Hell, there’s even a character in the actual movie who thinks so.
In fairness, you’re right. I just spent a few minutes looking at higher resolution images of the box and it does not make that claim.
That said, the meme captures the spirit of an era pretty perfectly. I still think it hits the nail on the head.
BenLeMan@lemmy.worldto TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•He was part of a pattern, you might say31·26 days agoMaybe that’s how it’s spelt in British English.
“Bathroom stalls with conveniently placed holes available on site. Come one, come all.”
Some people are Anna-Maniacs, I guess.
Fortunately, ours is a world in which virustotal.com exists.