No thanks.

Zapf Dingbats if you ask me but you’re definitely onto something here. 😅

Whenever this happens to me, my mind goes straight to this. It’s not uncommon for me to start whistling, actually.

They’re taking everything but the kitchen sink.

Fair points.

Definitely true to life.

That said, I’m not a big fan of this humor: making fun of people who maintain an active lifestyle despite struggling with weight issues? At least they’re trying!

And yes, I’m in this picture, although I don’t dress up for the Giro d’Italia when riding my bike. It’s just my main mode of transportation during most of the year.

Preparing their rebranding to White Supremacy Journal.

God, that reminds me of the debate on XML that I had with a developer about fifteen years ago.

Both our companies were working for a client who needed to publish product catalogues in several languages twice a year.

They had implemented a sort of Content Management System which they used with a plugin to feed data into Quark Xpress files as well as their website, IIRC. Cross-media publishing, essentially, and they had their own little set of format instructions to make words appear in bold, different colors, etc.

Since my company was tasked with translating the text into various languages, I suggested they come up with a way to store their data as XML. The standard tools in the translation industry can be easily customized to work with that, and XML would be a good way to future-proof their software. After a lot of delaying, grumbling, and ho-hum, they agreed to implement this plan.

Lo and behold, when the first meeting on the new XML format came around they showed it to me for the first time and… everything was in CDATA sections. Entire paragraphs of text with proprietary formatting instructions. 😐

When I tried to explain, very politely, and very patiently, that this was not going to work, the lead dev started insulting me. I swear to God, I’ve never been this close to punching someone in the face at a business meeting. 🤬

Thankfully, the client understood the issue and we eventually got an XML-based data exchange going. It is probably still in use today.

See, the problem was that the kid didn’t have their own gun to shoot back.

ARM OUR KIDS!

Back then, nobody diagnosed ADHD, either. My mother was sent away by psychiatrists telling her to get her shit together as a parent.

They need to way instain one another.

You mean the War of Rights exhibit?

Of course! 😆
Without my entire head canon they will think I’m jumping to conclusions again. 😔

That chart is missing the 35% I understood what you were saying after the first nine words and now I’m getting awfully bored.

(of course sometimes I understood them wrong and make an ass out of myself 🫣)

Number of times.
Aside from that, I share the sentiment.

Hey, at least the music was good.

Texts can still be long-winded without parentheses. The trick is to consider which information the other person needs in this moment. It’s definitely a skill worth developing.

That said, sometimes I still info dump just because I love it. And there are people who appreciate me for it, too.

Like cats when they get the zoomies. And then they’re tired and need to nap. I can kind of see it, even though this meme isn’t the best fit.

Ads are a brainwashing technique designed to turn my baser instincts against myself for someone else’s gain. And they’re unwanted content that disrupts the flow of the content I’ve chosen to watch.