{ "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1", "title": "Austin Carr", "icon": "https://avatars.micro.blog/avatars/2023/39/1487435.jpg", "home_page_url": "https://social.arcarr.com/", "feed_url": "https://social.arcarr.com/feed.json", "items": [ { "id": "http://arcarr.micro.blog/2026/09/21/i-am-buying-potato-chips.html", "content_html": "

I am buying potato chips cooked in beef tallow to taste a glimpse of pre-1990 McDonald’s french fries.

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You are buying potato chips cooked in beef tallow because you are afraid of seed oils.

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We are not the same.

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Went to an estate sale and the woman left behind all sorts of orchestra, holiday, and gospel CDs but then hidden amongst them was Fatboy Slim’s “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby.” Walked out with that bad boy for $1 šŸ˜Ž

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Double Fine should yoink all the pottery throwing mechanics in Kiln and make one of those relaxing builder games like Tiny Glade.

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“Tell us how we did. Leave us a rating. Take this survey. How was your experience?”

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SHUT UP

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The only thing I’m missing about Japan is the toilets

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25% of my coworkers' Slack profiles have A.I. pictures of themselves in Holiday-themed attire. šŸ™ƒ

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All these girls who watched K-Pop Demon Hunters and go listen to more Audrey Nuna are going be in for a surprise. It’ll be like watching Bob Saget’s standup after seeing him on Full House.

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Local company pick up the phone or call me back so I can give them money for their services challenge (impossible)

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Thought I got a nice $1.50 score of Speakerboxxx/The Love Below on CD at Goodwill. Turns out it’s the clean version. šŸ¤®

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Also, if you want to buy it digitally, it’s $27! Bonkers.

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Responding to your coworkers with AI-generated slop is not only really rude, but also makes you look like a bozo.

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I donā€™t care what Gemini says. If I wanted to know what Gemini ā€œthoughtā€ about something I would have asked it myself.

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Wow, you can type something into a computer. Congrats, bozo.

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Itā€™s weird how warm the colors are in all of the AI slop images now.

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It started with the Ghibli slop, but now thereā€™s some new CharGPT house style slop thatā€™s also very warm.

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I donā€™t understand people who donā€™t acknowledge you after youā€™ve helped them in text chats. No ā€œthanksā€, no thumbs up, no nothinā€™.

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If we were having this conversation in real life would you just walk away from me without saying anything? Probably not. But thatā€™s what it feels like!

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If you get food delivered all the time and donā€™t know how to cook, probably the most important thing you can do right now is learn to cook.

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If most of the migrants providing farm and kitchen labor are deported, then the increased food prices and fewer staff will kill all your local restaurants.

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We watched ā€œBeetlejuice Beetlejuiceā€ tonight and it was better than I expected. I laughed a few times.

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It felt more like a reunion movie with a bunch of callbacks, rather than something new, but it was still fun!

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No, YOU’RE šŸ«µ buying things you don’t need, but always wanted, as a way of coping with your anxiety about the future of the world.

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Buying a Christmas gift and got a tip screen on a Shopify checkout page. Absolutely bonkers.

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Just gave the worst demo of my career and it was recorded šŸ„²

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Kids these days

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If you donā€™t want to cross the virtual NYT picket line but want to play some daily newspaper games, you should try out www.puzzmo.com.

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You donā€™t need to speak French and be an English major to do their crosswords!

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Ohh, itā€™s called Automattic because the guyā€™s name is Matt.

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I’m trying out fly.io and deployed a little toy app, but I couldn’t connect to it. There’s apparently emergency maintenance happening on the server. “Wow, that’s some bad timing,” I thought. But it turns out it’s been in emergency maintenance for TWELVE DAYS.

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Great first impression! šŸ™ƒ

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It always feels good when your coworkers start using the emoji youā€™ve uploaded on Slack

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AOC for Pres

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Whenever I get into an Uber, I know Iā€™m about to either engage in the wildest stories and opinions Iā€™ve ever heard, or sit in complete silence.

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The problem with my coworkers posting AI-generated art on Slack is that I can’t block them.

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