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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • the internet before advertising, before it became a utility, before it became ubiquitous and essential… When it was just that weird thing that nerds toyed around with…

    Gods those were the days.

    No search engines, Had to find websites on the internet yellow pages, via a web ring, or because someone gave you a slip of paper with an address, that was always written out to include the http://… and visitor counters and guest books… people always filled out the guest book, and it wasnt spam, viruses, or bullshit. actual, legitimate comments from the majority of visitors.

    all at the blazing speed of 28.8k

    and now I am unbearably depressed and sad.







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    18 days ago

    I live in a neighborhood that regularly (as in, at least once, often more times a week) has people blasting concert grade speakers until like 4 in the morning, with revving cars, fireworks, gunshots, etc etc.

    and thats from people who live there. no airbnbs.

    Shitty people are shitty people. at least with an airbnb you have a chance at a break in the neighbors being dickheads.


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    18 days ago

    Theres been only a couple times in my life where I considered an AirBnB over a motel/hotel.

    Every time I ended up staying at the Hotel/Motel, because it ended up being cheaper.

    I remember looking at an airbnb that was like 25 dollars a night, and went to check out… and had to do a fucking comic book double take because the 25 dollars a night (was only needing it for one night) ended up being like 250 dollars thanks to bullshit cleaning fees and other exploitative, hidden bullshit.

    So if that 25 dollar a night place is now being displayed as 250 dollars a night… then I forsee AirBnB bookings plummeting.

    the motel I ended up at instead was only 75 bucks all in, just as point of reference.