FIash Mob #5678

At this point, if you’re not double-checking something produced by your AI tool of choice, it absolutely is your fault. It’s no secret that these applications were trained on garbage.

I divested from Tesla years ago.

I still feel great about it.

Be that as it may, it’s small potatoes compared to Apple’s business practices.

It pleases me when the law actually protects a smaller company that had its tech stolen by a corporate giant.

As much as the scooters used to annoy me, the Atlanta ban demonstrated that their presence has a significant positive effect on both pollution and traffic, so now I’m fine with them.

Same.

Hated having to throw out a basically new printer, but it’s better than encouraging this bullshit.

No it isn’t.

All of these issues will remain the same no matter who you vote for.

The Democrats have had the White House and Congress twice in the last sixteen years, and even had a supermajority for part of Obama’s presidency.

All we (and by ‘we’ I mean the poor and middle class) got for it was more expensive health care and higher war spending. We didn’t get a minimum wage increase. Health care and education are now cost-prohibitive for tens of millions, and infrastructure in most areas of the country is declining. For an added kick in the junk, Roe was repealed when Democrats had the majority and the White House and they did nothing about it.

While it remains, voting for a minor party is a wasted vote.

If you’re a wage earner, need an education, health care, an abortion, or working infrastructure… your vote’s wasted almost everywhere in this country.

That’s the two party system.

That’s not really how it works.

You’re right.

It’s infinitely better that they simply pretend to be powerless rather than using the power we gave them to create meaningful change. It’s too bad people can’t eat excuses.

They have the presidency.

They could veto everything until they get what they want.

Protest only works if there’s a credible threat of violence.

And even then, like we saw with the calls to defund the police, it only really works in the short-term.

The people are mostly powerless.

I, and many, many others do not support this and actively oppose it

And yet you vote for it anyway.

It’s not democrats fault when voters refuse to give them control over both congress and the white house at the same time.

They just had control of the white house and Congress.

What did we get for it? Another half trillion in war spending.

Seems to me that it’s 99% of American voters who are useful idiots.

The minimum wage hasn’t increased in 15 years and you all are still voting Democrat or Republican and actively support a trillion and half of your taxpayer dollars going overseas to war. Idiotic is a very good word to describe people who convince themselves it’s a good thing to vote against their own interests every two years.

It’s true.

That’s why I scratch my head a little whenever someone tells me I can’t use a certain product. For instance, it’s impossible for me to use a computer that, at some level, hasn’t been sourced from an oppressed labor force.

The society I live in is impossible to exist in if I abstain from everything I need due to negative political connotations.

I do what I can to effect better outcomes in my own small sphere, but asking someone to forego any problematic associations in their consumption is like asking someone not to breathe.

Pretty much every CEO of every company is right wing. Several prominent Democrats are right-wing in their politics, and will still get the backing of the party regardless. That’s what happens when all you elect are capitalists.

I do not care about shitcoins either way.

I’ve never heard of Vivaldi. Does the adblock work?

Use Brave Browser instead. I haven’t had any issues at all watching YT using Brave.

I think it’s inevitable.

The bad actors stealing data to train their apps don’t seem to have an adequate understanding of the implications of their actions. They’re just looking to make a quick buck and run.

Bring on the lawsuits.

Also I’ve had zero problems with Youtube ad blocking using Brave browser.

Same.

I’ve paid $10 for spotify every month for years and it’s always been a great service and the algorithm does a good job of finding me new music that I like.

But most of this stuff can be pirated or bought piecemeal without bothering with a subscription.

And that’s what we’ll do when it gets out of hand, as we all know it will.