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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • While putting in a new generator is absolutely a better idea, that means it’s not the original car. Plenty of classic car (and computing and video game and music and any hobby) enthusiasts run original hardware on purpose. Where’s the fun in building an Apple IIe if you use a flash drive instead of the hard drive? Where’s the soul in listening to The Four Tops on a digital recording instead of the vinyl master? Why play Sega on a flash cart instead of the original cartridges? Why drive a classic Civic if you’re trying to drop a K20 in there?

    New stuff is objectively better. A 4Cyl Mustang makes more power these days than a V8 from the 90s, more so for older models. You have to be a little irrational to put that amount of time into running something just because it’s older.










  • If we say that the accepted pronunciation of “X” is “ex” then we run into an even bigger problem than Prince’s logo.

    “Ex” User says… Is this a former user of the website or current?

    A user on the website “ex” is too long winded and sounds like I’m saying a hypothetical.

    Users on “ex” - although shorter, X is a street name for ecstacy and user is sometimes used as shorthand for drug user (e.g. User and abuser) so why should we be listening to a cracked out party kid?

    The golden ticket is “formerly Twitter” because we actually know what the fuck that one is.

    I’m willing to bet there’s at least one X user on X right now.