Oh that makes sense, sorry I misunderstood!

Yep, they/them/theirs is used in the same place as he/him/his or she/her/hers. It/it/its should not be used for people unless someone explicitly says those are their preferred pronouns. “It” is typically used for objects and non-human animals, so it could be seen as rude to refer to a human as “it.” If unsure, use they/them.

Using “they” for a singular person has been used since at least the 14th century, so there’s no need to feel uncomfortable with it. I highly recommend reading the Wikipedia page on Singular they, which touches on its history.

A similar example is “you.” “You” used to be only a plural, with “thou” being the singular, but over time it fell out of fashion and now “you” can be used as singular or plural, like how “they” can be singular or plural.

Singular “they” was criticised by some people hundreds of years after it started being used. But language cannot be prescribed; it is determined by how people use it.

I suspect it’s not a lack of playtesters that’s the problem, but harsh deadlines and crunch. That type of environment leads to tech debt to get things working fast, which leads to hard-to-manage code, which leads to bugs…

I also thought toggles were unnecessary, but then I read something that changed my mind.

Toggles have an immediate effect, whereas checkboxes don’t.

For example, a light/dark mode setting. You could use a checkbox, but users have become used to the above behaviour, and so a toggle may be more appropriate.

Checkboxes, therefore, are more of a form element.

Personally, I’d still be fine with just checkboxes, but that design intention is something I hadn’t known but makes sense after I heard it

When I was doing long distance runs, there was nothing more I wanted afterwards than some chocolate milk

Quandale Dingle

Name checks out

Not today FBI

There are still subreddits though, they’re just called communities

I don’t fully disagree but that was exactly Kira’s thinking lol (at least at the start)

I tried Niagara at first, but wanted something FOSS and switched to KISS Launcher which is similar. It’s search-based, like Niagara. My friend bought the Niagara launcher and loves it, but it’s not for me

Not very important but I remember it strangely well.

I was 8 years old. My teacher asked “What is one hundred times one hundred?”

I raised my hand and said “Ten thousand!”

“No, it’s one thousand. Ten times ten is one hundred, and one hundred times one hundred is one thousand.”

“But… It’s ten thousand. Can I show you on a calculator?”

“No! Sit down, it’s one thousand. I’m the teacher, I should know.”

I later got a calculator and showed her and she didn’t apologise.

Great Lenna reference

You can get browser extensions to have more control over video speed

The ant-smelling trait is a genetic thing. I have a co-worker that can smell ants, but otherwise their sense of smell is unremarkable

What? I Google stuff all the time. Just not on Google (DuckDuckGo or Qwant)

I was feeling disconnected from my friends for quite a while. I find I have a hard time keeping up with people, and that usually ends up meaning I am no one’s best friend.

I’ve done two things:

1. Organised a (mostly) weekly poker night (not for money but for snacks). Any board game would work. It gets us in the same room and we have a grand old time. This is the highlight of my week. It really helped to have something to look forward to each week when I was feeling depressed and meaningless.
2. Started sending my two closest friends one (1) meme per day tailored to them specifically. It’s rare for me to message anyone, but this keeps me in contact, even if it’s basically like a poke on Facebook. It keeps me fresh in their heads. It usually ends up sparking a convo about this or that. It’s led to me being invited to a couple of fun events, which feels really nice, because for a while there I was barely invited to anything.

These two things, while simple, have greatly increased my mood and has gotten me much closer with my friends than I was before, as I had drifted apart from them.

The flag with the tree is the flag of Lebanon. I also found this out after asking what the “Christmas tree flag” represented 💀

That got a chuckle out of me, ya bastard

Remember, there are no consequences. Whatever you do will be reset, so this wouldn’t work