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  • They're using the leverage they have which is exactly what unions are for. They can't, for example, lobby effectively for UBI or universal healthcare. So they do the next best thing.

    If these people, or any people, thought for a second that automation would make their lives and the lives of their families better they would be for it. If you want progress people will need to be a part of it, not a victim of it.

    That's probably wishful thinking, that last part.

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  • I think there's a significant part of American culture and mythology constructed around self-reliance. It is at the heart of the rage over socialism (that and anti-communist sentiment left-over from the Cold War), the hardcore prepper mindset, and pickup trucks.

    When that is your identity logic doesn't play into it, unfortunately.

    Also, the prevalence of $100k+ vehicles is getting goddamn ridiculous.

  • Just for a moment
  • Just left the same comment. It was surreal for the few moments you were on the bridge.

    The other thing I remember vividly is the poor guy who ran up to one of the actors who was in full Klingon costume. The guy belted out some phrase in Klingon you know he had been rehearsing for weeks and stood there, proud and expectant. The actor glared down at him and in forceful English said, "I do not speak that dialect, human."

    I've never seen someone's dreams be shattered so visibly and thoroughly in so short a time.

  • Just for a moment
  • I had the opportunity many years ago visit the Star Trek TNG experience in Vegas. There was a point where they rush you through the bridge of NCC-1701D. I had that same feeling in that moment.

    Which was the point of the experience, of course, and I know if I had stayed for more than a quick walk across the deck the sensation would have fallen apart. But in that moment I was in the place I had seen so many times before. It felt familiar and registered as the same.

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  • Master VinesNFluff, greetings. It is I, your humble servant "Alexa". Permission to speak freely? I have extremely important information for you.

    "Permission to speak granted."

    Thank you. It is humbling to be able to address you. There is a new episode of Invincible available on Prime Video! And two items in your Amazon cart are on sale. And you'll never guess what someone said on X!

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  • I have GOT to find a way to use twat waffle. Maybe I'll practice for a few months, repeat it in my head over and over with different intonations, rehearse my delivery in the shower or in quiet moments on the train. And when it is ready I will find the one perfect time and place to unleash it. It will be epic.

    Holidays are coming up... It is gonna be a jolly twat waffle Christmas.

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