@yakkoTDI It’s a trunk cam silly.

@detailer Darn it! You have the better reply. Here is a coupon code for one free dead hooker cleanup.

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@bugger
Actually, cameras are super handy if you have some older parents that you are trying to keep as independent as possible. A few strategically placed cameras allow you to monitor for falls, missed meals etc. while permitting more independence on their part.

@chienfou Fun y you said that. I have an elderly mother with a few issues. We’re keeping her in her house but I have 9 Ring cameras covering inside out back, front and garage. Like you said. Keeping them independent but still monitored for trip n fall situations. Great minds!

@chienfou if your looking for Ring cam deals monitor the WOOT site. I got all my cameras there for an average of 60% off retail. 80% off for the ring solar panels on the outside cams. FYI

@awk It’s the TherapyCam! Maybe I should get one for myself.

@phendrick Black & Decker no longer exists as it once did. Stanley owns the IP and, apparently, doesn’t mind licensing it for things like this.

@phendrick Do we really want to start a B&D experience thread here?

@macromeh @phendrick Not without a safe word, we don’t.

@craigthom Funny, both the Merrimack and the Monitor were novel ideas and made the history books, but in my understanding neither had any real impact on the War.

@craigthom @phendrick didn’t the Monitor leads to war?

Nope. I’m thinking of the Maine 4 decades later

@craigthom @phendrick @thechilipepper0 Arguably, Monitor completely changed the design of naval warfare armament mountings. Until that ship was used in battle, you had to point your main guns by aiming the entire ship. The monitor allowed bringing your guns to bear on a target that was not just broadside but anywhere within range. This was an idea which actually did revolutionize ship design, albeit not quite immediately. First, it was necessary to make iron hulls more practical to build, and able to withstand the stresses of firing a large gun from a turret. There were some notable goofs along the way to making it work properly. In particular, the British managed to build their first three such battleships with turrets that were so unbalanced that if all three were aimed broadside at the same time, the ship would heel over and try to capsize.

@tweezak sure, if you’re the only fan.

@tweezak Only fans in your neighborhood. Or building. (It does not record.)

@mgessel @tweezak But with the 5" version you can access its output on your cell, and I’m sure you will figure out a work-around…
I have faith in y’all!

@Kyeh That never occurred to me, but you’re right! Maybe it’s because so many people use surrogates or adopt these days, i suppose it just seems like a more inclusive term…? Interesting how language progresses &/or adapts over the years.

@ircon96 Hmmm, that’s a more charitable view of it, thank you.
I just thought it was a new cutsie fashion, like the way presents are never just “given” anymore - they’re “gifted.”

@ircon96 @Kyeh and food made in a restaurant isn’t “homemade”, it’s “house made”. Pure drivel.

@ircon96 @Jonas4321
Also “hand crafted.”

@Kyeh Yes…and we source, not buy products. My biggest laugh is that everything is a journey now days. Pure marketing crap.

@detailer @Kyeh and one of the most annoying such things as far as I am concerned is calling hair conditioner “product”. Glycerol trinitrate is a product. Xanthan gum is a product. Chlorine trifluoride is a product. You won’t catch me putting any of those on my hair, nor letting anybody else do so. If somebody wants to apply something to my hair or scalp, they had bloody damned well better be fucking honest and a hell of a lot more specific about what it is, and not just call it “product”.

@detailer @werehatrack That one actually cracks me up - “product.” Yeah, let’s just put this CheezWhiz in your hair.
Also, “influencers,” who produce “content.”

@ircon96 @Jonas4321 @Kyeh Well, technically, food made in a restaurant isn’t homemade; that’s what food made at home is called (the amateur status of the food maker is implied).

@ircon96 @Jonas4321 @lisagd
Good point.

@ircon96 @Jonas4321 @Kyeh @lisagd And if you have access to the catalogs of outfits like Sysco and Ben E. Keith, you start to realize why so many restaurant menus, and the dishes served, are so very similar. “House made” at least implies that the dish began as discrete ingredients delivered separately, and subjected to preparation on-site, not just portioned and heated.

@Jonas4321 @Kyeh @lisagd @werehatrack @detailer One term that’s WAY overused these days is “curate.” Every online influencer thinks having a handful of followers qualifies them to be the curator of whatever insipid collection of products they endorse in an attempt to make enough money that they can avoid a real job. If you don’t work for a museum or cultural institution of some kind, get over yourself.

@detailer @Jonas4321 @lisagd @werehatrack @ircon96 YES!
Also, when did twenty-somethings on social media become “lifestyle experts?”
One of the a.m. shows, probably Today, had this little gal instructing us on how to do something or other so much better! because she’s a lifestyle expert!

@detailer @Jonas4321 @Kyeh @lisagd @werehatrack Amen, sistah!

@detailer @Jonas4321 @Kyeh @lisagd @werehatrack Oh, yeah, i forgot to mention, those of you annoyed by hair stuff being called “product” will get an even bigger kick knowing that if you buy anything in a salon, it’s marked up 100% unless it’s on “sale.” I think that’s why stylists started calling it product, cuz that’s where the big bucks are. Gotta move that product!!

@detailer @ircon96 @Jonas4321 @Kyeh @werehatrack They’re the same people who, when they see something we used more than a few years ago, act like it’s some totally alien thing and don’t know or have any curiosity about any popular culture from then, either. And they won’t stay off my lawn!

@detailer @ircon96 @Jonas4321 @Kyeh @werehatrack I refuse to buy anything they push for that very reason. I started using a shampoo bar a couple years ago, and my hair is so much softer and healthier than when I used liquid shampoo, which is a lot harsher.

@detailer @ircon96 @Jonas4321 @lisagd @werehatrack
I found another term that annoys me - referring to things as “veggie-forward” or"fruit-forward." They referred on the news to a food truck whose menu is “veggie-forward,” but I’ve also often seen wine described as “fruit-forward.”

@omally Unless you have cats. Then there’s darkness, because the camera is face-down on the floor, or the cat is laying on it, or both.

@omally @werehatrack Not true if your cat is particularly mean. The screen could always show the South end of a north bound cat.

@omally @yakkoTDI I see you are well versed in the ways of the feline, sir, indeed, you are correct.

@thechinglish “turned into”? When was it not?

@Jonas4321 @thechinglish When it was the Ross and Big Lots reject bin…

@IAMIS One of my currently inactive Wi-Fi access points has the SSID of Amazon surveillance van.

@IAMIS @werehatrack that’s just the code we use NSAVAN and then a number