Something of personal significance, thanks for asking! I’ll have to think about if/when I want to post it publicly. At any rate I just got home from the appointment and it all went wonderfully! I’m already planning my next one.

Also, the stupid name chosen by mid-1990s edgelords trying to be funny is still stupid.

I have an appointment to get my first tattoo this afternoon!

Teslas have also have their own 360° array of cameras that may or may not be active and recording even when they’re parked.

The sets of fancy expensive-looking porcelain plates and cups my older relatives all had on display in a glass-fronted cabinet for use on some theoretical special occasion, but no occasion was ever actually special enough to allow anyone to use it.

A smartphone in my hand.

Talking of the news on September 11th, 2001, I had that day off and was sleeping in that morning when my sleep was interrupted by my (landline) phone ringing, I groggily answered and it was my best friend frantically telling me to put on the news. I fumbled, still half-asleep, for the TV remote while mumbling “what channel?” and she said “any channel!” just as I turned the TV on and, sure enough, whatever channel it was on was showing what was happening.

It’s a funny trope in film and TV to have characters generically tell each other to “turn on the TV/radio/etc.” without specifying which channel or whatever, and the required plot-fueling info just happens to be broadcasting live on whatever station is already tuned in. That’s the only day I remember that actually happening to me in real life.

This is such a remarkably apt way to put it.

I loved that Tom Hanks movie!

That’s some serious lag when you can get that close to the thing and the textures still haven’t loaded. What’s your ping time?