If everything else is wonky then “level” looks wrong.

Me.

Me and my life choices.

Melt your bank card in acetone. Carefully remove the chip and copper antenna. Place in small mould, fill with resin. Bobby Fingers (YouTuber) did this for a one-eyed friend so he could pay with his eyeball… Consider an rfid blocking case.

I normally get about four years or so out of an iPhone, with heavy and extensive daily use - works out as less than 50 (US) cents a day. I used to pay more for a newspaper.

I only made the switch when BlackBerry OS10 “failed” and they quit making handsets. I still miss my Z30 though…

Yeah, yeah. I know it looks that way but they actually have more vowels than the English… go figure.

Bellend it’s just the tip of the shaft - the bell shaped bit at the end… also used to signify a stupid person.

Cwtch - I do like your English spelling though.

Why would an entire generation ever become culturally irrelevant? Is this even a thing?

Yes.

From my own personal view I find it very difficult to disagree with every part of your second sentence.

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The Welsh rugby team were at one point sponsored by a Cardiff brewery called “Brains” and when they played over in Paris the sponsors name was rendered as “Brawn”.

Also the cigarette brand “Benson and Hedges” were branded “Buzzing Hornets” when their F1 team were racing in countries that had already banned tobacco sponsorship.

I browse… Twitter, 9gag, 4chan, BlueSky, Lemmy and Mastodon. I find a mixed bag of cunts and diamonds on all of them - and loads of people in between.

The world is not as black and white as you see it.

Perhaps you might try sorting the wheat from the chaff next time before you make definitive sweeping statements about various platforms.

Jesus Fucking Christ man… is this really how you see the world?

My almost five year old piece of under powered apple trash cost me less than 45 US cents a day, still has regular OS updates and works between eight to ten hours most days running my entire life. I might even splurge out and buy a new one if they ever release an overpowered non trash handset…

That’s, uh, not really left leaning… is it?

One of the best ways to understand this is to imagine a multi-storey car park. Concrete exterior walls, support pillars and wide open spaces. Now imagine it being a hotel. All the internal walls and ceilings could go anywhere. What you need is sound/heat insulation and somewhere to hide all your pipes and cables.

Quick, clean and crisp-looking are big concerns from the constructor and operators’ point of view. Whatever methods and materials work best will tend to become industry standard.

That’s where the “kind of” bit of the sentence kicks in…

I thought we were just shit posters having a laugh - sorry I don’t measure up to the required academic level to comment.

That’s the most amazing number I’ve ever encountered… thank you.