Ben Aveling

v cash money of you to ... New to me too, but from context: v good of you to give everything up front, no mucking around, no need to chase anything, no waiting to see what happens.

@Her_Doing @ProcessParsnip

I would say that she has guessed that burn doesn't mean burn the whole CD, but doesn't know what it does mean. In answer to her questions:

• was it like a ritual? Yes.
• did it work? If you did the ritual right, yes, sometimes. @4Dboy @djlink

RE: @AndrewRadev@hachyderm.io

CEO: I do not understand what my employees do. I will replace them with Automated Plagiarism
AP: Here is a new problem. Here is the answer to a different problem.
Reality: Laughs
CEO: My AP is failing in the way everyone told me it would fail. My employees must be sabotaging it.

If it wasn’t for subtooting I would toot a lot less than I do.

#Alt4you A doctor's certificate, excusing "the Entire County of Mayo" from work for 5 days, diagnosis: Suffering from 75 years of bottled-up emotion being released all at once, following Mayo's first All-Ireland title in 75 years. Symptoms:

• uncontrollable crying
• loss of voice
• emotional exhaustion
• difficulty concentrating
• random outbursts of "Up Mayo!" Signed Dr Maguire (definitely a real doctor) @brianhonan@mastodon.social

“When arguing, you should focus on ethics, not self-interest”
I guess that’s the ethical position. But you are going to persuade a lot more ppl if you can hit both ethics and self-interest. Because ppl don’t generally act against their own (broadly defined) self-interests.