jackphantom.bsky.social
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The MPAA don't exactly allow the open display of female genitalia, either.
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It's the American way. Amortize the research and development as fast as possible with giant prices so that only the richest can benefit for the first five to ten years.
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But they made people happy.
It meant people didn't just work. It also increased productivity (where people could work from their homes).
And the people who run this country shook their heads and went "no, I'm sorry, we literally have to undo all this."
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How DARE you remotely suggest that - you CLEARLY support the OTHER SIDE who is WORSE and that PROVES that you are a RACIST, SEXIST, HOMOPHOBE etc. /s
What's really worrying me is that the 62% who cannot afford the basics will climb and no "speeches" will paper that over. Food riots incoming.
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Now, I did buy a bunch of RPGs I never played because of the INSIDE art..
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Saw the same thing in the UK in the 1970s. Old men in blazers
with huge moustaches going "THA SAN NEVVAH SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPAH" even as 1970s England descended into
riots. Loved going over there as a kid and our relatives there asking if we could bring as many candles as we could pack.
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Bought D&D back in the day, but that wasn't because of the cover. THIS on the other hand...
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It's 42. The ASCII code for "*" which is a universal matcher.
In many places, including DOS, Windows and UNIX, * matches ANY text.
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And provide a "what five things did you get accomplished this week" email every Friday.
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Does it specify which ten?
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unemployment rates?
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I really like this.
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A word I've only ever had to use on a test in health class in the singular. Never needed to use the plural.
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Exhibit A: Japan, well before Mr. Beast
Exhibit B: Joe Rogan on Fear Factor, back when he still had hair.
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Because every time we mention mitigation people put their fingers in their ears and go LA LA LA LA LA NOT LISTENING LA LA LA LA LA JUST VOTE FOR THE PANTSUIT LADY LA LA LA LA LA
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Yeah, I'm so nasty for hoping that we can somehow gracefully dismantle something that will fall apart if we Chicken Little about it, replacing it with something where 60% of the public can actually live in it rather than sleeping on the street outside.
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Yes, ignoring everyone saying WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING THIS THE FOUNDATION IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE
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I think their attitude is more like if the house is about to collapse, better to control its demolition rather than just let it finally collapse with people still living in it and have bricks flying in random directions smashing passersby.
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That's Dementia
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Not the band you think would be using all this computer stuff.
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What did they do now?
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Why would they do anything? The corps give them campaign contributions and six figure no-show speaking fees when they "retire" - that's if they decide not to die in office getting insider stock tips.
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Oh. My. God.
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Thing is it was probably like Robocop, except that instead of him being blown apart by thugs, he probably tripped over his own knob and fell into a combine harvester or something
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Some people have that requirement in their employment contract.
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The ridiculous thing is that both Y2K and the ozone layer were clear evidence of us seeing a problem and throwing the money and resources at it to fix it - only to watch Republicans smirk that it's evidence that alarmists are always lying.
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Because everything's automated. And you NEED an app for that. The downside to "everything's now AI" is that you cannot "talk to the chatbot" in person.
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I like the way this turned out - even though I wasn't really into the tenor at the time.
open.spotify.com/track/0nA1qy...
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How do you find this obscure stuff? I'm a massive fan of the film and never heard of this.
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This is the way.
In the 70s Nestle were killing kids in Africa by telling mothers they needed their baby formula not their own breast milk. Asking them nicely to stop didn't work. Shaming didn't work. Appealing to basic humanity? Nope. A massive, sustained boycott? They stopped REAL quick.
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To the average Evangelical, Jesus is a consumer product who - and by the way it's 100% FREE, just ACT NOW - don't delay friend, come to the altar call, mumble a few words saying you believe he died for you - and thereafter you are guaranteed a spot in a luxury gated community after death.
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100%. And you cannot fix psychopathy.
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That party is about a group of 70- and 80- year olds preserving the nice kickback pay-for-play schemes that made them rich. It's telling that ACA "healthcare reform" had as its primary goal to keep the insurance wealthcare industry profitable.
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Not what politics is about, but pounding the table and going on about how much we're spending when not in power - when in power, deficits don't matter. Republicans move pallets of money to war zones, and Democrats big infrastructure bills. Both are slush funds to quietly funnel money to donors.
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Yes, but it's extremely difficult to do if you're trying to thread the needle of saying performative, focus-grouped words that offer no real solutions to anyone's problems.
Especially when your strategy is a big coalition of special interests, and they start infighting.
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Could address the whole "good jobs are getting replaced by AI, outsourced cheaply overseas or replaced by robotics. Oh yes, prices are up, salaries are down, it's difficult to get a job - there's mass layoffs and no healthcare or education. But please, breed."
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Your post has no class. Neither does OP’s
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My God. I thought seeing Fritz the Cat as a kid due to misfiling was iffy…
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The question becomes (and this isn't in opposition to your position) where the money comes from. The hoarders ain't gonna give that up - they want more, more, more.
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Being reposted by the famous Goth Auntie is a great honor.