toynbee

My mom used to say “it’s cold on the tundra!”

There is not another.

I don’t see an issue with it. There are maybe a few things I would say differently, but every IT job I’ve worked has had poorer language in the documentation, even sometimes the ones we distribute to customers.

Didn’t she defeat Thanos?

My wife has only begrudgingly allowed me to maintain a welcome mat that says “Hi! I’m Mat!”

In ~2005 I was at a job that provided tech support to local hospitals. That’s the first time I saw this image and … It didn’t strike me as too unrealistic.

At that job I once spent seventeen minutes on the phone trying to help a nurse find the semicolon on her keyboard.

One should always wipe. I tell my 6yo this all the time.

Ah, I was expecting the rejection hotline. It never occurred to me that the White House has a general contact number, but it makes sense.

I know, but if I let reality impinge on my comments, it would get a lot harder to make stupid jokes.

Indeed. I know roughly what’s going on because back before I cared about privacy I set up a “Google Alert” for my name. Since my tastes developed, I’m glad he’s there to distract from anything notable about me.

Even better - you give me yours and I’ll call you so you don’t have to type it.

Non-countable? I think some vampires might disagree.

I also thought Thor relevant but I can’t find anything to support that.

One time I was chatting with a woman who told me she was single. I’m still not quite sure if she was, but she had a kid with the claimed ex. However, the ex - or whatever he was - found out I was talking to her and left a voicemail threatening me.

I don’t remember what he said exactly, but I do remember one detail. She and I had only talked online and over the phone. I never gave any really location specific information to her, just my first and last name and phone number. In his voicemail, he said “I will find you. I will Google your ass!”

Even now, if you Google my first and last name, you get results about some CEO, not me. I’ve never tried googling my phone number.

It’s been a lot of years, but I thought it very strange going from Maryland (where the exit numbers corresponded to mile numbers) to Delaware (where they didn’t, but I don’t know if they do now).

One thing I love about lemmy (and I promise there’s no sarcasm here) is that I can post about numbers being used and someone will respond “here’s why numbers are better!” I genuinely enjoyed and appreciate your post.

I strongly agree with you!

One fun fact I learned years ago is that, in many if not all states, exit numbers correspond with mile numbers. It seems to be pretty common knowledge, but not universal.

I’ve been in a committed relationship for a long time, but before I was, I used to drive fairly long distances for dates. A few times I was able to impress my prospective partner by giving them a fairly accurate ETA using mile markers, exit numbers, and my speed at the time.

… Most of them didn’t care, though.

Every interstate is a highway, but not every highway is an interstate.

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