Recent content by Stuart Dren

Another thought: what about phone as a verb?

I immediately thought it was a brain parasite, so my mind went to the usual orifices, ear, nose, eye, mouth -> sinus. But there are actually some things in the way! So it would be unpleasant if it was anything larger than microscopic invading one's brain directly.

I call it my cell if I'm being asked for my phone number for contact, as in, distinction from a landline. If I lose my phone, I say to the Ms. "Have you seen my phone?"

Pretend play. Is that still a thing with kids these days? Or I guess DnD sort of fits the bill.. I remember being very bored as a child. The sibling nearest my age served as a imaginary scenario partner essentially. We just had sticks, a fort, and before that action figures or legos, but it...

Great point but I have to credit Moose with that observation lol. That made me wonder about what other ones I don't notice. On the other side, I find it interesting how we don't use the word 'program' any more, like programming a VCR. It's just configuring or setting up, maybe because...

MCU was one of the last monocultural phenomena (and it didn't even need nudity to do so!). With all the faults of broad appeal came the fact that you and milquetoast Greg and your nephew all watched the same movie last night. Its approachability might be why your nephew then when on to watch...

Maybe in the future, Nintendo became the general tech conglomerate after the brutal Corp Wars. Everything is Nintendo. How do you microwave a burrito? Put it in the Nintendo. Make a call? Dial your Nintendo. How are you visiting your friend? You'll take a Nintendo.

Not always. Flash memory dies eventually. If they have access to it, I would just assume they're harvesting it themselves or selling it to be harvested regardless of their terms of service, since even if anyone finds out they'll probably just face a small fine if anything. Microsoft recently...

At its root? Merely enjoying stories written or otherwise, of any kind. The rest is a mix of chronic daydreaming (for as long as I can remember) and severe vanity.

That's pretty neat. Takes martyrdom to a different level. Actually, in some ways it could weaken martyrdom, which is also interesting. The fact that the olds have a certain categorical emotion/conceptual identity, potent but otherwise empty, made me think of Taxi Driver of all things.

750 words over the last 7 days, so that's 107 words per day mean. On the bright side my keyboard is going to last forever.

I only ever thought of smut in its most common use today... noun: smut; plural noun: smuts 1. a small flake of soot or other dirt. "all those black smuts from the engine" 2. a fungal disease of grains in which parts of the ear change to black powder. "a few bad crop years with smut and...

I think you're a bit late. Boomers, nineteen 50-60s. $17k houses. Ridiculously high wages for manufacturing. One earner. Though you're US, so I guess you could have been drafted.

Yeah it sucks. Thousands of dollars on a major appliance and roof, and... congratulations, the house at least won't significantly lose value. I still think ownership is better overall, but there are a lot of * on that. Maybe if you retire to a lower cost area. I'm ride-till-die on cars and...

I think of guilt more as the internally driven one, and shame as the external one. Some say the narcissists feel shame but not guilt. This seems about right. However, if no one knows, and know one will ever know, will you still feel shame?