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Zephorah

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  • Booking.com cancelled woman's $4K hotel reservation, then offered her same rooms for $17K

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  • Booking.com seems great until something goes wrong. Then, there’s no remediation.

    Show up and discover a dirty, roach motel homeless flophouse instead of a vacation rental. The pictures are of the hotel but from a different time.

    Good odds you won’t be able to get a refund.

    Booking.com customer services words: We just talked to the owner, and they say it’s not like that, denied.

    Send pictures. “Your picture…”. You mean pictures, plural? “No, there’s only one picture.” Try again. “Ok, I have multiple pictures.” And? “I don’t see the problem.” Mold isn’t a problem? “The owner says there’s no mold.” And the picture? “The owner says there’s no mold.”

    Booking.com is awful.

  • Why is socialization so hard in the 2020s?

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  • I’m old, I know about magazines. I was curious about Gen Z. LPs shot up in price and scarcity due to younger generations so why not this. They even display LPs like visual art.

  • GrapheneOS being targeted by France

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  • The billionaires really want all in on no privacy.

  • Why is socialization so hard in the 2020s?

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  • Politics is definitely a piece of it. Social media has placed it in front of everything. And now, given the amount of threat and violence in it, people do two things.

    In most real conversations people dance around speaking about anything political, lest they reveal themselves. And they’re wholly unwilling to move forward with this other person socially until they know their politics. As such, nothing happens.

  • Why is socialization so hard in the 2020s?

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  • I’m fascinated. GenZ is into old school magazines? On paper?

  • Why is socialization so hard in the 2020s?

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  • I’m not going to say to go build something. The last 10 years has made anything hobby related incredibly expensive. Fabric. Wood. Paint. Even garden supply. They’ve priced out most people.

    Day hiking though, that can be free or cheap. Hearing and smelling are underrated. Get away from the music reminiscent of old school TV commercial advertising that has infused most of social media and YouTube. Smell trees. I’m not saying lean in like it’s a flower. If you day hike, you will notice the nice smells. ASMR sounds are, I think, based on nice sounds you hear while walking: dirt and pine needles under your shoes, leaves rustling in the breeze, etc.

    And it’s free. Like a library card. So go take advantage.

  • Why is socialization so hard in the 2020s?

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  • Distance can be mitigated by gaming. It’s dependent on it being more about your socialization with those people though, than an obsession with a game. It’s what we siblings do. And the grandmas play Roblox long distance with their grandkids while FaceTime-ing.

    It’s not the social media that’s necessarily bad, it’s how it’s used that can be bad.

  • Why is socialization so hard in the 2020s?

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  • I think a step back is the answer. I’m old. I love tech. But I grew up without it which does have advantages, like being comfortable visiting someone’s domicile and vice versa.

    Substack seems popular, and it’s quite a throwback. It’s like blogs of the early Internet and lovely long form design alongside current media. And it works. Bringing back good elements we’ve forgotten. Steps back can be good.

    Meetup was also a thing back in the day, and in some cities, it worked. Artists in some locales would get together for drawing, including figure drawing. Safely. Outdoor movie nights. Probably the best use of the top floor of a parking garage that I’ve ever seen. And tabletop D&D. That was 20 yrs ago. Substack brought back a new/improved form of blogging though so why not this too?

    All these young people doubting the authenticity of Stranger Things. We can’t roll back helicopter mommies but we can start engaging in tabletop more.

    RISK night can also be good. Highly recommend RISK 2210. 5 turns each and it takes 3 hours. It’s wonderful.

    Board games or tabletop are good because they’re easier, socially. You don’t have to be hyper focused on the interpersonal, you have a task to do, a reason to be there. It reduces that other anxiety in a natural way. And it’s not expensive, like food venues or bars.

    If you’re clueless on tabletop, watch a HarmonQuest or two. The fun side is dressed up with animation, but you’ll get the idea on how the story progression can work.

  • Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway

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  • It exists. Or did. Menslib over on that other platform.

  • Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway

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  • Ferengis are known outside of the Star Trek fan base. A well travelled species.

  • Roblox begins asking tens of millions of children to verify their age with a selfie

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  • Getting an early start on cataloging with facial recognition.

  • Annoying dark pattern where no means maybe later

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  • Water useage by data centers in Georgia, cannot be revealed to the public because that information is under NDA.

    Nothing is that useful.

  • Annoying dark pattern where no means maybe later

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  • If local city council representation would simply vote with the wishes of their voters, then we would have no data centers.

    These people are guilty of fraudulent representation and should be recalled.

  • Annoying dark pattern where no means maybe later

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  • I’ve been listening to way too many Behind the Bastards podcasts in a row this week, but, apparently, Peter Thiel’s pick for the antichrist is a nebulous finger point towards the anti-AI movement.

    All of it, the data centers going up faster than a fireworks tent on fire combined with decreased regulation and the dismantling of democracy reads as pure Thiel.

    In short, this AI crap isn’t going away anytime soon.

  • NSFW

    Is it common for family members to spy on each other's sexual behavior to find evidence of "degeneracy"? Or did I grow up in hell?

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  • This is bizarre behavior on their part, especially your dad. My understanding is reading journals isn’t uncommon but it demonstrates an incredible lack of integrity.

  • I never understood what it was people did on Twitter. I understand it even less now that it is X.

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  • Me neither. I technically had an account, but only to log in and look around. I found it most useful during things like Floyd protests and riots, for a real time news feed from people with boots on ground on what’s happening. Apart from that, it has always seemed odd and worthless.

  • Where do you typically leave/read reviews

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  • Anything but Yelp. Depending.

  • Tell me there are no women in your life without saying there are no women in your life.

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  • That’s the episode I cited.

  • Tell me there are no women in your life without saying there are no women in your life.

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  • Weird. My stay at home mom and favorite aunt watched it back when TVs had 5 stations on a dial. They introduced me, female, to it at a young age. None of us are Trump voters.

    The only dislike expressed was for the Spock’s brain episode. They still talk about what a terrible episode they thought it was.

    Where is this article getting their demographic numbers, wishful thinking? The wiki says it’s always been a diverse viewership with a slight skew to male.