I enjoyed this bit of filler from The Atlantic, (AppleNews link) strongarming their staffers for some free copy around the premise of stuff from the culture they’d like to get rid of and stuff they’d like to come back.
This is an oldie that I've just discovered and I think it's bonkers.
Okay, so hear me out: the comma and full-stop are on the lower case of a full keyboard. The question mark is upper case. I can do a comma with one touch. I can do a full-stop with one touch. A question mark requires shift+/. And the / would be used far less often than ? by most people I'd wager. So can we start a campaign to swap the / and ? around?
Just to rain on the parade of your article's quote a little: I have a land-line phone and an internet service that has carried over the same number that we've had had since the mid-90s. You'd think that would tick all the boxes. But the phone is unplugged and collecting dust somewhere because the only people who ever called it were spammers, scammers and telemarketers. Everyone else knew to call our mobiles. Sure sometimes it's fun to lead a caller on for a while, but it's a pleasure that serves in small, infrequent doses.
I would quite like to get some boredom back. Haven't had time to sit and stare into space since the aforementioned mid-90s.
Get rid of: web-fronted corporations that can't be contacted. Chat bots or help forums? Not when I need to talk to someone who might know what's going on... (looking at you, airlines of the world...)
Get rid of: cars that beep at you for everything
Bring back: (this is a fairly new one) streaming services dumping all the eps at once so you can binge again.
This is an oldie that I've just discovered and I think it's bonkers.
Okay, so hear me out: the comma and full-stop are on the lower case of a full keyboard. The question mark is upper case. I can do a comma with one touch. I can do a full-stop with one touch. A question mark requires shift+/. And the / would be used far less often than ? by most people I'd wager. So can we start a campaign to swap the / and ? around?
I think you need to stop asking so many questions.
Proper metal zippers that don't break the first time you put the hoodie in the wash.
Just to rain on the parade of your article's quote a little: I have a land-line phone and an internet service that has carried over the same number that we've had had since the mid-90s. You'd think that would tick all the boxes. But the phone is unplugged and collecting dust somewhere because the only people who ever called it were spammers, scammers and telemarketers. Everyone else knew to call our mobiles. Sure sometimes it's fun to lead a caller on for a while, but it's a pleasure that serves in small, infrequent doses.
I would quite like to get some boredom back. Haven't had time to sit and stare into space since the aforementioned mid-90s.
Get rid of: web-fronted corporations that can't be contacted. Chat bots or help forums? Not when I need to talk to someone who might know what's going on... (looking at you, airlines of the world...)
With you on the lace up short, I am sick to death of re-threading the bastards!
I’ve started buying cheap in store brand shorts at Kmart because they still have the chunky laces