unwarlikeExtortion

I have to say, I have my doubts about that.

This is the way. Take their words at face value - but just the ones that you like. Repeat them like a parrot. Embellish them. Make up stories.

Facts truly don't care about felings. But a lie repeated oft enough effectively acts like the truth.

Use their weapon against them.

To convince idiots, sometimes you have to play by idiotic rules.

And for the bootlickers out there: No, I'm not saying OC is lying or an idiot by any means. I feel like I have to spell this out precisely because of the unreasonableness of the times we live in. Some bootlicking facehugger is bound to come and take the most unreasonable interpretation of my words and sink thei facehugging claws into my mouth. Maybe not right here or right now, but inevitably time and time again.

Do you think US'ians don't think the US is "America"?

I think non-US Americans are already used to it.

It's easier to screw over consumers than businesses.

Busunesses like to complain. They have long-term contracts. They have a lot of purchase power. They're more likely tp swotch to a competitor. When they threaten, they're more likely to go through with the threats since they have both money to burn and employees to blackmail with pay cuts.

Among other things.

There's a lot of consumers, so those that do jump ship usually don't cause a big dent in profits when they do. Consumers are also less likely to jump ship in the furst place since they have only their extended family and their family lawyer to look out for them (if). They usually have "bigger" problems than the electricity bill: car payments, mortgages, school bills, you name it.

Again, among other things.

It's probably due to legal requirements. It'd be unisex if it could, but if not, pick a random gender for the bathroom to identify as. Pretty ironic.

Bee if you want to get stung, bird if you want to get shat on.

Either way, you're fucked.

And here I thought it was almost at boiling point!

Honestly, advertising is very dystopian. Online tracking being the obvious first example.

But that's not all. How should I block physical ads in the city? Not only does it ruin the view, but roadside billboards surely caused at least one death by distracting a driver, and ads can get quite distasteful.

Also, it's not just roadside - they're plastered everywhere! Buildings, bus stops, right in the middle of the sidewalk. Some are classic paper, some are of the TV screen type. Some are quite small and inconspicuous, but a lot are huge enough to be seen from at least half a mile away.

Physical ads don't finance anything. They're just obnoxious. I don't know how succeptible to ads other people are, but for me it takes an actually good offer to entice me - and usually that's heard on radio or seen on TV (as far as ads go).

Some economist please corrcxt me if I'm wrong, but: Trickle down may not work. However, trickle up should.

If you do say, UBI, people will spend the stuff. And the money will go to the big players. They'll buy their food at Walmart. Or meds at Target Pharmacy. Or get a loan at JP Morgan.

Unlike, say Walmart, who won't buy their huge private jet collection from the swathes of less-than-well-off people across all of America.

So even if UBI made people lazy, even if it made people less productive, the money will still disproportionately end up in the hands of the rich.

Equally serious (and just a bit more deranged of an answer):

Humans are not meant to do work. Physical or otherwise. This slavery thing where everyone, regardless of race, gender, orientation (and almost even age) we have going on is just degrading and nonsensical.

Humans should live in tightly-knit families and tribes. Of course, the woman should do the simpler housework like cleaning, cooking and tidying, while the father should do the more manual stuff like fixing things, growing plants, keeping animals and hunting.

Women should likewise be seperated from books because they are more likely ro succumb to the words of the devil. I'm sorry, but that's just how it is. Therefore men must educate their heirs (male, of course), while the wife should teach her daughters how to domthe chores.

If you can't see how exposing a frail woman to the harsh reality of being the man of the house, try thinking of your own daughter.

Well, that sounds very undue-processy of them. Obviously what a same, civilized society would allow.

A free alternative is an old phone you don't use anymore, permanently in airplane mode and with just the regular camera app. Can be one where the battery doesn't hold a charge anymore that you just have plugged into your car.

How is it supposed to be recording?

AFAIK dashcams are usually connected to the car so they run when it does. Having tp manually turn it off and on (and having to wait 20+ seconds for Android/iOS to spin up) & fiddling around the phone to start recording seems like way too much work. Or am I missing something?