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Vicky Pattison on regret for ‘vapid’ past as volunteer work puts life in perspective
A love letter for the original Steam Link: I regret taking you for granted
Back in 2018 I managed to nab a physical Steam Link when Valve was flogging them for £2.50 here in the UK ($2.50 in USD). I was actually buying a Steam Controller for my then-partner and spotted the bargain while browsing through the Steam website, so I purchased the gadget on a whim. That little black puck has since left such a good impression on me that every alternative service has paled in comparison.
The Steam Link is fairly straightforward. It’s a wireless box-shaped dongle that plugs into your TV’s HDMI port, allowing you to stream games directly from your PC over your home internet connection. I had great success using it over Wi-fi, seeing barely any detectable lag, but you could also connect the device directly to your network…
Genshin Impact survey lists the characters players regret pulling for
This Genshin Impact survey, made by a fan, gathered responses and put them together to show which characters players regret pulling the most while playing the anime game. The survey was conducted by Redditor riridouluvme and it received 824 responses — a small amount given the overall size of the community — but the results post itself gained over 11,000 upvotes and over 2,000 comments in just about 12 hours.
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I regret my son’s name thanks to President Biden – it’s become a running joke
YEARS before Joe Biden ran for president, an expecting mom picked a common name for her baby boy.
Today, the name has different connotations, and they leave her feeling awkward in public – but luckily, she’s not alone.
Emily Perry acted out the uncomfortable new reality in a TikTok, which parents in the comments section commiserated with.
The caption of the video said it all: Perry titled it, “Parent who now sorta regrets naming her son Brandon.”
Pretending to be at a sports game, Perry cheered on the imaginary “Brandon.”
“Nice, Brandon! Great shot! Yeah, let’s go…buddy!” she shouted, catching herself.
The phrase “let’s go Brandon” refers to a meme generated from a viral video of NASCAR driver Brandon Brown.
In the clip, a crowd behind Brown chants “f*** Joe Biden,” which an NBC reporter mishears and repeats as “let’s go Brandon.”
Today, the phrase “let’s go Brandon” is used as a pejorative stand-in for the expletive-laden anti-Biden sentiment.
Perry’s TikTok video demonstrates the uncomfortable position parents face when cheering on their children who share the name.
“Way to be, son! Good job!” Perry shouted, cringing as she tried to praise the child without having it misconstrued as a political statement.
Dozens of parents laughed alongside Perry in the comment section.
“I’ve resorted to ‘yay Brandon’ for my sister’s boyfriend at his games,” one shared.
Another woman revealed that she’d faced another level of awkwardness.
“I coached a kid named Brandon and this was all I could think about,” she lamented.
Others took the discomfort in stride, including a few adults who were also impacted by the newly-minted GOP catchphrase.
“My husband’s name is Brandon,” a woman commented. “Today he picked up one of those stickers and said, ‘Ah, I love being praised.’”
But some families chose to discontinue using the given name entirely.
A mom said Perry’s video captured exactly how she felt about her own son.
“We have since started calling him Bubby,” she confessed.
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Twitter is testing an edit button so you can post without regret
Pigs have taken flight and hell is a frozen tundra because Twitter is testing an edit button.
On Thursday, Twitter announced that it will begin testing an “Edit Tweet” button internally with its team and then, in the coming weeks, to Twitter Blue, its paid premium service, for subscribers. In the blog post, Twitter says the test will let people make changes to their tweet “a few times” for 30 minutes after it’s been published.
“Edited Tweets will appear with an icon, timestamp, and label so it’s clear to readers that the original Tweet has been modified.” Viewers will also be able to see past versions of the tweet by tapping the “edited tweet” label.
Tweets written in haste or marred by typos have taken down many an impulsive Twitter user. Twitter says an edit button is its most requested feature. That being said, editing a tweet undermines the original concept of firing off a short, quippy message. Twitter has already moved away from its original vision by expanding the character limit from 140 to 280 and building a Twitter thread feature. It’s also part of a larger effort on Twitter’s part to combat rampant misinformation and contextualize conversations that may otherwise be misleading.
Twitter says that the goal of the new editing feature is to make tweeting “feel more approachable and less stressful” to users. And that the time limit and transparency of the edit history will ensure “the integrity of the conversation and create a publicly accessible record of what was said.” That edit history is much like what’s Apple‘s done with the ability to edit iMessages in iOS 16.
As expected, Twitter users are already buzzing over the news.
Whether editing tweets will be the boon we’ve all longed for or just a way to make more mess remains to be seen.