GOLIKEHELLMACHINE

@golikehellmachine
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same account, same name, same kool-aid man cat.
this kind of shit — which is pervasive *all over mastodon* — is what keeps me from getting very engaged or even interested in this place.

counterpoint: this is a completely unreasonable and hostile way to approach discussions about user experience or privacy or values or technology and it’s why people just forego having the conversation entirely, leave it up to the nerds and hope it works out for the best (and for *most* people, it does).
screenshot below, i don’t want to pick fights with people on here, but this attitude sucks.

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Some random moments in the UK. #comics
“nepo babies” absolutely fucking not, twitter, not today, not ever

Boss: Make it look like an accident

Hitman: *has a gender reveal party*

my dude, if you are bringing up sperm counting and testosterone levels (in the context of having children) at the christmas party, your trouble with being able to procreate is not biological in origin
redacting video is really, really, unbelievably tedious.
the problem, in case you’re curious, is that a bunch of real employee data ended up in a series of demo/training videos i made, not because i skipped due diligence — i didn’t — but because my client keeps employee data in multiple unsynchronized systems, not all of which i have access to, apparently. today is now redaction wednesday.
there are occasionally advantages to contracting but mostly it’s bullshit
sweet, as a contractor, i absolutely wanted to deal with a massive fuckup that is not my fault on the day all the full time employees sign off for the holiday.