As I've been saying, if you willingly relinquish your mental abilities, you will lose them. The fact that millions of people seem eager to give up their intellects, to be freed from the burden of ever having to think or create, is a nightmare out of our darkest science fictions.
I know this makes me a killjoy but we need to bring back having standards. It’s better to watch a good film than to consume ten hours of slop. It’s better to make your own art than to have a machine make it. It is better to chat with a friend than a bot. Have some self-respect.
If a legal permanent resident can be deported without breaking any laws, because the government doesn’t like his policy opinion, it’s not a free country. It’s that simple.
literally everyone deserves to go out for dinner, buy coffees, wear quality clothing and have fun experiences whilst also being able to afford rent, groceries, bills & have a lil left over for savings no matter what job they do. why is that so absurd to some people?
The thing is prices are going to go up and then no matter what happens with tariffs or manufacturing after that, they'll never go back down because corporations will know that they can squeeze that much more out of consumers if they want to and that the government won't stop them
trans rights are human rights, and they deserve the same unconditional love, support and access to healthcare as anyone else. happy trans day of visibility! 🏳️⚧️
for no reason at all, i wish to remind everyone that when they offered a cash reward for info on the last insurance ceo shooting, they rescinded the reward on a technicality
I can’t stress enough how much AI is ruining the internet. Pinterest is un-usable, Google image searches are overrun with misleading slop. It’s estimated that there are now more bots on the web than there are people. We have seen a wonderful thing destroyed in our lifetimes.
The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.
Ok, here's something I learned in high school humanities: As long as people believe that they have redress for injustice, either through courts or through political action (like voting), the people will choose nonviolent options.
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