This is probably a bit "I'm 14 and this is deep", but I was thinking the other day about how "pull down to refresh" is weirdly similar to pulling a slot machine handle. 😬
I don't think that was ever part of its design (didn't the Tweetie dev invent it?), but still.
Why would anyone opt in 😭
Is this just so they can wait a few months and say, "Not enough people were discovering this Great Feature, so we're enabling it by default"?
I've already been getting the itch to leave Samsung and try something different. I'm keeping my eye on the upcoming Nothing Phone 3, if it's genuinely a "flagship" for £800 I might jump ship.
Drink once if they ban face coverings because of this.
Drink twice if they somehow link it to hijabs and burqas in a skewed bid to "win back Reform voters".
Down your drink if they fuck up and do it around the time of the next pandemic.
Yeah, this seems to be the latest 'format'. I've been seeing a lot of "Thousands of Britons ordered not to open their windows on Monday"
Grok wouldn't fuck up the spelling so badly
I don't know if it can (or should) be done without the negative aspects. The internet is really dangerous.
Children can be introduced to baking in a playful way, but still need to be taught how to do it safely. You wouldn't try to do it without mentioning that the oven is hot, or that they shouldn't play with knives.
A good retail one: don't say "sorry for your wait." Say "thank you for waiting" or "thank you for being so patient".
Something to do with... it makes people feel good about themselves if they think they've done something for you, which in turn makes them more likely to keep being patient.
I've been thinking a lot about webrings lately. Now that Google is basically cutting off traffic from the indie web.
I feel like everyone's kinda having the same idea at the same time, which gives me some hope, but... it's difficult enough to find a ring to join, that I think most people will give up?
I don't know what I think the solution is. Centralising it and having a big, user-friendly "webring platform" is just inviting more enshittification. But the handful of webring directories I've found are really lacking.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Or, does anyone want to team up and make, like, a Gaymers Webring? (That's pretty much what I'm looking for.)