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Have you also been embargoed from buying shift keys?

by Y_Y 9mo ago

reincarnate0x14 9mo ago
I laughed way too hard at this. Also, I can't even read some of these statements with a straight face because all the project and company names sound completely ridiculous when placed in serious sentences, it's like reading about embezzlement charges for Sesame Street characters.
- frereubu 9mo ago
  I needed a good laugh today and "reading about embezzlement charges for Sesame Street characters" gave me it, so: thanks!
- kevin_thibedeau 9mo ago
  Levar Burton did get into some hot water over the Reading Rainbow app.
  - reincarnate0x14 9mo ago
    Hah, really? He's a treasure, met him a few times at poetry readings and such. A quick search isn't bringing anything up but google has been failing me a lot lately. Or I'm failing at google a lot lately.
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    - mey 9mo ago
      Or Google is failing you lately. Seems like it's not a recent event, which Google is also REALLY bad at these days. https://current.org/2016/03/wned-and-rrkidz-trade-lawsuits-over-reading-rainbow-licensing/ https://current.org/2016/03/wned-and-rrkidz-trade-lawsuits-o...
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ptorrone 9mo ago
speech to text, with a newborn, replying to these and feeding her. i cannot purchase shift keys if they are on sparkfun, yes.
- deleted 9mo ago
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- Y_Y 9mo ago
  Weird that your STT doesn't handle capitals, but that's a good excuse. Sounds like you're having a challenging day, I hope my snarky joke wasn't too annoying.
  - deng 9mo ago
    > I hope my snarky joke wasn't too annoying Don't worry, he always writes like this.
    - komali2 9mo ago
      I think it's a trend among tech founders, I've seen some on Twitter doing it, and then a bunch of hanger-ons copying the behavior.
      - renewiltord 9mo ago
        You’re right. Sam Altman does this and others repeat it like people used to wear black turtlenecks.
      - palmotea 9mo ago
        Not just tech founders. Jeffrey Epstein writing is just atrocious. Like how does anyone habitually use a commas ,, like this? I've heard it referred to as a "flex," basically doing something stupid to rub it in that you can get away with it.
        throwaway81523 9mo ago
YackerLose 9mo ago
Typing in all lowercase makes you look more vulnerable, it's a pretty common rhetorical tactic in PR.
- bredren 9mo ago
  I had never noticed this before. Can you point at any examples? I have long noticed high profile people going to court with some kind of cast on, though.
  - gosub100 9mo ago
    I heard that altman does it. I don't care about him enough to check though. More silly gimmicks like holmes talking in a mans voice or jobs wearing the same turtle neck
- layer8 9mo ago
  Uh, no, it makes you look careless and unprofessional.
  - naasking 9mo ago
    How it's perceived is no doubt in the eye of the beholder. I can totally see how some people would associate this writing style with children, and so associate it with "vulnerable".
- fennecfoxy 9mo ago
  Agree, it makes it seem like the individual is "one of us" and that what they're saying is a little more raw/genuine. "They're being mean to me." vs "theyre being mean to me".
drcongo 9mo ago
I have no idea what any of this thread is about, but I'm sure the thing that I'm going to remember next time I need to buy something from one of these two is that one of them can be bothered to use capital letters, so I'll use them.
nanomonkey 9mo ago
some of us are anti-capitalist
- Lerc 9mo ago
  I was going to ask more about your philosophy, but after collapsing all of the other replies, I got to see what you were replying to. I fear the page formatting caused an entirely respectable joke to be lost to many people
  - Brian_K_White 9mo ago
    This whole thread is utterly ridiculous. I can't take anyone seriously who is sitting here saying they can't take someone else seriously over this, or even saying anything at all about it as though it were the tiniest bit significant. It's like Vance on Zelensky's clothes. Exhibiting high ignorance and triviality while in the very act of presuming to accuse someone else of being unserious.

Have you also been embargoed from buying shift keys?

by Y_Y 9mo ago

Have you also been embargoed from buying shift keys?

I laughed way too hard at this. Also, I can't even read some of these statements with a straight face because all the project and company names sound completely ridiculous when placed in serious sentences, it's like reading about embezzlement charges for Sesame Street characters.

frereubu 9mo ago
I needed a good laugh today and "reading about embezzlement charges for Sesame Street characters" gave me it, so: thanks!
kevin_thibedeau 9mo ago
Levar Burton did get into some hot water over the Reading Rainbow app.
- reincarnate0x14 9mo ago
  Hah, really? He's a treasure, met him a few times at poetry readings and such. A quick search isn't bringing anything up but google has been failing me a lot lately. Or I'm failing at google a lot lately.
  - deleted 9mo ago
    [deleted]
  - mey 9mo ago
    Or Google is failing you lately. Seems like it's not a recent event, which Google is also REALLY bad at these days. https://current.org/2016/03/wned-and-rrkidz-trade-lawsuits-over-reading-rainbow-licensing/ https://current.org/2016/03/wned-and-rrkidz-trade-lawsuits-o...
    - deleted 9mo ago
      [deleted]

ptorrone 9mo ago

speech to text, with a newborn, replying to these and feeding her. i cannot purchase shift keys if they are on sparkfun, yes.

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Y_Y 9mo ago
Weird that your STT doesn't handle capitals, but that's a good excuse. Sounds like you're having a challenging day, I hope my snarky joke wasn't too annoying.
- deng 9mo ago
  > I hope my snarky joke wasn't too annoying Don't worry, he always writes like this.
  - komali2 9mo ago
    I think it's a trend among tech founders, I've seen some on Twitter doing it, and then a bunch of hanger-ons copying the behavior.
    - renewiltord 9mo ago
      You’re right. Sam Altman does this and others repeat it like people used to wear black turtlenecks.
    - palmotea 9mo ago
      Not just tech founders. Jeffrey Epstein writing is just atrocious. Like how does anyone habitually use a commas ,, like this? I've heard it referred to as a "flex," basically doing something stupid to rub it in that you can get away with it.
      - throwaway81523 9mo ago

YackerLose 9mo ago

Typing in all lowercase makes you look more vulnerable, it's a pretty common rhetorical tactic in PR.

bredren 9mo ago
I had never noticed this before. Can you point at any examples? I have long noticed high profile people going to court with some kind of cast on, though.
- gosub100 9mo ago
  I heard that altman does it. I don't care about him enough to check though. More silly gimmicks like holmes talking in a mans voice or jobs wearing the same turtle neck
layer8 9mo ago
Uh, no, it makes you look careless and unprofessional.
- naasking 9mo ago
  How it's perceived is no doubt in the eye of the beholder. I can totally see how some people would associate this writing style with children, and so associate it with "vulnerable".
fennecfoxy 9mo ago
Agree, it makes it seem like the individual is "one of us" and that what they're saying is a little more raw/genuine. "They're being mean to me." vs "theyre being mean to me".

drcongo 9mo ago

I have no idea what any of this thread is about, but I'm sure the thing that I'm going to remember next time I need to buy something from one of these two is that one of them can be bothered to use capital letters, so I'll use them.

nanomonkey 9mo ago

some of us are anti-capitalist

Lerc 9mo ago
I was going to ask more about your philosophy, but after collapsing all of the other replies, I got to see what you were replying to. I fear the page formatting caused an entirely respectable joke to be lost to many people
- Brian_K_White 9mo ago
  This whole thread is utterly ridiculous. I can't take anyone seriously who is sitting here saying they can't take someone else seriously over this, or even saying anything at all about it as though it were the tiniest bit significant. It's like Vance on Zelensky's clothes. Exhibiting high ignorance and triviality while in the very act of presuming to accuse someone else of being unserious.