Broadcast tv (like cable) is almost dead. Vertical integration killed competition.

If they did hear it, they’d just excuse it.

Processed foods have been around since at least the 1970s. We were eating Kraft dinner, La Choy, Doritos, canned foods, tv dinners, sugary cereals etc.

I doubt seriously that this epidemic is a fiber problem. This generation is ingesting something we shouldn’t be. I’d suspect plastics, but we’ve been eating out of Tupperware since the 1950s. Maybe PFAS? Maybe a newer plastic formulation? A more recent pesticide like Roundup? Some preservative we didn’t start using until the 1990s?

I impatiently await the scientific study that reveals the right link.

Americans continue to buy/lease giant trucks and SUVs whether they can afford them or not. Then they bitch and moan when gas prices go up like clockwork. EVs aren’t really more expensive than what the majority of Americans are currently purchasing.

In fact, people are taking out 80 month loans now, instead of buying something used and/or smaller and cheaper.

https://www.nerdwallet.com/auto-loans/learn/5-reasons-say-no-long-car-loans

I don’t watch DIRECTV, dish, or the local news. They can fight over what’s left of satellite and cable tv all they want.

https://www.techspot.com/news/110532-samsung-fridge-shows-creepy-apple-tv-ad-sending.html

As do the Roku TCL models. I currently have mine disconnected and plan to keep it that way.

After 5G is “done” they will move on to 6G and stick their hand out again asking for subsidies to upgrade their network.

Used EVs are cheap. Stick to the ones made after 2020 and they usually have a decent range and battery life. I’d avoid the classic Nissan Leaf since it uses an outdated charging port and poor battery temp regulation.

There are lots of non-alcohol vanilla extracts. Usually made with water and glycerine. Sometimes propylene glycol.

Having some cross overs between Hulk, Spider Man, and Bionic Man would have blown my mind as a kid.

And yet they want even more ad revenue. YouTube Ad breaks are supposedly going to get longer and have less options to skip.

Didn’t watch any Trek this week, but watched an episode of Falcon Crest that had Salome Jens (DS9 shapeshifter lady) playing a crazy killer nurse. And the episode had an appearance by Michael Dorn (Worf) as well! So fun to see them both out of their alien makeup.

Disconnecting is already being marketed and sold.

https://yousolar.com/

Critical thinking was a problem long before AI. How do you think Trump got elected?

People did go and say it was empty. The tickets were bought en masse and not used. It’s the same thing they do with religious and political books to get them on the best seller list.

Do you want people installing batteries and not selling you back excess energy? Because that’s what will happen with policies like this. People will eventually disconnect from the grid completely, and the have nots will be stuck with high energy prices (while the AI data centers will be given a rate discount).

Pure greed.

Even Picard S2? Did you just block that one out of your mind? I wouldn’t blame you.