Yeah this is generally the take I hear the most. The smartphone is presented as a necessity and for a lot of people that may be true, but what it really is is a tool for capitalism. It spies on you, gives you fomo, serves you ads, gives access to all kinds of addictive content… oh and work apps!
It’s like AI, shoved down our throats until people think it’s needed. It’s not.
I do think it’s comparable. All of this is about money. Americans are funding all of this crap with the, albeit controlled, choices we make with our money. Our taxes are funding genocides and coups and war and destruction; our purchasing habits are funding the decline of our planet and our social structures and our sanity.
You’re right though, consumers will likely never change in large enough quantities to make a real difference. People are already resubbing to Hulu so…
Tell that to Disney.
Keep on buying, y’all. Show 'em we mean business when we’re appalled at their actions. Giving them more money will surely let them know how much we want change!
Yeah I’ll wait for independent benchmarks, thanks.
The real sociopath was us all along.
Silksong has tons of bugs.
Someone took a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
Lol this is genuinely funny to me.
Ignore the downvotes.
Most idiots associate vpns with piracy and porn and have no idea the intended purpose.
Beavis, your balls are filthy.
Because the capitalist system has trained the consumer to always want new, shiny things.
The autistic missile.
What if the dog is autistic?
Most thermal pastes are about equal in effectiveness so stick with any name brand and you should be good.
For application I typically clean both the CPU’s heatspreader and cooler contact point with alcohol then squeeze out about a small pea sized amount of paste on the center of the heatspreader then let the mount force of the cooler spread it.
Life has no meaning. People will tell you it does, to give it meaning or to follow a religion, but it’s all in service to deal with the fear of death.
Portal is such a great series. I hope we get a new one one day.
I can’t believe people still use Twitter.
You can’t do those things any other way, eh? That’s crazy…
It’s a privilege to say no, eh? Interesting take.