An update in the last year added a “feature” where, when I search something, if my query is even vaguely close to the name of an app on my phone, Android will open that app instead of doing my search. I, for the life of me, haven’t been able to figure out how to disable it. That alone made me hate Android.
Off the top of my head, not counting the plethora of gift cards:
A first edition Kindle Fire a month after it released. For being tech-illiterate, she ended up loving it and upgraded a few times through the years.
Several Roku boxes and Fire TV sticks, which are just now getting used because my parents are finally cutting the cord.
Lots of concert tickets for various bands, including Foo Fighters, Green Day, and Kiss.
1-week all expenses paid trip to Nashville for some big New Year’s party that some celebs showed up to.
$600 cowboy boots.
$300 KitchenAid mixer.
A full set of Paula Dean cookware, and she LOVES Paula Dean.
Not OP but my mom enters literally every contest she sees and has won a surprising amount.
Yep, there is a vendor that shows up to farmers’ markets here called “CornHub” with the same design.
In 2018, someone maintaining a ROM site was ordered to pay Nintendo $12 million.
In late 2021, someone was sentenced to 10 years of prison and to pay Nintendo $14.5 million. That person got out on good behavior last April, but 25-30% of their wages are going to be garnished until their debt to Nintendo is paid off - which will likely take the rest of their life.
Go sailing to build your magical fork collection.
I realize that I’m in the great minority of Redditors with what I learned, but my experience modding on Reddit was enough to land me a job as a social media manager for a tech company, and I’ve worked my way up to director of communications from that. So, I learned actual career skills from Reddit.
I know that Lemmy is years old, but as this is my first day on the platform, it feels like a whole new world.
It might be a case where the EU needs to help Ukraine stick it out long enough for the US to pull its head out of its ass in the next 4 years.
At that point, the war will have been going on for 7 years. Ugh.