Almost got me with this one. I’ve heard the same argument deployed unironically from some of my own family…
I really do appreciate the words and the sentiment. I would normally agree but right now my faith is still shattered. I think there are good and amazing people, who have done magical and wonderful things. I just think that small and petty tyrants are more common and more indicative of humanity as a whole. That the righteous have to look up from underneath the bootheel of those who deserve to be crushed under one themselves. Instead, those type get to run the show, and obviously always have.
This weekend has been bad mentally. I hope I can find some optimism again. I’m just so tired of expecting the worst and being proven right.
Without a doubt this is the worst part. It was an immediate and irreversible swing from being an optimist who believes in the good of people to the complete opposite. I now believe humanity is fundamentally flawed and will destroy itself.
Watched too much Star Trek as a kid I guess.
There isn’t a best, maybe a less bad but even then it’s an impossible choice. ✋wins here.
There are so many flags right now it’s just a sea of red undulations. Done by design, so that we don’t notice the death of democracy.
I really think this is all the result of putting news behind a paywall, while lies and propaganda are widely and freely disseminated.
We’re fucked.
People saying they work in HR should generally be looked at as if they just admitted to being in a cult
I've never heard it described like this but you nailed it.
Almost three in four 😐
this is how he operates.. he denies, then jokes, then encourages others to joke, then when they do he gets serious, then act like everyone was always serious.
this man will NEVER willingly give up a shred of power.
We have two corporate parties, the status quo and the controlled opposition. They occasionally switch labels but until we get the corporate out, we will never have a real choice.
I hate going there these days. I’m not sure if it was a frog boil or what but the site now is a shadow of the one I left during the big mod exodus. It’s terrible now, so much less info, user base has devolved, riddled with ads.
I imagine if I was still there all the crap would feel normal but having left, every time I visit now and see what huge changes have been made. Every time i visit the quality of the site has tanked even more.
Given what the frame is made of, I’ve been curious why gallium prices haven’t spiked…
Yes, but in the end I spent all this time disabling notifications, when I bought the thing to show me them.. I just realized I don’t need that alert immediately and in fact led to me ignoring them since they became just another annoyance (phone, computer and watch all told me the same thing). It became a negative productivity tool.
I was so excited about Apple Watch. Thought how great it would be to not have to take my phone out of my pocket anymore; less screen time, right?
No, it’s just this bullshit. More noise, more alerts, more digital cruft. I put the thing on the charger a couple years ago, been there since.
Been thinking I might replay Fallout 3, for some reason been thinking about Operation: Anchorage lately.
