The USA is a modern house built on a foundation from the 18th century. It's been cobbled together like the world's biggest, most fucked up group project. I've seen enough Bob Vila to know that the only way to change even small things involves a full gut and rebuild.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod
joined 1 year ago
You know what, being a dev myself that’s something I’ll try as a hobby project. We’ll see how it work out.
That's what heroes do
The BLM protests happened 30 years after the Rodney King riots.
Thirty goddamn years and we haven't moved an inch.
Peter Pan generation
I'm actually okay with that. Growing up is stupid. Bills and politics and heartburn and hemorrhoids and shit.
I guess I'm a patriot because I like to imagine that a country could be not existing. Nation-states were a bad idea.
I'm sure cheaper concert tickets will come as a comfort to those who are struggling to pay for lifesaving medication.
They can ration their medication even more and go see Taylor Swift before they die.
Yet again I'm asking the Fediverse: What do they think a good economy should look like?
I am automatically suspicious of anyone who's a patriotic American. Either they're ignorant of our country's history and are idiots or they're proud of it and are psychopaths.
Edit: I just realized I'm paraphrasing Patrick O'Brien:
But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always right, which is imbecile.
Managers realized that the nerds' autism could be exploited for profit
I could see it being useful if it was an accessory to your phone. Not having to dig my phone out of my pocket to take a picture of something to look it up, or having a push-to-talk badge or pendant would make it more convenient, especially for folks like me who don't wear watches. And with Bluetooth it would have decent battery life.
But the damn thing can't even set a timer.
"Are your balls filled with plastic? You may be entitled to financial compensation"