Is it not enough that trees look better?

IDK why you have to choose one or the other, though.

“We are the Borg. Your ass will be assimilated. Your kinks and pleasures will be added to our own.”

You’re a monster if you’re putting syrup on cereal!

Hey, age 30 is when I started to feel like “a real adult”.

I hope the people saying things like “30 isn’t that old” are trying to reassure you but communicating badly.

Unfortunately, none of the things you listed are things you can do anything about. I mean, you obviously can’t go back and re-live your 20s! What you can do is consider missed opportunities and such as motivation – keep an eye out for things in the next decade you don’t want to miss.

Obvs I don’t know everything you’re going through, so I’ll just say: good luck.

Perfect for your ice cweam sundaes!

Indeed, that coworker ended up getting a different job around the end of the year. I’m 50/50 on “good for him” and “too bad” – he sounded excited about the other gig, but he was cool. I miss working with him.

LOL, well-played.

Fair! Personally, I’m ok using my own phone for 2FA vs. getting a Yubikey or something. 2FA apps nowadays frequently have the flow where you tap a button in the app instead of copying down a 6-digit code. I like the convenience.

Pretty much anything involving Intune can GTFO, though.

Slack huddles?

Ha, I remember a coworker doing something with Jitsi back in 2020. He described it as ‘being stuck in Jitsi-jail’!

See also celery?

I think this might be a Kleenix vs. tissues type thing for some people. All syrup gets called “maple syrup” regardless of provenance? Then “real maple syrup” vs. “the fake stuff” makes a bit more sense.

Damn, now I want pancakes…

Hmm. I just went to Target’s website and searched “maple syrup” – even though they have a notoriously bad search, the first row of products were actual maple syrup. The second row had a mix between “pancake syrup” and actual “maple syrup”

OTOH, searching “pancake syrup” was the opposite – 5 corn syrups before any actual maple syrups.

My cat was the opposite. He longed for adventure! Excitement! The great outdoors.

I’d take him on walks on a little cat harness. He was perfectly happy to roam. I think we got 4 blocks away one time before I finally had to say “Look, cat, it’s getting late. Time to go home again.”

He was a very good cat.

Now I’m wondering if Data ever brought Spot to the Holodeck. “Computer, run program Spot #7” (looks like a farm setting with space-squirrels and such)

Now you’re just contradicting yourself. Good day, sir.

Again, these are fictional stories. They’re not real. If you don’t understand that…I don’t know what I can do for you.

That’s all very fine and good, but what does it have to do with the price of tea in China?

California required manufacturers to produce EVs

Ah, that sounds somewhat familiar. I’d never heard those cars referred to as “compliance cars”, though.

My Immortal

I had to search this one. Bad fanfic?

Regardless, they’re both just stories. It seems like that point gets lost anytime “canon” comes up.