Context clues? I don't actual know what the FRG or GDR are but I was pretty much able to gleam one was a socialist state (presumably part of the USSR) and the other a capitalist one.

(actually GDR now that I think about it definitely stands for German Democratic Republic.

I mean that pretty much does align with cultural change. Techno-optimism when it was popular was a liberal phenomenon more than a conservative one, hell it's where a lot of the stereotypes about liberals come from (conservatives never update their image about anything)

Now barely anybody is a techno-optimist and the few that are, agree with the neofeudal shit that they started saying out loud. And even then I think techno-optimists make up a minority of right wingers.

"Everything is political" is technically true but usually pedantry for people who want to guilt trip people for not wanting to think about Donald Trump 24/7. You know what people mean when they say "apolitical," stop playing dumb.

Gas is subsidized in the US, we pay the rest in taxes

.world has the same userbase as the other instances except they're center-left instead of far-left. And that's not sufficient to make them into normies.

So what Sam Altman is suggesting the part of socialism that makes people fear it (extreme utilitarianism run by falliable if not biased leaders) without the part that makes people support it (a more equitable distribution of wealth that makes sure everyone's needs are met and the removal of an influential class that perpetuates undesirable and unnecessary conditions for their own personal gain.)

Calling the president by his last name without the title isn't even an insult. It was uncontroversial to do it for Obama.

meow

The Switch 2 is a handheld. I don't get why people expect it to be on par with home platforms, it's competition is the Steam Deck.

I don't think superhero movies should really be thought of as sci fi. They are rarely truly about the fictional advanced technology they use, and they often contain magic elements as well. Though, most of the MCU fails on superhero metrics too IMO.

PC gamers got pissy at console gamers

This is also stupid because before the tail end of the 2000s, the types of games you'd buy a PC for were different than consoles. Not to say there were no platformers on PC, but you were going with console if that was your biggest interest.

It's a crowd that would actually go to a Trump rally in 2026. Don't hinge your faith in humanity on self selected bad people.