I think the older we get, and the more we know how things “are supposed to go” we notice more when things don’t go that way. I usually try to chalk it up to people that are inexperienced, elderly or not local. But there will always be people that are dicks because they can
cut to a person soaking their feet in a vat of liquid nitrogen
People hate Trump chaos, but a big reason why he even got there is because people also hate the “everything is fine” complacency of “normal” government
If you yell “representative” loudly and repeatedly in any government lobby you will recieve service much faster
DDG actually lets you turn AI shit off so I didn’t notice
I love my gshock! The one I have (5610) is thin, light, solar powered, adjusts to atomic time, and will go through hell and back. The new ones with MIP displays seem awesome but I can’t justify it yet
“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.”
Jeannette Rankin
Right now using AI is being marketed as this flashy futuristic technology that can be used for EVERYTHING.
In reality it’s like using a helicopter to cross the street. Sure it will move quickly. But really it’s incredibly expensive, wasteful and unecessary for many ordinary things, and it may not even end up where you wanted it to go. And now the street below has more wind, dust, noise, dangers and chaos than ever before. But invest! Helicopters are the future! Why even learn to walk?
AI has uses, but for most it is seen as an immature technology that never met the marketing hype. Precious resources are going into data centers few want to live with, to power AI that few want to pay to use, to abuse and pollute and likely ruin things they use and care about.
Yeah it’s not really a bad thing if you’re about it. Religious aspects aside the (general, it varies) Amish approach to technology is that each thing is looked at very intentionally with community integrity in mind. Instead of everything for everyone, technology is considered a tool.
Most people don’t get cell phones to scroll tik tok slop, but they might let a business owner have one with a limited plan for planning jobs for their business.
Most people don’t get cars because they encourage people to live farther apart and are expensive, but they might allow solar charged e-scooters
Bonus round, reverse the party and do the same with Trump and see how it compares
I use libby to read a bunch these days thanks to my local library. It’s crazy how much time I’ll dump into social media nonsense if I allow myself to.
I see reading as a more productive waste of time if that makes semse
I’m shocked. Shocked I tell ya!
I think it’s a lack of consequences. If you stood in your town center and said something dumb, people would call you out and shame you for it. It would change your reputation too, at least for a while. If it was really that off the rails you could get arrested or beat up, and you may never want to show your face there again.
Having a global communication system is amazing. Some guy I never met can show me how to fix my house or see things from a different point of view.
BUT there are way more people that are willing to say something dumb, not only in their local chats and posts, but everyone else’s. There can be public ridicule, but there is little chance that someone will find you and kick your ass. Not only that there isn’t really a way for victims to walk away either, which makes cyberbullying so unrelenting.
Ah yes the two industies that can sign their suicide pacts together
There’s a significant divide between how pepping is percieved and how it actually works
You don’t need bunkers, barbed wire or have to change your personality to be isolated and scared all the time
You just need to understand that sometimes the goverment or companies you normally rely on may not always be able to provide their service and to have what you need to fill those gaps.
https://theprepared.com/prepping-basics/guides/emergency-preparedness-checklist-prepping-beginners/
If it wasn’t for the lack of requirement the same exact thing could happen and nobody would care
Only in how much space the songs take up
Give them to Greece for that AAF 2035 timeline