<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> Oh....... I almost wanna kill that guy</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> tempting, but I&#39;m in between jobs atm, so it might depend on how deep a discount.</p><p>Also I&#39;m in Australia so it&#39;d be something like a 1am to 8am class, but that just adds to the fun/punishment, maybe</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> Can I get an array of catgirls?</p>

<p>ah yes, &quot;linker scripts&quot;</p>

<p>Single Catgirl Multiple Bites</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> fair!</p>

<p>A few months ago I heard the term &quot;left on read&quot; for the first time* and I laughed right out loud at it. My reaction was ... this is not a thing? This cannot possibly be a thing? The whole point of using this medium is that there are no expectations for receiving a reply in any particular time frame?</p><p>Most young people feel differently, it seems. Texting is now a &quot;high demand&quot; communications platform, and they understandably want to escape from that.</p><p>* yes I know, I&#39;m very very old!</p>

<p>A lot of discussion about generational communication focuses on asynchronicity, and I think that&#39;s right.</p><p>For boomers, phones were async because if someone was away from home, you missed them and left a message if they had an answering machine. Now everyone carries a phone around.</p><p>For my generation, texting is async because you can check your phone whenever. Now everyone is on their phone 8 hours a day.</p><p>For Gen Z, having to open Discord is a *feature*; meanwhile I never remember to check it.</p>

<p>I feel justified about my choices in communications platforms because mine are relatively open (~everyone has a phone and email, you can choose from many providers for either), and modern platforms are not (you can&#39;t even *view* Instagram / Twitter without being forced to log in). But realistically, older people felt the same: &quot;everyone has a phone, not everyone has a cell phone plan; I like hearing your voice, text lacks the same emotional connection.&quot;</p>