[–] 1 point 9 months ago

You'd think that, but the general age with which people tend to trend conservative is currently met by millennials, and they're not turning conservative - if anything they're becoming slightly more left wing.

And I shun your necessity of death. Crispr will enable me to see 1 billion years (I hope god I hope I hope)

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    Bless the Millennial generation who seem to be bucking this trend.

    I used to think the internet brought a shift towards progressivism for all generations adapted to it, but now I think it was likely an aberration for millennials - when our internet was controlled and crafted essentially only by those smart enough to navigate it. Then when the internet became 3-4 apps, conservativism as consensus became the norm again.

    Hopefully we're a big enough cohort like the boomers were, that we can set a progressive political standard for a few decades.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Agreed, if we all cut out meat from our diet, land the size of both of the America's and China are returned to us while still providing the same amount of food. 20% of the entire planets GHG emissions are instantly removed. Humans aren't a virus, people who refuse to change their lifestyles are.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    My logic is buy the game, now you have a perpetual license. I bought Abe's Oddysee on the PS1, I can now download any roms, any re-releases, any ports. Buy all new games, and if it gets taken off of steam, free reign to pirate.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Nice, I've noticed the ads and have been tempted, but your sentiment echoes all I've heard. I think some councils can recycle tetrapaks, I'll have to confirm that mine does... Otherwise I'm currently defiling my recycling bin...

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    "These phantom job postings aren't just wasting your time. They're stalling your career while destroying your confidence."

    The most ghastly AI phrase, gave up reading right there.

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