It’s not a cone of shame.

He’s just Victorian nobility- with those weird neck-fan-things.

And he’s rocking it. Cute little devil.

Hope he feels better.

I imagine about a month after productivity drops because they’re having rampant sex at work… we’ll be seeing another article “Putin encourages Russians to get back to work and stop having sex.”

oh. this will end well.

I need OP to boop the Snoot for you.

I also need OP to give Nuka-Zooks the best schritches and the best belly rubs. The kind that Nuka really likes… for me.

(also, we all need more photos… Nuka seems like a sweetie. and same for Blueberry!)

somebody deserves all the scritches in the world. but only the best schritches. and belly rubs.

How could you say ‘no’ to those eyes?

yes. I don’t generally add the alt-text option (that’s more for hyperlinks. it doesn’t show on image links). !.

Most websites will let you right click and image and copy the image’s URL, alternatively, you can open that image in a new tab (just the image,) and then copy that URL, and it’ll display the picture. Lemmy will host an image if you’re adding it from your computer. (for that use the ‘upload image’ tool in the editor buttons.

edit, Relevant XKCD:

Use this power responsibly… or not. this should fun.

Wait. What?

We don’t need to.

It’s people having fun.

I will never understand nfl football. Dudes in tights chasing other dudes in tights. Idiots dressing up in cosplay being stupid.

How many fans are going to downvote that? (And how many would make fun of me for the DnD cosplay at a con?)

Can you actually make a healthy candy bar that doesn’t have all the qualities of sawdust-flavored sand?

Should probably tell him he’s a good doggo.

Also scritches and belly rubs.

He deserves all the treats.

Dogs are better than people. Just saying, if they think they’re human, you should tell them they’re a good boy. To help with the esteem issues… ;)

for the record, it’s ISIS that’s going after russia. In that regard the Taliban and Russia/Putie-Boo have a common enemy.

probably would have gotten himself excommunicated like that archbishop did, if only he could get off the damn couch.

Although, it probably is the stupid kind of shit Boeing would do. An audible alarm for “oh shit you have no air!”

sound will also transmit through the physical structure, so you can feel the vibrations if your touching walls.

But if you really want to get pedantic… you’ll probably notice the whole choking-on-vacuum-thing first.

To be fair, if you leave an airlock door open….

It’s quite a bit worse than a fridge.

I’m wondering if it’s not some kind of assistive thing that got turned on randomly because it was up there too long.

For example, for docking, playing a sound that changed pitched as you got closer, etc.

That or an Easter egg engineers buried as a joke among themselves.

“hard” evidence.

you’re sealioning. I’ve already dropped plenty of good evidence. You’re welcome to drop any evidence you have, at all, that they’re not. including the ACLU, and several other sources.

I’ll wait.

You’re wrong if you think you’re entire life isn’t already in Walmart’s database, though. Or any other major retailer. or minor retailer. Or the data brokers that are buying and selling from everybody. Welcome to 2024.

Of course there’s no hard evidence.

You really think the people that have first hand knowledge are allowed to tell them? You think that Walmart or anyone else is going to admit to knowing your dick size?* (Or your partner’s as the case may be?)

All the people that responded back, only two gave a hard answer, and I’d be willing to bet that the one that said “no” probably weaseled it with something like “we do not do facial recognition for security reasons” or whatever if they’re doing it for “marketing” or “improving shopper experience” or whatever.

And what they’re doing isn’t illegal (and they’ve lobbied governments across the world to ensure that,) so they simply don’t have to answer.

Of course there’s no hard evidence. But there’s plenty of soft evidence. Like how the fuck do you think they’re going to pop personalized adds in store if they don’t know who you are and what you’re doing?

“But they don’t know my dicksize! You’re just being alarmist!”…. You ever buy condoms?

ACLU on biometrics

Forbes on IoT devices

ArsTech on facial rec. retailers love to blame everything they fucking can on shoplifters. it’s a great excuse.

Walmart bragging about it in their online space. Sure, that’s online. But Walmart has had the ability to track everything you do in the store for literal decades, and has actively developed AI facial recog (and lets be honest, other related biometrics). If you think the online data is valuable… then you gotta wonder about the physical end of it to.

And it’s incredibly valuable as IoT tags start pushing you advertisements, and all those smart shelves they’re installing are tracking where you look as they flash their cheery little adverts that are crafted with the advice and input of a small army of neuroscientistis. oh. that sounds ridiculous bullshit doesn’t it? Actually, the field is now it’s own field called ‘neuromarketing’. the IoT shelves, the security systems tracking customers providing near-real-time feedback on those things all require a massive database.

What’s really disgusting is that they will cheerfully lie to you and tell you its to make your experience better.. (if that’s even true at all, it’s because they want the spare change they didn’t get.)