I don't know if this fits the bill but, for several years, I heard the story of a man who had been released from an asylum and spent all his time on the sidewalk of a large road pretending to be a tree, raising his hands and fingers as if they were branches and bushes and would wave them in case of wind (also imitating their noise). He was nicknamed after a specific type of tree I don't remember now
I've never met the guy, but it stuck with me since I heard the same story from various people who didn't know each other
I agree. There is this scene at the very beginning of Back to the Future 2 where the sky is full of flying cars and they risk running into each other because there are no lanes and everyone is driving recklessly. That's an omen! 😄
Ah, wow. So some exams are happening online, even though classes are in person! There goes a combination I had not thought about. It is annoying to still need Respondus though, even if I understand why
Interesting (and annoying). I imagined that most exams went back to the usual pen and paper or laboratory, but there were tests written on laptops and in class long before the pandemic. I had forgotten about those!
I've been a lurker on Reddit for forever (about 15 years) and then the APIcalypse happened and my first and unique post on Reddit was asking for a Tildes invite. I didn't enjoy Tildes, so now I'm here. We're so much less that I feel I can't lurk here too, so now I regularly comment here.
I was scrolling down to see if anyone said this, since it's been the case for me so far. I have to say lately I've seen a raise in unfriendliness (not referring towards me, but in general), but I suppose it's inevitable.
I'm still really happy with how people interact with me and with each other, and I haven't felt that on Reddit for a while (am referring to both pre APIcalypse and after, though I now visit Reddit rarely)
Chill out RobotZap1000 (though, I suppose your alias suggests you're a fierce robot punishing earthlings 😄)!
I was just making a joke about the fact that normally we're constantly receiving feedback to do/not do so something and we're never entirely free to decide on our own
(1) If I watch it, it's on YouTube (a form of social media) so I'll be influenced and manipulated.
(2) If I don't watch it, it's because I've read its title on Lemmy (another form of social media), so I'll have been influenced and manipulated anyway.
Bottom line: being influenced and manipulated is everyone's destiny, yay!
I've read it this year for the first time. It's fantastic. So short and so powerful.