What if we’re living in the hallucinatory dream of one of the conspiracy guys from the movie, “Slacker”. He’s about to wake up, and everything and everyone will be reset. If so, I’m going to set up shop at the Magnolia Cafe on Lake Austin Blvd., at the table with the red-checker, picnic-cloth pattern and the giant ants, and I am never, ever going to leave. Anyone care to join me?

Have I out-Austin-ed everyone here, yet?

Northcross Mall for some cheap food at Furr’s Cafeteria, some ice-skating, and then a movie…wait, no, that’s all dead and gone…Maybe, Highland Mall…nope, that’s ACC now…uhhh…well, there’s Einstein’s Arcade on the Drag where we can fight with tanks in “Tokyo Wars”…scratch that…Mr. Gatti’s Pizza on MLK with a pitcher of beer and infinite cinnamon sticks…negative, 'cuz Chicken Jesus took that over…

I guess I am all out of ideas. Wait a minute, is it against the law to set up a tent inside the Google building?

I just signed up through this lemmy.world thing. Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? This federation thing could be better explained.

Nonetheless, I find Reddit’s disrespect for its users to be an ill omen. A 1-month deadline for anything as deeply ingrained as 3rd-party apps sends a clear message that Reddit doesn’t want to compromise. On the desktop, I use old.reddit.com, but for mobile, I use 3rd-party apps from the open-source F-Droid app store. I don’t mind ads, I just like my user interface to enhance my workflow, not slow me down, track me, and actively annoy me.

It’s great to see everyone here!

I just signed up through this lemmy.world thing. Was that wrong? Should I not have done that? This federation thing could be better explained.

Nonetheless, I find Reddit’s disrespect for its users to be an ill omen. A 1-month deadline for anything as deeply ingrained as 3rd-party apps sends a clear message that Reddit doesn’t want to compromise. On the desktop, I use old.reddit.com, but for mobile, I use 3rd-party apps from the open-source F-Droid app store. I don’t mind ads, I just like my user interface to enhance my workflow, not slow me down, track me, and actively annoy me.

It’s great to see everyone here!