y0kai [he/him]

Yes, some of us have good credit.

thanks! me too lol

That’s fair. The more “engaging” something is, the more its effects may mirror that of something “addicting”. I’m also thinking about how engagement is a factor of addictive marketing.

The end result though, for me at least, is the same. If I’m engaged in my book, or addicted to my phone, I’m still sitting motionless, staring at a thing, and reading. The difference I suppose is on how hard it is to look away.

I’m glad this is the only social media I really use!

same. There is one windows computer still in this house and it’s unplugged. Everything else is Linux, Android, or FreeBSD based.

I’ll have to look into it. 30GB isn’t bad at all. I think I have unlimited now with text and phone for only like $10 more a month. I’d have to look, it’s been a while since i’ve dealt with it.

I’m likely going to go to t-mobile as they’re cheap from what I understand and they make up a big part of the network that google leases, along with (i think) US Cellular, or something similar.

That said, I’ve got about a year to decide, unless someone decides to hire me and then I can pay my phone off early.

the elastic is stretchy enough i just stick it in my waistband if I’m home in my undies and for some reason can’t just use my hand to hold it or put it on a surface of some kind.

I dated a girl once who was amazed by the “pocket” in my boxer-briefs until she found it it was actually just the weird hole thing they put in the front that acts as a fly.

honestly, among other things, they say things like “cope and seethe” lmao

I get that you were being satirical but it didn’t translate well to me either haha

didn’t mean to say it’s an issue that affects one gender.

I didn’t think you were lol, I just meant within the context of legwear/purses, that selling an extra thing to one gender at the expense of a feature in another product seems like it would make more sense if you did it for 100% of the pocketed-clothing market, rather than focusing on 50% of the potential customers.

But then, such is marketing and human behavior.

(I’ll carry anything for them), and I always try to get them clothes with pockets.

Good on you! You sound like a good parent.

My next phone will run Linux, even if it is inconvenient.

As soon as this phone is paid off, I’ll be changing from Google Fi as well. Which sucks because it’s hella cheap.

Yes, but this is also true for women. I feel like pant/skirt companies would make more money just selling pants/skirts with pockets if their competitors weren’t, unless all bottom-clothes companies also started selling purses at the same time in some sort of anti-female-pocket cartel.

I’m sure there’s some history behind this that I don’t fully understand. The logic just seems flawed to me.

Books weren’t designed to be addictive and make you lose track of time.

Maybe not all books, but a good book is, to me, quite addictive and causes me to lose track of time.

After reading the article though, I’m realizing I’m not a typical bathroom user. I’ve always had digestive issues unrelated to books and cell phones, so my loo time is much longer than average, it seems. I must be one of those 7%.

But if this logic works, why aren’t they tricking men into buying something else too?

not to defend smart phones, but I used to read books on the toilet before phones became popular and never had a problem. What’s different about a phone?

I’m pretty sure for most of them you just type update and it will update.

Weird way to spell “How automated DMCA take-down requests are ruining the internet for everyone”

Is that even a word?

Yeah, and I’m considerably new to the field. Not unskilled but like entry level new, as far as professional tech experience goes. I was trying to change careers from business degree / accountant when I was laid off.

Really trying not to go back to accounting as it was mind numbingly boring.

I’m just gonna keep trying until something gives and have fun learning more in the process.

I am in the same boat. Can’t even get an interview it seems.