On brand

Fuck this stupid world we’ve built.

Similar to, but not quite the same as the kind of man-child that buys an F-150 on the off chance they need to haul a dresser once every 4 years. Seriously though, if each one of these buyers keeping US truck bloat in style bought a motorcycle instead to cement their self-worth, traffic would be eliminated in most US cities. That’s not possible due to many factors, I know, but it must be said motorcycles are just way cooler.

I imagine they’re really itching to torpedo it somehow. Surprisingly long time for them not to do so.

Like kudzu

Yeah, I agree. We need more books like it these days…

I read that last year, actually. Potential spoilers:

Just difference of opinion but I wasn’t a fan. I obviously think the subject matter is interesting and I liked the sociopolitical basis of the story. But I felt it was bogged way down by an author who was trying to make several parts into some weirdly verbose report to give it a sense of realism (I seem to recall an entire chapter being a written-out list of fictional committee names that were being created to fight climate change). At the same time, when he was writing about the terrorist attacks like swarms of drones attacking infrastructure, it felt really vague and Hollywood, dare I say, even boomer-esque. Just a bit lofty for the sake of action.

You’re in good company though, I remember reddit fuckin loved that book so it’s probably just not for me. I’m also sensitive to hype and it didn’t live up to it.

This one is probably bad but I actually really like it.

Thank you for your service!

Every one of his photos look like an AI version of House of Cards.

I’m very much a tech person and can confirm for me personally: T9-Word in combination with physical keys was a much faster, one-handed, and even eyes-off experience. Even when I upgraded to a phone with a slide out full physical keyboard (Samsung Intensity), T9 was still faster. For any word that had repeated keys back-to-back, my hand knew to press the right arrow which would move the cursor to the next position.

I’m purely talking about typing while not looking at the screen (for instance in a pocket like OP mentioned). Not sure why you brought screen resolution into it or media players. I’m not a vintage tech apologist–I’m typing this on an S22 with SwiftKey and it’s fine minus a few mistakes. But there was no way I could do this blindfolded. I’d have exited the app and be typing something regrettable into Slack by now.

For some reason I thought it was mainly to protect Taylor Swift, with teen girls being the afterthought.

Yes, your literal life is in the hands of media pundits and those in charge of court records, based on the recent news of the juror who was ousted by Fox.

Some of these jurors are going to have PTSD after all this is over.

It’s times like these I kind of bolt upright and remember climate change is a thing.

I’ve had a lot of trouble searching for a concrete answer to this, but does anyone know what percentage of commercial jets in the US are made by Boeing? I know it’s a duopoly between them and Airbus, but to what extent is Boeing’s domination?

This is a really good point, my mind is blown

Do these guys ever remember their childhoods? I get nostalgic for mine a lot but it must be weird when all you can remember is wanting to be a cunt when you grow up.

I cringe every time I see political funds referred to as “war chests.” It’s just so fucking macho. Gotta be a meme at this point.

The boys and I would call a cooler full of Mountain Dews our war chest before hopping into Halo 2.

Conservatives hate this one neighboring country!

I hope Germany wakes up