the simple reason is geographic isolation of populations. over time groups of people in different places gain minute genetic differences relating to their region/breeding population.

its geography + genetic drift

and no subreddits! i was there too! it really started gaining traction and losing technical users when the ‘image macros’ started… memes took over

sure. it took reddit 20 years to get to its size.

the lack of physical books certainly came true

why not both?

kinda sums up the entirety of the GOP platform

they say that the sense of ‘deja-vu’ you get is your brain incorrectly writing ‘timestamps’ relating to memories. so, theres a valid scientific reason why we get those feelings.

it can, and is is for all religions, both.

scientology is also a scam. they are the same. manipulation of people for money and power.

the guy who created scientology was a sci fi writer who actually declared he was going to create a religion for monetary reasons, and then did so.

ive heard of a shower beer… but this seems more like the result of a shower joint

i was under the impression dad jokes were groaners, usually puns or semantic plays. if the eyes arent rolling, its not a dad joke kinda thing

this is one of my favs. i use it in a clinical onboarding program prolly once a week

not really sure lightbulb jokes are ‘dad’ jokes though

haahha ive been runnin BBs’s since the early 90s, and currently running a fully federating fediverse implementation of mbin. im not scared of running social media stuff. doesnt mean i cant ignore garbage tech like any VR.

and i only buy retail displays that dont include an onboard OS. they cost more, but theyre always worth it.

cars? my 1980 toyota celica aint goin nowhere. i can rebuild the 20r in my sleep.

i hate some of the new tech, but im also not afraid to completely work around it. you do you though

yeah, im a full stack guy and im old and it sucks constantly having to learn for the job, but ya know it hasnt really changed all that much in the last 30 years. gen AI doesnt exist so its ‘revolution’ certainly isnt going to be pronounced before im retired.

im certainly not afraid of some predictive generation as its nothing knew, its just [much] better than it was.

you led with speaking with animals and virtual reality but that boiled down pretty quick didnt it?

ha, none of that will exist in your lifetime. i think youll be ok. is it that hard to just ignore the stuff youre not interested in?

ha, no.

if youre gay you get murdered unless you capitulate to surgery. this is just that terrible regime forcing surgery on people who dont want it but also dont want to die. it has nothing to do with trans protections/rights/whatevs

ghosts are a renewable resource. think green.

put up or shut up motherfucker.

ive been using it since the original died. course, i only torrent over vpn. we all should.

i havent had any bad files come through there. ymmv