Nothing too serious, i want to hear your petty, your eccentric, your off beat takes.

  • DigDoug@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Binary prefixes are stupid and unnecessary. Yes, I know “kilo” means 1000, not 1024, I don’t care because it’s obvious from context. RAM manufacturers know what’s up - I’ve never seen the word “gibibyte” or “GiB” written on a stick of RAM.

    I also hate these stupid bandwagon pet peeves:

    Pineapple on pizza is great and if you disagree you don’t have to eat it.

    There’s nothing inherently gross about the word “moist”.

    Toilet paper orientation doesn’t matter at all.

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      6 days ago

      I was with you until the last one. Anyone who doesn’t put their toilet paper in the holder vertically is an idiot.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        Unless you have cats.

        Said cat is in my lap this moment, and any time the TP was installed wrongly she’d run amok – for 15 years.

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        6 days ago

        i was going to tell you to close the damn door, but then i remembered how i open doors for the stupid cat even when there is a cat flap he can use. and the other cat has figured out door handles so we had to put knobs on the exterior doors.

    • GaumBeist@lemmy.ml
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      5 days ago

      I agree with you on the pet peeves, but when it comes to binary prefices, I am always in favor of clarity in communication instead of leaving things up to context clues and interpretation (aka assuming everyone thinks the same way)