So that was a resounding success, after a few days of using Pixelfed I found a local coffee roaster that I had no idea existed, and I’m browsing beautiful pictures with virtually no influencer pollution. There’s the occasional scantily clad OnlyFans type of post every so often but it’s okay.

The lack of posts pushing stuff on you is such a breath of fresh air, it’s scary to see how social media has become a vehicle to shove marketing at you, subtle or not.

I really hope it won’t change as numbers grow.

You should start worrying when you go boioioioioinnnnggg and crave nachos

Say no more

Poor Eugene didn’t deserve to be dragged into this. Leave Mr Krabs alone!

Personally I think the environmental impact and the sycophantic responses that take away the need for one to exercise their brain are my 2 biggest gripes.

It was a fun novelty at first, I remember my first question to chat gpt was ‘how to make hamster ice cream’ and I was genuinely surprised that it gave me some frozen fruit recipe along with a plea to not harm hamsters by turning them into ice cream.

Then it got out of hand very quickly, it got added onto absolutely everything, despite the hallucinations and false facts. The intellectual property issue is also of concern.

Nice, I don’t feel so bad about my RX 560 now

No I mean it works perfectly fine but - it’s absolutely my fault for getting a 60% - I cannot deal with all the shortcuts and hotkey combinations. Like, the up arrow is the same key as ?, and when I was on Minecraft trying to ask a question I’d end up repeating myself because I’d hit enter as soon as I finish typing my ?. But of course the blasted thing thought I wanted the up arrow (loading the previous message sent).

Anyway that’s just me being a plonker, there’s nothing inherently wrong with Royal Kludge keyboards. Except the name maybe 🤔

Well TIL my Royal Kludge RK61 keyboard is aptly named! I hate the bloody thing

A picture you can hear!

RIP John Redcorn, we miss you sug

I love weird and wonderful things. In Switzerland they have Rivella, made with milk whey. Deliciously refreshing.

In Czechia they have Kofola, the BuyEU poster drink. It looks like a cola drink but the taste is fairly different in a good way. They have cherry and lemon variants too!

I had the most delicious coconut flavoured fizzy water in Lanzarote, the brand name is Firgas, I believe it is a Canariense brand.

Japan has Calpis, don’t mind the name because this stuff is insanely good! It’s a tangy yoghurt based drink. The Korean equivalent is Milkis, equally delicious.

Talking about Korea, Lotte makes a pine bud drink (sorry can’t link to that one!) and it’s such an unusual and refreshing drink I really recommend it. They also have sikhye which is a drink made of fermented rice (amazake in Japan, jiuniang in China). And on the topic of rice drinks, Woongjin morning drink is superb, it’s a bit pricey outside of Korea but so worth it.

Now for the number one in my heart, the drink I could inject in my veins because I like it so much is Liptonic. It’s a fizzy ice tea and it’s a crime it’s not available everywhere.

Looks like Mulder and Scully will have to make a comeback!

Superb interview! I had boulder dash on the nes as a kid, I loved playing it but never made it past the 2nd world

When I did my first aid training they explained that the deeper layers of the skin were still burning if you don’t cool the burn long enough so in order for the cold water to be effective, you need to cool it down for ages. Maybe not 30 minutes, although it depends on the severity of the burn.

I actually put that to the test, I kind of burn myself regularly cause I’m a clumsy oaf. One time I put my wrist under cold running water for 10 mins, and there was no blister in sight the next day!