DeeJul 18
Fedi Clown
Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with a slow Internet connection to see who they really are.
Jul 18 at 12:35pmWeb
Show threadpuppyboy girlthing Jul 18
@clown that's why i invited my partner to come visit me in Germany
Show threadMairJul 18
@darkphoenix @clown make them fill out paperwork for literally anything
Show threadШуроJul 18

@Mair You won't marry anyone that way ever.

@clown @darkphoenix

Show threadpuppyboy girlthing Jul 18
@shuro@friends.deko.cloud @clown @Mair isn't filling out paperwork literally how you get married tho?
Show threadШуроJul 18
@darkphoenix it is important to be the last step when there is nowhere to run.
@clown @Mair
Show threadJima Jul 22

@darkphoenix @shuro @clown @Mair Can confirm.

(I met her during the era of dial-up, so I think I sort of have that covered?)

Show threadAndrew JefferyJul 18
@clown another good one is a laptop with crap thermal design/firmware bugs that triggers PROCHOT if you look at it funny and constrains the core frequency to 200MHz until reboot
Show threadsocJul 18
@arj @clown Ah, a fellow Lenovo P1 user! 😂
Show threadsarah toninJul 18
@clown ive used a 100 kb/s connection for several years, does that qualify ?
Show threadToromino  Jul 18
@clown that’s why I don’t let @Fredddyyy outside without a Meshtastic node, so we can still flirt via awfully slow and unstable conditions :D
Show thread58692 [lunya]Jul 18
@clown I used a laptop with sub 1mb/s internet for a couple months ad a main
Show threadPomegranate_StewJul 18

@clown
I would not be married right now if Sp had followed this advice.

#NoPatience

Show threadP.McNewHold Jul 18
@clown Also applies to yourself, if you have self-love trusting issues. Slow Internet, never again...
Show threadSara Angeloni 🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺Jul 18
@clown I and my then future wife were stuck on a 3G modem for all our devices for far too long.
Show threadRussell GarnerJul 18
@clown I'd just be on IRC
Show threadjhhlJul 18
@clown @clive The story of my life!
Show threadSpeed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦Jul 18
@clown
I always think it's my fault when they say "why is it like this" 🤬 , so it's also a good test on my level of comfort/trust/confidence with that person.
Show threadSpeed demon 🇪🇺 🇳🇴🇺🇦Jul 18
@clown
Took me 20 years to figure out it's not about me :)
Show threadxinit ☕Jul 18
@clown "You should abuse any potential future spouse with network collisions"
Show threadDarwin WoodkaJul 18

@clown

I pretty much just keep my hubs around for tech support

Show threadSpace WranglerJul 18

@clown

Deep insight Will!

Show threadsasutina13a 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 🇯🇵 🌐Jul 18
@clown I have an old Texas Instruments 40column terminal with 300bps modem for this.
Show threadBecksyJul 18
@clown last week my wife and I stayed in a Cottage in a remote coastal village in the West of Ireland. No internet and occasionally one bar of mobile signal. We chatted more in that week than in most months. The dogs enjoyed more walks and company. And because the local pub had Sky TV, I drank more Guinness in a week than I normally do in several weeks 🤣
Show threadEm & future cats 🇺🇦🐈🏳️‍🌈Jul 18
@clown 💯
Show threadWitchHuntWendyJul 18
@clown I'm gonna die alone
Show threadcommonstJul 18
@clown as someone who met their spouse on IRC back in the days when a 28.8kb modem was de rigeur, I can attest to this method actually working. 🤣
Show threadCIMB4Jul 18
@clown tutorial: tether the computer to your phone wifi.... over bluetooth😈 (if the pc doesn't have bluetooth you may choose to use a second old phone and connect that over usb as a bluezooth dongle)
Show threadAndrew PontiousJul 18
@clown @GertrudeZane I would not pass this test.
Show threadDofainJul 18
@clown @longbottle Ah! I loaded Sorcery on my Amstrad CPC464 in 1986, Challenge accepted.
Show threadRealGene ☣️Jul 18
@clown
When my wife's water broke with our child, I was still awake at 01:30 because I was playing with my new 28.8K SupraFaxModem.