Little Things That Puzzle You 2: Twisted Membrane

[eastyy]

So many people I follow on twitter just saying we are moving to blue-sky....that puzzles me, I get if you are an artist or musician sharing works on it of course that AI training etc, but for the average person I still do not get, I just follow the people and topics I am interested in and ignore the rest and the fact is anyone can just move to another website.

[Dogg Thang]

and the fact is anyone can just move to another website.

Which is what they’re doing…

[QualityChimp]

So many people I follow on twitter just saying we are moving to blue-sky....that puzzles me, I get if you are an artist or musician sharing works on it of course that AI training etc, but for the average person I still do not get, I just follow the people and topics I am interested in and ignore the rest and the fact is anyone can just move to another website.

Basically, it feels like going to a community centre, but it's been taken over by the English Defence League.
You might be able to get past their relentless pamphlets and that there's mostly EDL people there now and find a couple of people still there you like, but it's hard to hear them over the other chatter.

Also, the new owner is an insufferable knob.

[Neon Ignition]

Dark Theme Lovers
They pretty much universally look awful on any website and when the most common argument in their defence used is "Light Theme is too bright!" there's a serious broader concern about eyesight conditions.

[Wools]

Dark theme lover waves back

I never used to like it as it was such a shocking jump, but working with code and text all day, I really have fallen in love with the mode and now have it on my personal devices too. I don't think there's health issues like you insinuate, just simply, the pixels that were being lit with white light, are now lit black and as such, make it so much more comfortable on your eyes. Much like studies are showing that blue light from your phones could be harmful, so phone makers are now offering a mode to reduce that for late night reading.

Ideally, all websites should offer it and Forums like WatchUSeek and others have a very good toggle you can use. They've also designed it well so it looks good, too. Whenever I log back into Bordersdown, it blows my ****ing retina's off.

[Neon Ignition]

Pah! My eyes are perfectly fine!

[Neon Ignition]

You never seem to really see motorcycle sidecars anymore...?

[wakka]

I feel like with a sidecar you probably lose all of the main benefits of using a motorcycle, like being able to filter through traffic (or zip down alleys and other places you're not really supposed to be driving, like a lot of mopeds do in London).

You might as well just get a cheap second car instead. Considerably safer and more comfortable for passengers.

[Neon Ignition]

True, perhaps a more perplexing one is:

At what point does an electric bicycle become an electric motorbike?

[Anpanman]

You also don't see many tricycles either, saw an old bloke on one today though. He even had a skid lid on too. Good for him.