I still remember browsing WPD, pretty sure the part of me that gets shocked on the internet died a long time ago

Opposite for me, this place is way more left-leaning and if I comment like I used to on Reddit, the comments easily end up in the negatives

Nope, that is still there, RES still works as well

Eh, doubt that much would change, they would be just another boring post-iphone glass slab seller with a slightly better camera

The PSP also had that type of attachment here in Japan, but it uses the 1-seg standard that IIRC was made for phones and still exists

Even better

Now I want to see someone break down if that’s even enforceable

They dropped that line some time ago

I just support the fundamental rule that was taught to me in one of those internet safety PSAs back in the day: The internet never forgets and whatever you posted is going to stay out there forever, good or bad.

My personal experience as a university student who had to use a flip phone for like a month while waiting for a replacement screen to arrive for the main phone, which is quite similar to what would have probably happened 10 years ago when I was still in school.

Everyone kinda expects you to just have one, for example, nobody uses the actual calling or SMS functions, they use chat apps like Messenger, WhatsApp, Line, or discord. Most of the people that I talk to in the university, I wouldn’t even be able to contact without the apps, since I don’t actually know their phone numbers or e-mails

That last bit drives me up the wall sometimes, if I find an image that I like, I want to see it in the highest resolution possible, even if it will cause my device to catch fire

I’m actually kinda impressed

I’m going to try to explain the origins from memory so someone who knows more will probably explain better.

It comes from an book or a movie, where a husband is planning something nefarious (don’t remember if it’s a murder or something) and he uses the attic of his house to do it. This is set back in the days when they used gas for lighting things and when he turns on the lighting in the attic, it causes the lights to change (probably get dimmer) in the rest of the house. His wife notices this and brings it up to him, since he obviously doesn’t want to reveal that he is the one causing it, he constantly convinces his wife that it’s all in her head and that she might be losing her mind.

Yep, that’s the first place where I saw something like that

If there’s one copy of a book in a town and its your cherished thing, that’s fine.

If you’re the only person in town with a copy of a library’s worth of books and you aren’t willing to share any with your community to borrow, you’re allowed to do that, but you sound like someone who doesn’t really want to be a member of a community.

In that case, it’s all on a case-by-case basis.

There are some books that I would just give away since they would be taking up space, there are some books that I wouldn’t mind lending to anyone at any time, and there are some books that I would only lend to someone that I know personally.

Live together or die alone. We can be a civilization one day, or we can keep being monkeys throwing sticks at each other in the dirt, but with smartphones and smog.

Sure, but we were never meant to be a global one, I’m perfectly fine with being a part of a certain tribe of monkeys that is ready to throw sticks at another tribe for our way of life.

My problem with my example is with the individuals in our society.

I honestly have no idea why people still want to buy the newest models of phones since they don’t really bring anything new to the table.

But, in my opinion, it’s a failing of the individuals rather than a failing of an economic model. There really is no negative for a company to release new models with minor updates if there are enough dumbasses that will give them money for it

If you mean legal right, we’re talking about an entirely different system that would have different laws.

Yes, I mean a legal right, and I would like to have that legal right in the future, thank you very much.

Without considering how your free use however you want effects others?

Define the others, I’m not out here throwing trash on the streets or smashing windows, I don’t mind helping the people in my community or lending the things that I own to them.

My problem in that regard would be that there is nothing that I’m passionate about.

Sure, I have 100s of different interests that I have dabbled with, but for all of them, I have stopped at some point, before forgetting about them entirely or picking them up again sometimes years later.

If you don’t value the thing for it’s intended function why are you bothering to take one?

That’s beside the point, the point is that I don’t borrow things because I like to have the ability to use them however I want and according to my current needs.

I have a paint can that I can’t get open, but I own a flathead screwdriver. It’s not the intended purpose of a flathead screwdriver, but I can use it as a prybar to open the paint can, if the screwdriver breaks, now I have 2 pieces of metal to use for something else.

I don’t mind working, but I would like to work for a currency that I can use to buy things that I will own and see to use however I see fit for it to be used.