"Mad at the Internet" - a/k/a My Psychotherapy Sessions

I'm a Silly said:
Is it possible that we need to delineate PW's current-day status as a supermarket distinct from its founding status in 1916 IIRC as the 1st self-service grocery store?
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I'm willing to consneed on PW.

Did you know they call stores like Target and Walmart Hypermarkets? That's simultaneously too cool for them, but also incredibly fucking gay
 
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Optavia Sales Rep said:
I'm willing to consneed on PW.

Did you know they call stores like Target and Walmart Hypermarkets? That's simultaneously too cool for them, but also incredibly fucking gay
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Just to complicate matters further, there exist Super-Targets and the like.
 
Sneeds said:
He uploaded on his Gumroad but no one has uploaded it on YouTube. I tried uploading it on my personal Mati clip channel, but Disney keeps blocking that shit worldwide. No matter what visual effect I try to do, it keeps getting blocked worldwide
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such a shame his TV/movie reviews he does are quite good. just didn't catch it on the gumraod before it went down sadly.
 
I noticed Josh tweet about the Captive Dreamer dox, might want to check out the latest blocked&reported podcast where Jewish Jesse Singal & Katie Zogbot Herzog are claiming responsibility (or something like that, I was only half listening).
 
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Jomi said:
I noticed Josh tweet about the Captive Dreamer dox, might want to check out the latest blocked&reported podcast where Jewish Jesse Singal & Katie Zogbot Herzog are claiming responsibility (or something like that, I was only half listening).
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I hope Martin loves glazing jews and getting called not-see as much as I love seeing it happen.
 
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I know Josh made a review of that dino, brown kid tranny show on Gumroad (RIP). But I never realized how many of these “Brown girl adventure shows”, they have airing on the same channel.
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Pardon me for bringing up old news.

Having a brown MC was in some list of inclusion standards for pitching a new project at Disney. The list got leaked February 2024 iirc and was posted by various ppl on Twitter including Musk.

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Owl House being moderately popular, I guess, kick-started even indie shows having brown MCs. It's an extremely gay cartoon to boot.
 
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mold said:
department stores are not supermarkets

supermarkets can only exist with refrigeration and transportation tech that was not widespread until the 50s and not really profitable until the interstate system

there were supermarketyish things in CA as early as the 30s iirc but the canonical american supermarket doesn't become a regular part of middle class life in some places until as late as the late 60s
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Tangential sidetrack, but bring back automats!
I've seen them in classic cinema from the 30's onward (if we're only counting the "talkies," but That Touch of Mink (1962)has the best automat scene. The Early Bird (1925) had a minor scene, but it wasn't a talkie so almost no one born in the last 80 years (aside from myself, and maybe @The Last Stand, maybe, if there is a attractive white woman in the movie)will care.
 
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JustSomeDong said:
Tangential sidetrack, but bring back automats!
I've seen them in classic cinema from the 30's onward (if we're only counting the "talkies," but That Touch of Mink (1962)has the best automat scene. The Early Bird (1925) had a minor scene, but it wasn't a talkie so almost no one born in the last 80 years (aside from myself, and maybe @The Last Stand, maybe, if there is a attractive white woman in the movie)will care.
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Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend lyrics​



The French are glad to die for love;
They delight in fighting duels.
But I prefer a man who lives
And give expensive jewels.

A kiss on the hand may be quite continental,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
A kiss may be grand, but it won't pay the rental
On your humble flat
Or help you at the automat.
Men grow cold as girls grow old,
And we all lose our charm in the end.
But square cut or pear shape
These rocks don't lose their shape!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonic,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
And I think affairs that you must keep Masonic
Are the better bets
If little pets get big baguettes.
Time rolls on, and youth is gone,
And you can't straighten up when you bend.
But stiff back or stiff knees,
You stand straight at Tiff'ny's!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
There may come a time when a hard-boiled employer
Thinks you're awful nice,
But get that ice or else no dice.
He's your guy when stocks are high,
But beware when they start to descend,
It's then that those louses
Go back to their spouses!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

A well conducted rendezvous
Makes a maiden's heart beat quicker.
But when the rendezvous is through,
These stones still keep their flicker.

Romance is divine, and I'm not one to knock it,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
Romance is divine, yes, but where can you hock it?
When the flame is gone,
Just try and pawn a tired Don Juan.
Some men buy, and some just sigh
That to make you their bride they intend.
But buyers or sighers
They're such goddamn liars!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

At Yale there's a lad whose appeal I acknowledge,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
I might like his dad, but when I meet a college boy,
The thing to say
Is 'ray, 'ray, 'ray for Cartier!
Some girls find some piece of mind
In a trust fund that banks recommend.
But if you are busty
Your trustee gets lusty!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Stash those rocks in your strongbox
For on them you can always depend.
It's not compensation,
It's self-preservation!
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
(I don't mean rhinestones!)
Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
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It's too bad the musical version of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes wasn't made until later, but the seed corn was there in 1925.
 
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Null said:
i honestly feel like each episode of the show should start with a corrections segment
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Do not admit mistakes, Josh. Doing so is a sign of weakness. The second you show weakness the Kiwi Farms are at the mercy of an invading army of Snake Wives led by a blockheaded mongoloid. Then I have to find a new website to post my dumb thoughts on and I don't wanna because other websites suck.

Stay the course and keep confidently assuming what you're saying is accurate in all situations, making stuff up if you have to, then if you learn it's not accurate later don't acknowledge it in any way.
 
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The UK's newly enforced Online Safety Act has been cited by The Hamster Forum (thehamsterforum.com) as being the reason for closing down. Announcement (archive)
Earlier this year London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed, made the same decision, citing the law's increased legal burdens on website owners/operators making it unrealistic for small forums to comply with.
As I previously posted, outlets like the BBC cheerlead this law, mainly complaining that it didn't go far enough.
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It is with huge sadness that the forum has closed on 16th March 2025 due to the requirements of the new legislation - the Online Safety Act. While this forum has always been perfectly safe, we were unable to meet the compliancy. The care guide articles are still available to view on this page - please enjoy and hopefully they are of help. Former members are now on Instagram. Instagram address on photo.

Note: All former memberships have been deleted, removing all personal information as per GDPR.
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Even the News Hamster is contsantly under attack by the British. *sigh*

Bonus browser game Urban Dead (archive) which has been running since 2005 also gave up. Announcement (archive)
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Sad to have to announce that Urban Dead will be closing down on Friday 14 March 2025, due to an upcoming change in UK website legislation.

The Online Safety Act comes into force later this month, applying to all social and gaming websites where users interact, and especially those without strong age restrictions. With the possibility of heavy corporate-sized fines even for solo web projects like this one, I've reluctantly concluded that it doesn't look feasible for Urban Dead to be able to continue operating.

So a full 19 years, 8 months and 11 days after its quarantine began, Urban Dead will be shut down. No grand finale. No final catastrophe. No helicopter evac. Make your peace or your final stand in whichever part of Malton you called home, and the game will be switched off at noon UTC on 14 March.

The game's wiki will be set to read-only the same day. If Urban Dead is ever revivified or spun off in any way in the future, it'll be announced on this website. I'll be happy to refund any IP unlock donations made in the past six months, on request, since this shutdown was an unexpected one. If you're glad that the game stayed up as long as it did, you can scavenge me a freeze-dried coffee.
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Finally saw the incels gumroad episode now that an archiver rehosted it on Youtube. Made me laugh the whole time, an especially good ep. Keep watching to the end to find out what age Josh lost his virginity! Casual throwaway line, but there's some deep lore implied there.

Edit: Holy shit I ran a big Urban Dead clan like 15+ years ago. No more details lest I TMI. But damn, this news hits really hard wtf. @Drama Fan can't quote you for some reason but that's an important fucking share so thanks.
 
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I feel like the Bri'sh government should just cut to the chase and publish a list of approved topics and just make everything else presumptively illegal to talk about.


JustSomeDong said:
Tangential sidetrack, but bring back automats
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Another casualty of inflation. Dollar coins are super uncommon in America, and nobody wants to feed the machine 16 quarters to unlock a questionable egg salad sandwich. Bil acceptors only became not-dogshit in the last ten or fifteen years. I remember having to practically iron bills if you wanted to use them in an arcade or vending machine in the 90s, and don't even get me started on them corners.
 
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waffle said:
Bill acceptors only became not-dogshit in the last ten or fifteen years. I remember having to practically iron bills if you wanted to use them in an arcade or vending machine in the 90s, and don't even get me started on them corners.
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You can thank the IR bill printing for putting an end to this.

Every US dollar has a unique per-value barcode across it in near IR.
Counterfeiters also seriously struggle to copy this, which has improved scanner performance as they can rely more on this signature.

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There is a lot more to it, but most of the rejections came from not being able to tell which bill it was.
 
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Jotch said:
You can thank the IR bill printing for putting an end to this.

Every US dollar has a unique per-value barcode across it in near IR.
Counterfeiters also seriously struggle to copy this, which has improved scanner performance as they can rely more on this signature.

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Am I right to assume this is what prevents modern copiers from printing copies of money (for record keeping purposes, not counterfeiting).
 
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