The place we order groceries unveiled their new website this week and in the tradition of all such changes it is dramatically worse than the old one.
@overholt iโ€™d like to see you try to make fish tacos without adding any sponge flavor

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Similar to this query back when I was still using #google (more than two years ago).

For the record I was typing...

"Should I take metformin with my largest meal?"

#AISucks #GoogleSucks

@nickrauchen Anecdotal evidence, but I can report that I have been taking metformin for a couple of years now and thereโ€™s been no discernible impact on the size of my breasts.
@overholt @nickrauchen What did you expect? It's metformin, not breastformin'.
@bstacey Do tell; how many years have you been waiting to say this? ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Mine neither. I just checked and gynecomastia is not listed as a side effect. ๐Ÿ˜…

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@overholt โ€œAI will change everything!โ€
@overholt So dish sponges are the secret ingredient in fish tacos? Who knew?!? ๐Ÿคก
@overholt C'mon, they could at least have had one sponge cake in there.
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Cellulose sponges are chock full of plant based fiber...
@overholt I love fish tacos with a topper of crumbled up dish sponge chunks.

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I see the connection.

You won't need dish sponges if you order street tacos.

Problem solved.

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It's fine. Just swap out the protein for dish sponge and it'll work out.

@overholt --

Enshittification, a term by Cory Doctorow, describes the process where online platforms initially offer a good user experience to attract users, then degrade that experience by prioritizing profits and catering to business customers, and finally degrade the experience for both users and business customers to maximize shareholder value.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

#enshittification

Enshittification - Wikipedia

@overholt Watermelon Pico de Gallo? NO. Watermelon with a little Tajin on it as a side, sure, but watermelon does not go on tacos.

And why ruin a perfectly good steak by adding zucchini? All a properly cooked steak needs is kosher salt and a little freshly ground pepper. Maybe a reduction of red wine used to deglaze, with a little garlic, sauteed shallot, and butter, if you want to get really fancy.

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It's so weird. My wife has said this forever and I have to agree. Most tech and software just keeps getting worse, for the last 10-15 years.

@overholt progress! Can't be stopped. You will eat ze sponge with a nice wine pairing. Definitely not enshitification, everything is fine.

@overholt while I'm always up for โ€œhow foolish proprietary systems annoyโ€ โ€ฆ my bigger concern about grocery websites is how chains make it harder to use coupons by forcing you into complex apps or websites. Those on fixed income budgets absolutely need these discounts for food security.

I'm not poor myself these days but grew up poor so grocery discount chasing is a life habit. I'm flabbergasted at how what was once a simple paper clipping process became a technological, privacy-less maze.