-you won’t believe this shit

Sounds like a money maker. Now just as AI to it and you’re set with your 2025 business model

I didn’t advocate for a slow response, history shows people just like to boil like frogs as were very adaptable, for good and bad. Id love it if swift, collective action were our norm.

Just wait until toilet paper real estate starts being used.

It’s not cheap, unless you count the international service that is included and use it. Compared to the price a US prepaid plan like mint or visible, it’s perfectly cromulent.

Prices of phones and aircraft carriers are about the same in 2025

it’s how they won’t the battle for the internet

It’s how they won all status quo benefits to them. They also know status quo changes and why they put so much energy, effort, influence and time into continuing to try to make things worse so the likelihood of large-scale change decreases.

However, at a certain point, history shows people will revolt. The question is when, and how much of the horrific foundation that has been laid with people used to it can be ripped up before our short attention slams turn back to other interests?

He came to a sticky end.

Well, we’ve tallied the votes and…sigh

The judges would have accepted Dietalini, Bowtie-eater, Gnot Poor, Pastafarian or Many Penne.

They’re trying to ban tiktok. I’ve never used it but it’s just because it’s Chinese, social media from any other company based in any other country is just as fucked and unhealthy and unregulated in the US, but they are going to ban it specifically for its country of origin. China pills a lot of weight and the company tiktok is powerful and fighting it in court and all but it seems pretty obvious it’ll go through even under current admin watch–let alone when a direct competitor and owner of Xitter owns the White House.

While yes, you’re logistically correct it would be very difficult to shut down the whole Internet, that’s not the goal, the goal is to massively control it and enshittify it beyond your worst dreams.

Look to China and Russia for "internet"TM

Saying no in sales is anathema to success. Saying no in HR is everything and the world will burn if you cannot.

Late 19th century. There was some pushback, some anti-trust laws with teeth, and then decades of bloody union battles to secure rights workers and their elected officials have thrown away for 50 years.

The concentration of wealth and influence of 10-16 people trumps that of hundreds of millions and is as bad or worse than it was during the robber baron era.

Political representatives are bought and paid for which means the poor have no voice against the wealthy.

We have a justice system that is incapable of prosecuting the wealthy and powerful, when it isn’t being stocked by ideologues.

Meritocracy is dead; Birth has much greater correlation to wealth and power.

Media is fully captured by the wealthy; they own the vast majority of media consumed: TV, film, news, social junk.

Nice country you got here.

Trading Places

No, we agreed on PT. They just didn’t know what the time difference was and couldn’t be bothered to look it up. I finally just started scheduling in ET and then realized I didn’t want to work with people who couldn’t count to 4 and decided not to relocate.

Americans are bad at geography but shit are people from the east Coast some of the worst. They have “center of the universe syndrome” and have no idea about the rest of the country. I was looking to relocate to the East Coast about 10 years ago and had 3 interviews with different companies in NY, DC and PHL where the company failed to call me at the correct time, sometimes multiple instances, as they couldn’t understand the time difference.

Doesn’t everyone fucking learn about the 4 continental time zones in school? Why is it confusing?

And the asshats sold them up to the deadline day, instead of saying stopping sales 5 years ago. Penalizingly anal company.

Careful outing yourself as a brown family, this apparently means you’re illegal and need to be turned into immigration authorities in coastal Oregon.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/22/lincoln-oregon-brown-people-immigration-letter

Other than obvious physical traits:

Power of observation. Accurately seeing the game(s) and your opponents lets you anticipate, which is basically partially seeing the future and it of course is incredibly powerful.

Analytical mind: observing is the first part, then analysis to understand how or why you can take different approaches to win, attack, defend, etc. is part two. There are almost always another level of analysis to be done.

Curiosity: most people plateau physically long before they’re mental capacity in a sport is exhausted, but even at the pro level you still see many athletes that once they’ve made their paycheck or won x, they coast or stop developing. True multi-sport athletes are curious and diversely talented and this drive to understand helps them not just be satisfied with a single focus or sport.

Up voted for the dark humor but sincerely it’s Feudalism. A central state nor laws cannot be relied on for order nor process so those with the means purchase or are anointed with safety and power.