Japan 日本 - 日 is the sun

Makes sense, since Japan’s name in Japanese means “sun’s origin,” a reference to the fact that the sun rises there before anywhere else in Asia. What does 本 mean in this context?

I would say being terrible at using smartphones, but most boomers are probably better at it than me. I’m much better with desktop computers.

I’m 26 not the 38 I stated in my profile

What a weird age to lie about!

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All right, all right, don’t hurt yourself!

How else would it be pronounced?

Zed’s dead, baby, Zed’s dead.

Our parents were faking knowing what they were doing, just like we are.

Mine said the issue was Cloudflare this morning, similar to the picture.

You could indeed, and it doesn’t conflict with what I said in any way. They, however, said

Everyone on earth but this one stupid ass gas station just does the 1 dollar precharge.

Which is extremely incorrect, even disregarding the hyperbole. It’s not uncommon for places to do it this way.

No, they don’t. I get $100 charges all the time. No all do, of course, but plenty do.

They do a charge that would cover a tank of gas to make sure there’s enough on the card for the transaction.

But it’s per meal. Consistently finding people to eat and getting away with it sounds like a costly ordeal.

Send messages once a month or so letting her know you’re thinking about her. If she responds, great! If not, that’s okay, send 'em anyway.

What if God was one of us?

“Turn off the faucet between usages and recycle those plastics, or else I’ll turn you into a fuckin’ tree!”

I’d be rolling everything up into a ball as my distant authority figure father berates me.

If only AI were as easy to block as users on Lemmy.

Not literally everywhere, no, that’s obviously hyperbole. But it is common enough to notice and be annoyed by it.