This is some high quality memeing, for sure. Very funny, and really thoughtful editing.

Lol, I grew up with the 98se theme and xp theme, and at this point i just think they’re both incredibly ugly. Peak windows desktop prettiness and usability was windows 7 for me.

That can’t be it. We have vents that needs screws on both sides and go through walls just fine. Maybe it’s regulatory instead.

That sounds ethically sourced to me! Ain’t nothing more ethical than a brutal takedown, fatality style.

What the fuck. That’s hilarious. My first thought for this questions was ‘sex toys’ too, but those are easy to explain. I also have a dildo lamp, but I got that from my sister, so also very easy to explain.

My tech stuff is likely going to be the least explainable, but because it’s eBay scrap parts hardware, not because I changed /home to a mounting folder though. That’s crazy.

Well, except for the people that use the policy to keep their bosses accountable for letting them have comparatively reasonable hours.

Honestly, I think I like these definitions best. Just2look is also probably correct about a lot of people too though.

That’s so cool.

This is my guess too. I personally knew of some examples dating back to the 70s using it, but apparently ‘coolness’ as a term has been around since at least the 15th century.

Ha! Shows what you know. I got a 256 year subscription at only 10x the price!

Not that i’m aware of. Start10 can replace the default start menu though. https://www.stardock.com/products/start10/

The twitter thread is a fabrication.

The react native shit? all true. True enough that MS made an announcement talking about how they had removed it even. https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/21/microsoft-confirms-windows-11-start-menu-performance-boost-shift-to-winui-from-web-based-components/

As far as I can tell, react native is a way to make easy cross-compatible gui components in javascript. One of the more stupid things ms has done lately.

you dont get to sacrifice peoples bodily autonomy because it might be good for fucking society.

Just curious, what’s your position on vaccinations?

Lmaoooooo. What if people started pressing start to fix their game fps because that?

Ah gotcha. So it’s not strictly correct to call the whole start menu a react application, just a part of it that always loads when you press the start button.

I’m all for being correct, but MS absolutely deserves being clowned on for this.

Uh huh. And who pays for the medical bills after someone gets shot in the spine and decides they no longer want to ‘consent’ to this farce of an idea?

i think society in general just gets the ick from the idea of people consenting to things being done to their body that they personally dont understand or would never want and tries to stop it to satisfy their own feelings. we see this applied to all kinds of things like abortion, body modification, drug use, suicide, gender transition, sex acts, sexual partners, etc.

These are not all the same thing. Drug use costs society, not just the drug user. Bridge/train jumpers are some of the most selfish people out there; forcing your suicide onto an unrelated driver is the epitome of an asshole move.

Your body your choice is right, but that stops right at the line where it crosses over into other peoples lives.

My point being, duels to the death very easy to argue against simply because of the societal cost of managing them, while completely ignoring any so called ‘ick factor’ it may or may not have on the majority of people.

Would you be one the people to sign up for body cleaning duty? Would you be happy paying taxes for the dueling arena where it is impossible to prove that there was consent the whole time, every time?

Oh it was. Google timeline should have never become a thing for anyone worried about privacy.

The thought behind it is actually pretty neat though. Being able to see a list of places you’ve previously visited is just super neat to have. Hosting it at home just means that nobody else has that information.

That’s why it’s called fantasy.

If you want to cut out your ISP device entirely, you will need to know exactly what setup your ISP has given to you, and then match that with your own hardware. The https://pon.wiki/ and servethehome forums are a great place to start for this.

If your ISP device has a passthrough mode that you are happy with using, practically any device with two gigabit ports will work for a 1gbps internet connection. I use a https://friendlyelec.com/ device, because they come with friendlywrt preinstalled, but your choice of router software is basically entirely preference based.