• LittleMouse@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    It seems that we are entering an era when, for the sake of safety, we will have to create our own toilets.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 months ago

      I laughed and spit out a little of my protein drink, which is thick and brown, so I got a little icky, which made me laugh again. Thank you for leading me through this emotional journey. I have grown as a person.

    • AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      …This information will not be shared with any private party until our company changes ownership, which will happen in a week.

    • Damorte@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
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      9 months ago

      My wife gave me a new “smart” shaving machine, it insisted that I use an app to make my shaving more effective - so of course I HAD to try it out, because who doesn’t want to "shave more effectively (whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean). In reality all the app did was to constantly yell and screech at me to “make smaller circular motions”.

      Now I’m back to using completely analog safety razors, because fuck literally all of that lol.

      • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        9 months ago

        Safety razors are the best! I bought enough Feather blades on sale for the rest of my life. Now I’m just done. I occasionally get shaving soap. That’s it.

      • TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
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        9 months ago

        I solved my problems with shaving by simply doing it before sleep. By the morning my skin is fully relaxed.

        As for the ai things, most ai products end up infantilising the users, like you noticed. I end up doing most things without ai, and I just don’t.use it at all now.

        Even troubleshooting and Software issues, repeated searches and consulting the guides is much more efficiente than trusting an ai generated response. Takes slightly more time early on, but by the end i know how to perform an operation without searches.

        The costs of ai are cognitive and on the long term. Don’t trust ai bros on that. It is not a cognitive advancement, it deteriorates that.

        Edit: spelling

    • Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Suddenly a lot of ads recommending that you visit a hospital for a “general” checkup and make-a-wish foundation ads.

      • Rooster326@programming.dev
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        9 months ago

        Make a wish is a charity. I think you mean hospice service which exist to siphon off the last of your wealth as quickly as possible before you bite the bullet.

      • Lucelu2@lemmy.zip
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        9 months ago

        For more than a normal consistency of poop and increased frequency… you may also be reported to your employer’s Health Office. Be very careful if you order Taco Bell. Stock up on immodium.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    “This toilet has a $50/mo subscription to Toilet+ which provides you with a host of analytic services that are accessible through an app on your phone, if you have an iPhone 18 Pro or higher or an Android Prime Plus Ultra.”

    “I don’t have those phones and I don’t really need these services. Can I just not purchase the subscription?”

    “Yeah, sure. But then the toilet won’t flush.”

  • daggermoon@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I’ll just piss and shit outdoors. I already do the former. I might even piss and/or shit on some random persons grave. Do not play this game with me.

  • laranis@lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    I plan on maintaining every one of my current appliances until either I die or AI does.

    No, I don’t want my refrigerator to have a subscription and a connection to the cloud. I want it to keep my shit COLD. TVs are the freaking worst. Just display pixels, bitch. No body is asking more of you.

    • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
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      9 months ago

      You can still buy new dumb appliances in 2026. Including TV if you go for a business display panel. The stuff McDonalds uses to display menus.

      Maintaining old stuff is better really. Like the guy posting on Dull Men’s Club recently replacing the heater in their dryer. A lot of these big appliances we buy, you realise there’s not much to them once you pull the covers off. Any idiot including myself can do a simple parts swap.

      My most recents to inspire others:

      I intended to replace dishwasher pump on a 2011 Sears model. Took half an hour. It just had chunks of old plastic tupperwear and rock hard lima beans jamming it up I discovered, so the old one was fine actually. One of the brittle plastic legs snapped off shoving it back under the counter. A chunk of old 2x4 solved that.

      I replaced failing blower motor on 2004!! furnace last summer when there’s no time pressure or cold weather. Half an hour, it was easy to get to. I bought some extra spare parts from ebay and a spare logic board. I could spend 7+ grand to buy high efficiency which are way less reliable to “save” a couple hundred bucks a year on gas…or do this. The heat exchanger looked fine I check annually.

      Roommate and I got a broken snowblower locally for free. Soaked up varnished bad gas. Bought new carb and replaced rotted gas line. 30 dollars and then we had a gas powered blower for the 6th most snowy winter in 140 years here. I don’t know much but it’s just stinky legos really.

      • laranis@lemmy.zip
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        9 months ago

        I am inspired. Maybe we need a Lemmy community for this type of stuff. I know dull mens club exists but maybe one more gender neutral.

        • BurgerBaron@piefed.socialEnglish
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          9 months ago

          There’s quite a few DIY communities here too already.

          I forgot to mention I usually find someone on youtube has made a repair guide for pretty much everything out there if it’s common enough.

          Oh and there’s usually a schematic taped to the underside of the control panel in stuff like dishwashers, dryers, washing machines, etc intended for home repair techs.

    • JamBandFan1996@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      Yeah fuck smart tvs. I’ve got a lower mid range one that actually has a decent display but probably was the last series to not have any smart features. I’ll go back to crt before I get a smart tv I swear

      • I'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zone
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        9 months ago

        I went out of my way to find a dumb TV locally for my grandfather and it was literally impossible. He just needs TV channels, but noooo - now every time he turns it on he has to get past a million screens trying to sell him shit or launch Youtube before he can watch the 6 oclock news followed by the football.

    • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Illegal take but I actually do like smart TVs. Unless you never use any streaming services, it’s a useful feature that would otherwise require an external device to do the same thing. Now if you have your own home server or something, that’s cool too, but that’s more hassle than I want to deal with.