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11 hours agoHaha yay, first time I got a “username checks out”! :D hahaha.
Reject predatory techbro products, return to monke! XD
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I think the saddest part about this is the phenomenon where people who didn’t understand tech were scared of new stuff that was actually really neat and helpful…
…and nowadays they’re ridiculously trusting of shiny user-friendly corporate garbage that spies on them and manipulates them.
Excellent quote and deeply, tragically profound.
l’ve noticed the modern philosophizing kids have distilled this mentality down to the mocking phrase:
“One day I’ll get to be the one wearing the boot! :D”
I straight up told him it’s ridiculous and that he needs to get off the internet…
Which is especially crazy when I imagine I’m not the only one who was constantly told my personally developed views were influenced purely from “listening to all those liberals on the internet.”
Confirmation bias is a helluva drug, pops. :(
Don’t forget
- "BONTO! is sneakily roping you into a binding private arbitration clause because they’re planning to do some real shady shit that’ll affect a critical mass of users!
(At the bottom of the email)
…You can still opt to use the public justice system that already exists if you disagree with this. You simply must send your disagreement in writing upon a clay tablet delivered by a specific courier to a remote P.O Box in Illinois within the next 32 business hours.
The scariest part is how many I’ve caught using 😏 as some kind of disappointed/annoyed face, and get really confused when I say “What’s the sexy face for?”
I’m sure there’s some joke that can be had here about boomers misunderstanding facial expressions for lacking empathy experience or something but it’s just a weird common one I’ve encountered lol.
This mentality and reinforced culture is a big reason inhuman corporate ideals and customs have festered throughout our society like a fungal infection.
It’s so difficult to organize because plenty of fellow workers will simply be passive and complacent with whatever increasingly bad lot they’re given, or worse, will be straight up class traitors looking to be rewarded by ruthless masters.
I too, think this is a really dangerous one that hasn’t quite pinged on most peoples’ radar yet because it’s so niche, but like you said, when people with power and influence can actually act on it, they have the capacity to cause a lot of harm over what would normally just be fringe philosophies.
18·4 days agoWhatever weapons and money everyone is sending Ukraine, double it.
Freaking truth.
Side thought purely as a hypothetical from a civilian standpoint: I’m wondering if it’s too paranoid to consider figuring out how to smoothly use Monero for sending donations.
I’m wondering if records of sending aid to Ukraine will be the newest excuse to get disappeared by goons in the US, the same way they’ve been crushing the Constitutional rights of anyone who prominently voices anti-zionist dissent.
Like all the hidden Saddam diagram memes but even better. Lol!
He said quite possibly the cringiest string of words of all time
I dunno there’s quite some contenders in the running, like “Amen, and a-women.” 😂
But it’s up there!
“And butter sauce!”
–Iraq Lobster
I’m at the point now where even if it’s “bad”, I have a great time if it felt like the people making the work were having a blast doing it. :D
That show is SO GOOD. I really love how well it depicts all these people in such a relatable way, and strips away so much dogma to show the humanity underneath. It’s beautifully done and really powerful. And…unexpectedly funny at times?
I love how it grounds us in such a relatable place, as all good historical drama does. It feels like it “wasn’t that long ago.”
I’m really not looking forward to the inevitable plot point. :(
5·5 days agoI sincerely believe the actual “AI apocalypse” will simply be things like critical infrastructure being run on “vibe code.”
I like “sloppers”. Back in the day these would be script-kiddies/ skiddies but that’s even ascribing way too much effort compared to “vibe coding.”
“If hard work were so great, the rich would have taken it all for themselves by now.”
Paraphrased graffiti found in France somewhere
Speaking truth when it could get your life ruined or sometimes even taken by the wicked and powerful will always be an act of bravery.
But I agree with you as well. It’s terrifying to be surprised when journalists speak the truth, and to see the suppression of truth become “normal” before our very eyes.