2026-08-21T12:52:56Z https://yabu.me LillyPip https://yabu.me/npub1kuh08kw4jw5ten737lz3v8dthq2k5tjeyv2ccazrvlcm30skpa8sxeg2jm https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/42a65241-b26d-421c-95b2-95e8310ab6b7.png https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/42a65241-b26d-421c-95b2-95e8310ab6b7.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstxpx3cvcd442fwwaecnwe68nlcha6pz9t2e3edyur2682uf89h0czyzmjau7e6kf630x068mu29sa4wup263wty33trr5gdnlrw97zc8576zvaud In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw46ed33j7xq9a4tsvhxynt5rtw6s7tx4yxdrcrr8lqv6692g2q5caefv3w'>nevent1q…fv3w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Canada’s boycott of big US manufacturers has helped as well. 2026-07-27T19:03:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2fzvjah2saxhmk85j38gpah378kl59lhj0funf0w7dtdnt040d5qzyzmjau7e6kf630x068mu29sa4wup263wty33trr5gdnlrw97zc857vp7twl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7ze7kr2hlfyxe7dpmaezl384k4cg9vy5eqx02f4reayn4hq9z5s24xejc'>nevent1q…xejc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You’re right. Back in the day, brands could endure. Nowadays, we can see through them, and people aren’t brand-loyal like we used to be. <br/><br/>If corporations want to be people, we can treat them as people. And when they show us their cowardice in the face of fascism, we can ostracise them just like we do that intolerable uncle. 2026-01-10T23:54:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp098lfdyft2fxslnh602l8nagevqwjv5tlymrg6ppuyzyvh7v88czyzmjau7e6kf630x068mu29sa4wup263wty33trr5gdnlrw97zc857knd4qa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqkzq2v2yt4m8jxl0h5zz6hzhr72ydpu5svppqf7ntqe37wvjeg3glluje5'>nevent1q…uje5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Smithsonian used to be a very prestigious brand of science. <br/><br/>Too bad that’s now been ruined. <br/><br/>I’d really hoped they’d stand up to the fascism, but apparently no. That was too much to ask. 2026-01-10T23:34:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspusprqtq49l9rnln53p00nzzpte035qdcc99qlzwwkhffwft4wnszyzmjau7e6kf630x068mu29sa4wup263wty33trr5gdnlrw97zc857a7lq6s Pack one for poor Claudia. My fingers were slippery with alcohol after I dipped her for cleaning, and now she’s gone. Several years of faithful service. She’ll be missed. :(<br/> <img src="https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/73938d81-edfd-41cc-ae35-648c7a0c5f06.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-01-06T20:14:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0vuz38a0x9asa95et0kmzugp334jt0a0uek8yvwqp330fwmrxamqzyzmjau7e6kf630x068mu29sa4wup263wty33trr5gdnlrw97zc857039tfe It’s really good at making us *feel* like it’s intelligent, but that’s no more real than a good VR headset convincing us to walk into a physical wall. <br/><br/>It’s a meta version of VR. <br/><br/>(Meta meta, if you will.) 2025-07-15T23:52:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9qfnqh4ghpe6s79jajt89h5zrse720k25r3ked7sxw4g9nsj4tsqzyzmjau7e6kf630x068mu29sa4wup263wty33trr5gdnlrw97zc857a83g04 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsteuahpw8wsv7pztdqtr89y94t85rr43jstnudj6tl5cq25ayvehgdaefd4'>nevent1q…efd4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>People have been saying that to me for years – often angrily – but honestly, every game I’ve ever seen has been like 5 minutes of game during which a guy touches another guy the wrong way, followed by a foul or something, then at least a half hour of back-to-back replays interspersed with a few guys debating every aspect of the way each guy touched another guy, plus at least ten minutes of advertising, then repeat. <br/><br/>I’m pretty sure even fans wouldn’t disagree with my timing breakdown. <br/><br/>eta: it sounds annoying broken down like that, but I’d argue fans should be annoyed at the industry, rather than at non-fans. 2025-02-11T03:50:31Z