TheRealKuni

Once, years ago when weed wasn’t legal here, my dealer had so much keef he was selling it by the gram.

Holy shit that was good bang for my buck.

Yeah, very similar but with steel-cut oats instead of cornmeal/flour. I’ve not had scrapple but I understand they’re very similar, both born out of German immigrants trying to stretch meat servings and save money.

Cincinnati seemed like a nice enough city though. Can’t think of any particular reason I’d ever want to go back

Clearly you’ve never had goetta.

The meme they’re satirizing directly, this one here, was comparing an $800 iPhone 16 with a $1300 Xperia 1 iii from three years ago.

It was pointed out several times that a few of the specs listed were things available on the iPhone 13 Pro, for a similar price point, also in 2021.

Comparing an older, more expensive thing to a newer, cheaper thing and claiming the newer cheaper thing users are missing out is disingenuous.

But of course the whole thing is stupid. People should just buy the phone they want that meets their needs and their wallets. My suspicion is that this type of behavior is the same as it was during the console wars: deep down people are insecure about their decisions and so they mock the decisions of others.

Breakfast.

People laughed about it when they announced that they were doing breakfast, but I love to try weird foods so I thought I’d give it a shot.

No joke, the Steak Breakfast Crunchwrap is my favorite piece of fast food breakfast. And (I’m mildly ashamed to admit) I’ve eaten A LOT of fast food breakfast in my life. It’s especially good if you ask for extra creamy jalapeño sauce.

Pretty much any time I have to be somewhere early in the morning these days—I’ve become quite lazy in my permanent work-from-home schedule—I motivate myself with Taco Bell breakfast.

Yours is certainly cheaper, which is definitely a plus. I don’t have to remove anything for this to charge through, and it is stuck to the phone with adhesive, so it never pulls away from the phone vs whatever it is stuck onto. (It also sticks to anything ferromagnetic.)

Oddly enough, I agree with the Republicans on this one: you should be a citizen in order to vote.

But you already have to be a citizen in order to vote. They’re arguing you need to prove citizenship to register to vote.

Registering to vote shouldn’t be like applying for a passport. Declaring you are a citizen and facing criminal charges if you lie about it ought to be sufficient, especially given that we do not have any systemic issues with non-citizens voting.

But of course, Republicans want their base to believe we have systemic issues with non-citizens voting, despite investigation after investigation finding this isn’t the case. Turns out there’s no good reason to potentially get yourself imprisoned or deported just to cast a ballot, and non-citizens aren’t idiots.

Republicans want to make voting less accessible, because the more disadvantaged a person is the less likely they are to have the time and capacity to bring proof of citizenship to an office to register to vote, rather than just doing it online (as many states will let you do). And limiting voting access is always a winning strategy for conservatives.

Sure, in that the port is far more versatile than it needs to be for audio output. I’m not arguing otherwise.

both 16 and 16 pro have 128 GB base storage

I stand corrected.

That said, if you up the price to match the pictured Xperia 1 iii ($1300 when new in 2021), the iPhone Pro (13 in 2021) will have 512GB (256GB for the Pro Max at $1200). Fancy price for a fancy phone.

At the end of the day people should just buy whatever phone fits their needs and their wallets, and let others do the same. Android phones are great. iPhones are great. We’re living in the future and other than the dystopian tendencies, it’s pretty awesome.

Switching OS is a pain. And when you aren’t using it as your daily driver, it just makes it worse. It took me a couple of weeks of exclusively using iOS for it to become comfortable. If I were using Android at the same time I doubt it would’ve ever stuck and I’d still be annoyed rather than quite comfortable and agile now.

(Did i forget to mention that I want it to be an open connector? One that any vendor can make without Apple’s permission?)

Apple ditched Lightning last year. All iPhones from the 15 forward are USB-C.

So buy the $300 phone! If the iPhone isn’t your cup of tea you don’t have to buy it. You’ll sacrifice some stuff to get the price point that low, but if they’re things you don’t want or need, awesome!

That Xperia 1 iii pictured? $1300 new in 2021.

Depends on locale, I believe. I think the US version is eSIM only.

60 Hz in 2024 is crazy, aside from the fact that iPhones have been the same for the past 6 generations.

iPhone Pro has been 120Hz for a while now. Also bigger base level storage and USB. If you want the fancy specs you get the fancier phone.

I’m kinda confused on why this button is helpful. If you open the camera app on iOS, hitting either volume button will take a picture.

Opens the camera faster than going through the lock screen (something I desperately miss from my Android phones), and it’s multifunctional. You can press it with different intensity levels to get different functionality, and it’s touch sensitive so you can use it to make adjustments.

It’s not like, revolutionary. But it looks pretty cool and I’m looking forward to trying it out.

I wish BTB and The Dollop would do more crossover episodes.

I haven’t noticed it being too slow, but if I’m being honest I mostly don’t pay attention to wireless charge speeds. Either it’s sitting on a MagSafe charging dock overnight or it’s attached to a Qi2 charger (with a shitty 3D printed stand I designed) on my desk, and speed isn’t the priority in either case. When I’m trying to charge quickly I use a wire.

I will say that Qi2 charger gets HOT, but the MagSafe one doesn’t, oddly enough. Both are made by Anker and both should be pumping 15 watts, so I’m not sure what the difference is besides the standard.

In my experience people by Apple products because of the logo not anything else. Its not like they are comparing phones across brands.

In my experience, most people don’t care that much about specs. They stick with the ecosystem they’re already using, whether that’s Apple or Google or (subset) Samsung, etc.

I, a fellow nerd, do care about specs. And I do compare phones. I used Android phones exclusively for a long time. When my favorite phone I’ve ever owned—the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition—bricked, I bit the bullet and purchased an iPhone because at the time no Android options wowed me at a price point I was comfortable with, and because Apple has shitty policies regarding iMessage and I wanted to make life easier for my family and my wife’s family.

I have been pleasantly surprised. It had been years since I had the time or desire to root a phone, so I didn’t care about any of that. After a couple weeks getting used to a new OS, other than a few minor annoyances like inferior gestures and notifications the experiences are largely similar. As a spec junkie I of course went with the Pro, and have been very much impressed with the device.

I still keep an eye on the Android market, but nothing has appeared that is enough to shift me out of an ecosystem again. I maintain my photo library in Google in case I decide to switch again, but honestly I’ve been delighted by my experience on the dark side and don’t see myself going back over any time soon.

I would have more respect if they compared phones across Samsung, Sony, Motorola and whoever else.

My point is, again, let people do what they want device-wise. I don’t see why you feel like you need to have (or lack) respect for someone based on what smartphone they decide to use or what reasons they have for making their choice.

After all, I suspect you don’t include iPhones in your comparisons when you’re phone shopping, at least not realistically. And you have legitimate reasons for not doing so! Closed ecosystem being an important one, based on your previous comment. But your reasons aren’t going to Be the same as someone else’s. I used to care a lot about unlocking bootloaders and using custom ROMs but at a certain point in my life I stopped caring. That issue no longer mattered to me. But I can absolutely understand that it matters for you.

Edit: added a word I missed

Except that users very much want those.

iPhone Pro offers the fancy stuff. And is STILL cheaper than the Xperia featured here, especially when adjusted for inflation. And as I understand it that Xperia isn’t getting OS updates anymore, and it came out in 2021. Whereas iPhones from 2018 will get updated to iOS 18 this fall.

I’m not trying to say iPhone is “better” here. I’m saying people want different things from their devices and so people should get the device that meets their specific wants. It’s okay for different options to exist.

And if your phone doesn’t have the alignment magnets, you can get a magnet ring to put on your case, OR, you can get the greatest phone grip I’ve ever used, which lets you charge through the grip (if your case is thin enough).

Compatible with all MagSafe and Qi2 alignment magnets. Fantastic phone grip. I love it very much.