She specifically said that the new tech would “increase” and “turbocharge” fraud. She did not use that example as some new kind of fraud, only that it could be done more effectively or more easily.

Maybe talk to a vet or do some reading to verify literally anything a Lemmy user says. I’ve encountered more lunatics here than anywhere else and OP thinks his dog is magic and can only eat frozen foods.

Just sayin.

So for those who don’t know, “waste paper” had a very different meaning in the past.

Back before wood pulp, paper was super expensive. Like so expensive you’d fold your letter up and seal that rather than use an envelope. If you had to jot down a note, like a shopping list before going into town you’d cut it off of a larger piece of paper to save money. Seriously, a lot of historic documents are weirdly small because they were being cut down from the standard sizes.

The exception to this was “waste paper”. It was small scraps that were offcuts from the paper mill. These would frequently be bound into small, affordable books that could be carried in a pocket. These were ideal for small, mundane writing like notes and lists.

This shop is advertising that they carry these small books.

Try using “precisely” or “roughly” where applicable. It lets people know you’re talking about firm realities and aren’t using hyperbole.

It’s a stupid, imperfect workaround and I hate that it’s necessary, but it’s the best we have for a decade or three until people stop bastardizing “literally”.

Allow me to rephrase on their behalf:

Saying “I have it worse” makes no one feel better.

Second world.

It’s actually the definition of second world.

This feels like an SCP.

We’re communicating instantaneously over a globe spanning computer network. In the early 90s that was not possible for the average joe. It was only in the very tail end of the decade that doing so didn’t require a fair amount of money and/or technical knowledge.

The network provides all of the information in every library on the planet to us instantaneously.