drewcarreyfan

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[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

The Nomad + a car charger made long car trips a breeze. That was a damn good investment on my parents' part.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Some of those retro emulator handhelds run Linux, to boot. I did a playthrough of Stardew Valley on my Anbernic SP.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

Wendy Kerby is off limits!

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 24 points 4 days ago

Doesn't matter. I was a bike messenger for 5 years. We all carried our U-Locks, some carried crowbars, batons, pistols, bear mace, stun guns... None of that matters when someone in a 2 ton death missile can basically light you out from behind faster than you can react.

The problem is and forever will be drivers.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Something something of the deed

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Homie is really out here playing devil's advocate on behalf of cancer.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

I buy things that are a one-time purchase sometimes entirely because I was given the option.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago

Reporters are just common workers like you and me, except, they have a ridiculously dangerous job that was so important that it was considered by Thomas Jefferson as the "fourth estate." The idea behind "democracy dies in darkness" was one born from class struggle, and I think we should see the removal of that slogan in that context.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I chose not to have kids not because I didn't ask to be born, but because I am fully aware that I do not have what it takes to be a good parent. I have major issues with sensory overload, and little kids are basically little perfect generators for unpredictable noise and smells.

If I had conceived a kid accidentally, of course I'd spend every last ounce of energy I had in me making sure that they had a lovely childhood. But IMO, being able to recognize this simple fact is what separates me from my own parents, and them not being able to recognize that simple fact is what robbed me of having a childhood at all.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

One thing that I never see discussed when global population decline is brought up is that maybe we don't need 7 billion humans on Earth, each competing for increasingly fewer resources? Our population could be declining because we have reached the limit of what resources our global economic system can provide.

I have seen the polemics take the shape that humanity needs to be this large or else we will go extinct somehow, but I can't be the only one who understands that if we grow to the point where we exhaust all available resources, our species is doomed. Conservation as a concept is an inherently selfish one — it's ostensibly about biodiversity for the sake of the Earth, but really, it's moreso about maintaining the kind of environment that humans find most comfortable. Humans can survive in the desert but not when it's 145 °F during the day.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I want to believe you're right, but in a world where AI can fully replace human labor, that will likely also apply to the areas of mass surveillance and military suppression.

Imo, one of the scariest and most frustrating developments in robotics in the past 50 years is the ability to process billions of text and voice conversations, all at once, 24/7. Things really take a different tone when all of a sudden the US Government can find it feasible to listen to all of us, every time.

[–] drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee 41 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

I swear to God, I feel like the global rise in far-right parties has less to do with any kind of global cabal, and more to do with the fact that Boomers everywhere are powered by nostalgia. Seems like Boomers everywhere will stop at nothing to bring back the world of their parents that they never experienced.

Just look at how much of Russia's foreign policy is basically "damn, remember when we were the USSR?"

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