Naw our brains do that shit all the time - you don’t hear someone quite right, and instead of recognizing that you didn’t get the info, your noggin just fills in the blanks on its own. She very well may have clearly heard “Let’s go Brandon!”

Perception is reality.

Maybe he just had a weird fetish?

I think what he meant was we need positive change. Burning our own country down is definitely change, but… well, I guess it’s what the (fucking traitorous) voters wanted, so… buckle up.

As a means of clearing debris, or specifically as an emotional response?

I wonder how thoroughly that’s been explored - definitely have some contradicting anecdote. Used to have pet dogs that fucking adored each other, and when one died, the other become noticeably depressed, to include constant tears. I mean maybe it was just an oddly timed eye infection or something, but it sure looked related to the other’s death.

Luigi.exe isn’t repeating the way it’s supposed to.

Probably? Someone posted it shortly after the actual oceangate situation happened, and it went straight to my downloads folder, lol. No idea what the original source was.

United Healthcare: “but is it really necessary to stay alive?”

“I DUNNO MOTHERFUCKER, IS IT?!”

- Luigi Mangione

1995ish, Starfighter 3000 - DOS Windows 95

Janky as fuck by today’s standards, but that was my gateway drug into PC gaming.

Pretty much everything I was told about employment when I entered the work force (2005ish). New workers seem to have wised up a bit, seeing us go through the hoops with nothing to show for it, but all the absolute bullshit about hard work paying off, take care of your employer and your employer will take care of you, etc.

…and it’s hard to shake off that programming when you hear it your entire childhood from older folks who apparently actually did benefit from that advice.

Hearing Gen Z’ers and such say things like “act your wage” or complain about the rug being pulled out from under them without needing to stand on it for 20 years first is fucking awesome! The younger workers aren’t just bending over and taking it in the hopes things will get better someday like we did. Gen Z is going to go down as a major contributor to workers’ rights.

The scene in Interstellar when he returns from the time dilation to watch like 40 years of updates he missed from his kids.

There was Antz… I don’t remember much from it, but iirc it was the same kind of theme?

Meh, the global ecosystem is fucked anyway. Might as well trim out the especially annoying bits and enjoy some relative comfort on our way to extinction. If doing so accelerates our downfall a bit, that’s a fair trade.

I say it’s worth the risk.