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24d ago
inThat '5G causes migraines' article from last Tuesday is still floating around my town's Facebook page
...and that's exactly what happened to my friend Carol over in Oakdale. Her neighborhood page had this video claiming 5G towers were killing birds, and it got over a thousand shares in two days. She actually took the time to call the county health department, got a statement from them saying there was zero evidence for it, and posted it right in the thread. The person who started it just said "well, I read it somewhere" and then deleted their post, but not before about fifty people had already commented agreeing with the whole bird thing. The kicker is, two weeks later the same article popped up again in a different group, and Carol just gave up and let it sit there. She told me sometimes you can't win a fight nobody wants to have, so you just let the crazy have its day.
27d ago
inStopped using a drill driver for screws, went back to a manual screwdriver for trim work
Heard a trim carpenter on a podcast say the same thing, something about feeling the screw seat through the handle. Tried it on a door casing this weekend and yeah, that last little turn makes a huge difference, no more split wood.
27d ago
inWarning: that $30 dating app "personality test" was just a bot filter
Wait, are we really surprised that a $30 "personality test" on a dating app turned out to be the same recycled quiz they feed everyone? That's like paying extra to get told you're "adventurous and loyal" while the app's actual goal is just to see if you'll hand over cash for anything. I mean, bots are annoying, sure, but the test was never gonna outsmart them, right? It's basically a cash grab dressed up as a filter, and you kind of played yourself by expecting more. Save the $30 for a real background check or something, because these apps are gonna keep farming our wallets either way.