Mastodawn

You MUST listen to RFC 2119.

Eric Bailey: It turns out you can just pay people to do things. I found a voice actor and hired them with the task of "Reading this very dry technical document in the most over-the-top sarcastic, passive-aggressive,...
https://jwz.org/b/ykqi

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Lady Errant 1d ago

@jwz This is how everything from freedesktop.org/gnome sounds in my head.

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Jon PENNYCOOK 1d ago

@jwz so much more engaging than the voices used in my employer's compulsory online training courses

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Elias Mårtenson 1d ago

@jwz I loved number 5. 🙂

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La pantera roja 1d ago

I'm literally rolling on the floor, cannot contain the laughter. Thanks for this, I needed it.

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Jeff Atwood 1d ago

@jwz I could do that better

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Luis Villa 1d ago

@codinghorror @jwz Prove it

(Seriously, you’ve got a mic, we all need this)

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aerique 1d ago

@luis_in_brief @jwz

Yes, go @codinghorror

Even if it's not better we all want to hear your attempt.

@u47 @jwz "it ain't bragging if you can back it up"

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Western Infidels 1d ago

@jwz At some point in the far-flung future this is going to be unearthed anew, and future people will assume that this was just how the people who built the internet *were*.

"No wonder civilization broke down completely by 2030," they'll say. "Listen to how absolutely insufferable those people were. Why, they *deserved* to perish in the COVID-locust inferno-canes. Praise be to Vance the Savior!"

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jwz 1d ago

@WesternInfidels And they would not be wrong.

@jwz Lmao!! 💀💀

@jwz @catsalad Brilliant 😂😂💀

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Nicole Parsons 1d ago

@jwz

Richard Linklater's campaign ads against Ted Cruz were inspirational.

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/new-ad-suggests-ted-cruz-not-tough-as-texas-1339985475585

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/in-new-ad-ted-cruz-burned-for-his-white-castle-love-1345258563622

New ad suggests Ted Cruz not tough as Texas

A new ad, directed by Richard Linklater, from a political action committee called Fire Ted Cruz hits the senator over his 'Tough as Texas' campaign slogan. The panel discusses.

MSNBC

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Infoseepage 1d ago

@jwz I SHALL, but only because I want to and this is fucking hilarious.

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Scremlin 1d ago

@jwz he left it all in the booth and we respect that

@jwz
This is genius!

@jwz this is so good :)))

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jaseg 1d ago

@jwz I started playing that in Ivory’s in-app browser and as it turns out closing Ivory’s in-app browser does not stop playback, so now I’m getting the full experience with no way to stop it lol (other than killing the app)

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