I hate how trying to explain this to neurotypicals makes me seem 'pessimistic' or 'contrarian'.

I'll get asked "Don't you feel better now that this task is done?" and my honest answer is "No." As frustrating as that might be to hear, imagine how frustrating that is to experience.

Here's the article summary:

"One time, Brian worked in a field. Luigi on the other hand, had rich parents, just like Osama Bin Laden."

I fucking wish I was joking.

I remember reading that when national parks tried to make a 'bear-proof' trashcan, they found that there was a larger overlap between the smartest bear and the stupidest human to make a viable product.

I feel like it's a similar situation here. The smartest kid and the stupidest adult are far more similar than we'd like to admit.

I remember the first time I went to an anime convention, and was SO EXCITED because they were going to host a DDR tournament!

Then I went into the room where the tournament was supposed to be held and almost died. They were routinely shutting down the room just to try to air it out, and were doing routine announcements of "I do not care if you think you do not smell. Everyone needs to go back to their hotel and shower before coming back. We are serious."

I didn't enter the tournament.

She was dropping her son off as school. Her son was still in the car. She drove into the bus lane accidentally. The officer's response was that he was "scared she was going to run someone over" .. while her son who goes to the school is in the car. You could verify that in a 5 second radio call to the front office.

We need to re-think policing in general if cops are allowed to enforce their worst fears instead of seeing what's actually happening.

If "your man card can be revoked" then you understand that gender is performative and conditional.

It also destroyed the "pass the aux cord" when driving with friends.

"Hey, I want to show you a song. Pass the aux cord."

Plugs

Plays

Now:

"Hey, I want to show you a song. Let me connect to your car's Bluetooth."

"Oh, I can't while the car is driving. Can you pull over for a minute?"

"Which submenu was is it in? Bluetooth or Settings?"

"Do you mind if I remove one of the devices already connected?"

"Oh, it just auto-connected to your phone instead."

"Here, I'll just send you a link."

"Your phone locked. Can you enter your password again?"

"Oh, you don't have [streaming service] premium? We'll have to sit through an ad first."

Things to never say before committing a crime:

"Wait, let me sign in with my Google account first."

I live in a small, rural community. The county sheriff's department just announced how they bought the GPS tracking data for every vehicle in the county and how it's going to "help calm traffic because they can predict where people are going to be speeding and can have an officer waiting"

The pre-crime department is starting and no one batted an eye.

What? The guy who fired people who slept in their offices at Twitter fired more people who were sacrificing their personal lives for one of his companies?

Ya don't say.

It was already illegal - It was human trafficking.

It'd be nice to have people enforce the laws we already have first instead of this security theatre.

The initial lawsuit was in a town with ~600 fewer available beds than residents. These people literally did not have anywhere else to go, and our highest court just said 'tough shit'.

Holy fuck, y'all.

"We only saw a small rise, so until statistically significant numbers of children kill themselves, the brutality will continue."

Why is "suicide" the metric for healthcare to begin with? Imagine if dentists acted like this. "No one committed suicide from not receiving a root canal in the last 3 years, so we've determined them to be medically unnecessary."

Nah, they don't need to do that when they can already influence user decisions by faking a consensus.

They "fuzz" votes. They give themselves "gold" and promote articles. Then they have the first few comments all say the same opinion in a few different ways, and suddenly people start agreeing for fear of being "in the out-group". It takes so much effort to flip the tone of the components section once it's got a vibe.

If not, delete and restart until it works.

"I'm not president right now."

Neither is she, dumbass.

It's frustrating to no end that fingerprints and face ID are treated like passwords when they should be treated like usernames.

This is when you call them directly and tell them that. They can override the automation.

As others have said, you take the 'promotion' and IMMEDIATELY start looking for a new job with your new title on your resume.

Corporations are not loyal to you. Do not be loyal to them.

Because those two metrics are meaningless for the average person.

Inflation is trending down... After it skyrocketed and is still way above affordable ranges.

Employment rates are high... But those jobs don't pay living wages.

Go check how much savings the average American has, check what an average doctor's visit costs, and then maybe you'll understand the gloom.

Headline was so confusing because I never see it stylized like that. It's always D&D or DnD, never DND - that's 'Do Not Disturb'.