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  • oppy1984@lemm.eetomemes@lemmy.worldA real Cronenberg.
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    3 days ago

    When my dad asked me when I’m going to meet a woman and start a family I responded with “first of all I couldn’t afford to start a family, second I have your DNA and mom’s DNA, I’m a genetic minefield. I honestly think it would be a hate crime to pass that on.”. A few years later I got my dog and dad and his wife call her “the grandpuppy” and they get her treats and toys for Christmas and her birthday.










  • oppy1984@lemm.eetomemes@lemmy.world[crumbles into dust]
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    18 days ago

    2001, Dre’s album drops, nobody has it yet. In walks the kid who has a T1 line and a 5 disc CD copier with a spindle of discs. He sits down in homeroom, puts the spindle on his desk and says Dre’s new album five bucks right here.

    He sold out before the end of the day, made a good amount of cash, and was racking it in for months getting people albums that they requested because none of us could get it work with our slow connection. Of course when the two competing ISPs upgraded their networks later that year, he lost the majority of his business, but for a few months he was our pirate savior.




  • Sadly it’s just not working. I’ve spent time evangelizing Signal, I’ve responded to SMS with invite links to Signal and a message that I’d prefer to use Signal. Just a bunch of no’s and one “just grow up and text me back”.

    It reached the point where I could tell I was pissing people off so I gave up. Now if messaging apps come up during a family gathering I just say “you know I recommend Signal” and leave it at that.

    I’ve had people refuse to do or adopt something just out of spite because I pushed too hard, I don’t think they would go that far here, but better safe than sorry.