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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (2 children)

being evil is now permitted

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 month ago

I think that change is hilarious because in reality, some lawyer or middle-manager probably just looked at that and went "this is stupid and unprofessional, it shouldn't be in an official statement" and took it out.

But it's so much funnier to think that Google top brass were like

Yessssss... with this one change, we can do whatever we want and no one can stop us!

while rubbing their hands together or something

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Opening and closing Chrome 10 times in a row.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

No, I am unfortunately a meme thief and should not be allowed in your chat servers.

My guess is that it was made by the person who listed themselves as the author. It's a mastodon username there.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s a mastodon username there

Good lead; I found it: This meme is by @[email protected], based on a toot by @[email protected].

Thanks for sharing it!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Thanks! That explains why I wasn't able to find the original when I just looked for the name. Great detective work!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I prefer the term "meme arbitrage"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

If you change Chrome to Windows and Firefox to Linux the quote in the article sums me up perfectly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yet another reason to hate tabs

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

By what definition is this a meme?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A meme is a self replicating idea subject to evolutionary pressures.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

By that definition, every single post is a meme. May as well call the community "posts"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Try asking Dawkins.