• Gas AKA energy prices
• The war in Iran
• Immigration enforcement (ICE)
• Tariffs
• Foreign policy (this could have a list of its own)
• Blatant corruption
• Raising the national debt to insane levels
• The push for AI
• The constant culture war
• … etc

I don’t know why everyone keeps insisting the only reason we finally voted against this administration is “because of gas prices”. If that’s what you think then you haven’t been paying attention.

As if we haven’t been constantly protesting ICE, Project 2025, and the “Big Beautiful Bill” for over a year. As if 40/41 municipalities haven’t rejected new data centers as a clear stand-in for the pushback against this AI madness. As if these midterms weren’t our first opportunity in our representative democracy to truly show our displeasure by voting… which we just did. Resoundingly.

They’re looking at likely a 6 person majority. Not that it couldn’t still happen, but 6? (5 I guess since they only need to tie)

Doubtful.

Do you prefer the smell of shit or rotten food? Both are bad, yet you still probably prefer one over the other. But if you turn up your nose when presented with the choice then you don’t get to complain about intestinal parasites or half-digested corn when someone plops a big pile o’ shit on your plate.

And your vote got tossed in the box after being electronically tabulated like everyone else’s where no human ever even saw it. That guy’s actually accomplished something.

A lot of what people hate about Windows 11 is 10 years too early, especially when it comes to use of web components as interface

I’d say a niche subset of people have legitimate complaints now that will be inevitably turn out to be worse for more people in that 10yr timeline.

The Internet was always going to end up like this, attempts at "small, tight-knit, communities" will only last for a few years at most

Motivated Trailblazers -> Second Wave -> Everyone Else. You could try and gatekeep or segregate but yeah I think you’re right, if you open something up to everyone then you get… everyone lol.

You don't like personalised advertising not because it feels invasive, but because you're scared of being predictable and\or manipulable.

Ultimately yes, but that’s a distinction without a difference imo. Being invasive wouldn’t bother anyone either if there is no follow-up action. Predictions leading to repercussions or manipulation is the follow-up action no one wants. If there were some magic button that assured me the data they gathered was strictly used (by them) to better sell me their product I’d just consider it the cost of the free internet. Nowadays though, there’s simply no telling where that data will end up or what it will be used for; businesses, data brokers, insurance companies, political think tanks, government agencies, etc. None of those entities were there for the original “transaction”, nor are they really even incentivized to keep my data private or secure. Hell, 99% of the time I don’t even know they exist, but I’m supposed to be ok with the whole setup because they flash a shiny widget at me every once in awhile?

Have you seen their VR TOS?

“We own everything your gaze falls upon while you’re thinking about using these btw” -Meta

1. Weed does this. It’s also addictive though so it’s a very figurative double-edged sword imo.
2. I also do a sort of… transactional thing with myself. I can’t seem to relax unless I’ve “earned it” I guess? And sometimes even when I’m “relaxing” I feel like I could be making progress on one thing or another. So if I ever can’t relax because I’m thinking about something that needs to be done it I just… do it… poorly. No follow through. Check work emails but don’t take any action or even mark them as read. Start mowing the lawn but just pick up the yard and make sure the mower starts and has gas. “Do laundry” by dumping all my clothes in a big pile.

Normally any of those tasks would take me hours because I want to do them properly but since it’s relaxing time I just do the bare minimum to get my mind off it. I’ll get back to it later, when it’s time for it.

“Your massage to go out and close those…”

I assume you went snowblind from having to type “message” that many times lol.

They want gummies. Just… gummies, everywhere.

Yeah, the article specifies KY.

The energy that was used in the original teleportation. I didn’t think it was that deep, it used more energy to reconstitute more matter.

I get that. I even accept he’s a terrible person from the backlash. Just quit shooting yourselves in the foot by repeating exaggerations is all I’m asking.