@The_Sourkraut Response would probably have been warmer (cooler?) if you had led with your annual income and then divulged how long and hard you work for it in the replies because, well, nobody reads those
@ollyw1ll Yes, but they also realize these generations are not uniformly opposed to these measures and even if they were, they'd still be outnumbered by the olds who, by the way, vote much more regularly than the young
Island, Bali, Maldiven, umgelegt über Qatar, apres ski auf der Eiger Nordwand, schießmichtot; als jemand der nie weiter weg gekommen ist als Rügen, Billund und London, ist mir das genauso fremd wie ständig Containerschiffe voller Schlüsselanhänger zu importieren
@mayaofspring since it can work around the clock, as long as it can finish the task and is cheaper than the human worker, it's fine if it's only 30-40% as productive on a per-hour basis, it'll still come out ahead
@_Reaganite_ European homosexuals will appreciate that their newly ultra-far-right governments recriminalize homosexuality after the ensuing repeat of 2014.
@CaptainJuanny and there are no third spaces and public infrastructure is pretty shit so I think at this point it's pretty legitimate to ask Brussels, "hey, what do you think we oughta be doing in our free time?" and I don't think knitting is gonna 'scale' as an answer
@CaptainJuanny all well and good just last time we wound down globalisation (1914-1973) we did a LOT of state- and nation-building so people got shit to do other than retail therapy or alcoholism and uhh I don't think that's forthcoming this time
@CaptainJuanny I dunno because I am not in the habit but evidently a lot of people derive a lot of life satisfaction from buying knick-knacks en masse (hence the new rules)