I think the Internet still has lots of promise. We just did a capitalism on it. If we can get the cancer out it’ll be an amazing thing again.

But I do think some of that early promise was overestimated, because mostly smart people were on it then. We thought it was the medium, but it was just techies or people with hobbies or interest that made it that special place, now that your average Joe is there it’s mostly shit, but go somewhere with a little barrier to entry (like Lemmy) and it is pretty cool again.

So we are going to be fighting the CIA or what?

If joke haha If not joke he meant not far in future

I don’t think they believe it. It’s just an alternative fact to argue. They don’t give a shit about the people of Venezuela.

I dunno. If I think about how many of my friends were sports betting 15 years ago vs today it’s at least 10x today. I feel like that was caused by market availability not a change in demand. They would’ve always bet if it was this easy to do and if it becomes hard again they’ll stop.

It’s supposed to 75° here on Christmas. I wonder if that trend has anything to do with it?

Penetration itself can be viewed as an act of violence and the government should probably put everyone who has thought about it on a surveillance list.

Yeah Nissan has been shit for 20 years, not surprising that it’s catching up to them.

Can’t have people seeing what’s behind the mask.

Howard Zinn’s People’s History starts by describing the early years after the colonizers appearance. It’s a tough read.

It’s not just China. The USA is working on it too.

https://youtu.be/AoEQg1M92_E

Especially one that is currently collaborating to help carry out a genocide.

If AI is so smart, why don’t we just ask it to fix the power grid crisis?

The fact that this /s was even slightly needed :(

Oligarchic authoritarianism has been on the rise worldwide for the last 20 years at least and people go on about Trump like he’s the cause not a symptom. He’s about to be dead and these dumbasses will sit around wondering why everything isn’t better now that bad man gone.