Haha, yeah. I had about the same reaction when I read that. I thought for sure it was an early 2000s thing.

That’s like asking if every racist joke should be applied to everyone of that race. That’s kind of how stereotype-based “humor” works.

Norf F.C or “Goalposting” is the nickname given to a series of drawings and illustrations originating from 4chan’s /pol/ board satirizing Northern English

Yes, 4chan’s /pol/ board is certainly a mighty fine moral compass you’re referencing there. /s

Not saying any of it isn’t accurate for a portion of the population. But it doesn’t apply to everyone (we’re not a monoculture / planet of hats), and to paint 347,628,682 people with a mural of ugly stereotypes is, well, kinda racist / xenophobic.

The barrel is [present-tense verb] [preposition] the Worf.

For regular debit/POS transactions, yeah, I think that’s universal. For ATMs, though, I think it depends on the ATM software, right?
Is it only your bank’s branded ATMs that do that?

My credit union doesn’t operate ATMs and just reimburses the fees, so I use any random ATM when I need to do something other than a deposit. Some let me do multiple transactions, some don’t. Some don’t even let me transfer funds, but those are usually the dinky little machines you find in “convenience” locations.

I really don’t that that gives it a pass, TBH.

I loved the simplicity of it. It did one thing, and did it well enough.

They had an early mobile app (BREW I think), but it was pretty awful.

I think SMS gaining popularity killed it, and they were too early for the “What’s App” era that ultimately killed SMS in a lot of places.

How is this not racist/xenophobic? (yeah, I know “American” isn’t a race). You make this kind of comic for any other country, and a rational person would be like “yeah, that’s…pretty racist.”

This and the “time warp” pose:

That’s what that pose was??

I always thought it was the “I’m about to shit my pants” pose, and I never made the connection to Rocky Horror Picture Show.

I didn’t notice it at the time, but AIM away messages were basically like proto-Twitter long before actual Twitter became a thing. Some people would always be “away” so their inspirational crap would show since AIM still let you chat like normal while “away”.

vaguebooking that would involve lame-ass “motivation quotes” or worse song lyrics that were obviously about some dramatic thing happening in their life

You’ve just described like 90% of the AIM away messages in high school lol.

Yeah, probably lol. I guess I just don’t pay a lot of attention to who posts what most of the time.

That’s how ours is. Mostly just collects and manages funds for tree trimming, (communal) landscaping, and to pay the snow plows in the winter.

There’s a little micro-management (trash cans have to be out of view except during pickup days, etc) but nothing too draconian.

That said, if/when I ever move, I’m going out of my way to not live in an HOA.

At least we’re not doing duckface anymore.

Oh, it’s that person, then? I’m pretty sure I know who you mean. I blocked them a while back when an entire page and a half of posts was just them.

I"m 100% with you. Faith of the Heart fans unite!

In what aisle in Coscto would I find one of those? Asking for a friend.

In all fairness, my HOA isn’t that bad. They’re more annoying than totalitarian. HOA President Commander Toreth is actually pretty nice. Weirdly, all the people close to my age (mid 40’s) like her, and all of her Boomer peers seem terrified of her. I kinda want to know the story there. Like… is she former (or current emeritus) Tal-Shiar?

Honestly, if Commander Toreth was a little older and had white hair, she’d be a ringer for our current HOA president.