I know staying up past bedtime is illegal but I did it once to check and fortnite was in fact off 😔

Truly terrible news

  • @[email protected]
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    839 minutes ago

    Easiest way to do this: Turn the modem off after bed time (you will also lose internet)

    Most expensive but still easy way to do this: Buy a “smart router” with time-based parental controls (lets you use the internet at night).

    Nerd way to do this: Pihole with a script that enables and disables certain blocklists at certain times (free and open source, because fuck “smart” products)

  • @[email protected]
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    22 hours ago

    This is why we trust but verify. Thanks mom for teaching me that cruel lesson of unplugging the phone cord to get me to bed (dial up days). It lasted about a week before I caught on you always came up from the basement before bed.

    I’m so glad you never noticed I swapped my line with the guest bedroom. Also glad that ancient block in the basement could be hand wired.

  • @[email protected]
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    115 hours ago

    This reminds me when my mom told my dad Netflix didn’t serve their area because she didn’t want another bill.

    He told me that and I was like “Well…” and my mom just yelled from the other room “I JUST CALLED THEY’RE TRYING FOR NEXT YEAR.” so I shut up.

  • @Aeao
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    7610 hours ago

    I love that part of the internet.

    Kinda like “guy code”

    “Was said he was with you last night”

    "Yep, all night. Cleaned the spark plugs in my car and drained the blinker fluid. Couldn’t have done it without him "

    But instead it’s “parent code”

    “Yeah fortnight is closed. They close it so everyone can get a good night’s sleep and be ready for the morning!”

    I was going to tell a personal story about telling my son McDonald’s was closed when I was broke or in a hurry but it reminded me of another cute store.

    My son broke his arm in a McDonald’s once. Hyper extended his elbow. Got a couple pins.

    Anyway a year or so later they completely remodeled that McDonald’s.

    We drove by the demolished building during the remodel and my son shouted “that’s what you get for breaking my arm! Who’s broken now!”

    Adorable vengeance served adorably cold.

      • @Aeao
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        75 hours ago

        One day he will rule, I hope he lets us live.

    • JackFrostNCola
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      26 hours ago

      Just FYI that cleaning spark plugs is actually a thing. Not common but sometimes they can get ‘fouled’ from things like oil or incorrect air/fuel mixtures.

      • @[email protected]
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        118 minutes ago

        Depending on the engine and whether or not you use double iridium-platinum triple splitfire plugs, once you go through all the work of taking them out, no sense in putting the same ones back in.

      • @Aeao
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        75 hours ago

        Sure wink and oddly enough spark plug cleaner smells a lot like perfume wink

        I got you bro.

  • slazer2au
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    2612 hours ago

    Problem is that it’s regional. So even of you watch a big streamer, they are before 9pm so the game still works.

    • @[email protected]
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      258 minutes ago

      actually if a streamer is every streaming fortnite past 9pm, they’ve secretly prerecorded the stream as an alibi

    • rockerface 🇺🇦
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      911 hours ago

      All big streamers are time travelers. They stream from the times when the game works so that people who were too late to play can still watch

      • @[email protected]
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        610 hours ago

        they login through 7 proxies to be time lords. hence origin of time cube you can’t deny the logic.

        • @[email protected]
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          27 hours ago

          Till You KNOW 4 Simultaneous Days Rotate In Same 24 Hours Of Earth You Don’t Deserve To Live On Earth

  • @ninja
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    611 hours ago

    It’s right there in the name, it shuts off for the night.