Kinda crazy that the country that has been waiting for a tyranny since it began and has stockpiled guns the entire time is now like “hey let’s talk about it”.

I’m a noon to Linux but I still love using terminal to download apps and stuff because it just looks cool. ASCII makes me feel like I know my way around computers but I’m just installing Firefox lol

Its kinda funny that when I read “hour-long wait calls” I initially thought you were complaining about being on hold for too long. I just couldn’t imagine a scenario where they were helping you the entire time and it was positive lol

So exciting to see that this might start making some changes. I would be very happy to see European-style small cars that are simple and just made to get you from one place to another. It doesn’t need to be an identity thing.

Of course, public transit is better but light trucks would be a good start I suppose. Won’t save the environment but might save lives in accidents

I’m an idiot so don’t take this too seriously but I imagine that, overall, women tend to vote democrat. So even if it hurts women in both sides, democrats need it more. Also, republicans are moving away from winning and more towards accomplishing their goals. So even if it would cost them a voter demographic, it’s worth it to hate women. Plus white women in suburbs are more likely to be able to fix the issue behind their voting ineligibility.

You know how you can tell we’re fucked? They’re not saying we’re going to be in a recession anymore. They’re saying “its going to be similar to a recession”.

The whole thing is nonsensical. Kinda crazy something that stupid has such an impact on the world

Crazy that swearing in front of kids is bad but watching their dad fight someone is good. Maybe less about protecting his kids and more about insecurity.

Very specific weird fear:

One time, when I was a kid, I was on a road trip and we stopped at a McDonalds for some food and to use the bathroom. I went into the bathroom and the floor, walls and ceiling all had the same tile covering them. I don’t know why, but when the door closed, I was so fucking terrified I made it halfway to the toilet and then turned around and ran out. It was such a strange experience and I have no idea why it got to me that bad.

Is your tolerance upgraded as well or is this a mutually assured destruction situation

Are we talking volume or velocity

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Wetback

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This was one of the things that surprised me the most about getting a bike. Parts are cheap. The work is easy. Knowing how to do it is valuable.

Eat shit and die

Is it a big deal? I have no idea. It’s just one of those details that you hear and you’re like, “Yeah that sounds like a likely thing to happen with these guys.” Yeah it is a stretch but it should be reported on. The article ends with ”Is it a big deal? I have no idea. It’s just one of those details that you hear and you’re like, ‘Yeah that sounds like a likely thing to happen with these guys.’”

Carl Sagan, in 1995:

I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time – when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness…

The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance

I hope it continues that way. I’ve seen some recent news on the idea that games always looking bigger and better doesn’t actually make better games or even make people want to play. I think that’s illustrated by the success of the steam deck.

The other part of it is that it makes steam approachable to people who otherwise would never think about a gaming PC. A few weeks ago, my partner could not have told me what steam was. Now, she takes my deck to play baldurs gate. The ease of access, price, and versatility can not be overstated. She literally said its her favourite piece of tech, which is a strange compliment from someone like her. She hasn’t touched her switch since. She told me I can play stardew while she plays baldurs gate.

The steam deck is the best thing to happen to gaming in a long time. My partner and I fight over it because we only have one. It actually got me back into gaming in general for the first time in years. I have a ps5 and an Xbox series s and a switch but i hadn’t played in years until the steam deck. I really believe that the steam deck and things like it will change the way games are made. Its wild stuff.

Remember when they said it was about their freedom to choose? When they said they’re problem was that its not right to force it onto people? Obviously lies and bullshit then, but what’s the argument here?

Like seriously, what’s the argument against letting people choose? Isn’t that what you wanted? Because when there is tons of evidence that vaccines are good and safe, you can still choose to not have them. So, hypothetically, if that flipped and they were able to get some “evidence” vaccines are bad and dangerous, wouldn’t it still be your right to choose? Just like it was their right to choose, even when it shouldn’t have been.

It goes without saying, obviously hypocrisy, but holy shit. And the unfortunate thing is that it is much easier to prevent vaccines than it is to supply them.