Funnily enough it would probably be better for the majority of shareholders.

They should sell products users want at prices they’re willing to pay. Without abuse, deception, or other malicious acts.

People acting like “privilege” is some awful phrase is why MAGA types go out of their way to deny their privilege.

That’s because maga types are deeply, fundamentally, stupid. They don’t think, they feel. When you say to one “You’re privileged by being white so you don’t get bothered as much by the police” they feel bad, and that’s all. That’s part of why they can hold contradictory positions without any apparent discomfort. The words are contradictory but the feelings are consistent.

Centralized platforms have obvious and severe problems. Unfortunately, most people don’t care.

Right. Ownership doesn’t want to pay for labor. They want to keep all the money for themselves.

Which makes it funny (in a sad way) when all these tech folks, who are labor, are super on board with this whole thing. You’re digging your own grave.

100%

At work, this week, what should have been a 30 minute task is taking all week because of process slog. Adding AI won’t make it any faster. It would make it slower, because of the time writing the prompts and checking its output.

Management isn’t really interested in fixing their process or training their workers. But they’re really excited about ai

Well, yes. The only things that change people’s minds are peer pressure and horrific trauma. People generally believe what their trusted in-group folks believe. And given how many stories there’ve been like “my family was abducted by ice and i spent a month in jail, but i’d still support trump” I’m not sure about trauma.

One difference that sets maga types apart is their “in-group” is overflowing with liars, fools, and other scumbags. Healthier people consider better people to be in-group.

I just saw a play that has a plot point about how someone gets robbed by some racist, well connected shits, and the police won’t do anything to help. The closest he gets to justice is vigilantism, where he hunts down and shoots 3 of his assailants dead. Only then does anyone start to listen to him, but when he agrees to talk peacefully they shoot him dead.

I’m not sure “the only way you’ll get justice is with your own bloody hands” was the author’s intent, but that seems to be the message.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do-gooder_derogation

Some people are very fragile and have poor emotional regulation. When they see other people doing good, it makes them feel bad, so they lash out.

Environmentalism, biking, veganism, all commonly evoke this behavior.

That would be even more depressing, somehow.

“National health care passes - Cancer, depression, and bankruptcy rates plummet”

Honestly, I’d accept Trump taking all the credit and putting his ugly face on every hospital if it meant good service

Do these stories change minds, or are conservatives such masters of cognitive dissonance that nothing at all will cause them to defect from their in-group?

Some combination of literal child and troll, I expect.

Broader experience will help you make more informed decisions about the world.

Also when you say something like “I’ve never met an atheist who didn’t celebrate Christmas” you sound extremely, let’s say, provincial, and that may have adverse consequences for you in some social contexts.

Hello.

Also meet more people of various backgrounds.

I have met many people who are at least that stupid. Gullible people with limited ability to imagine future consequences.

In the Gameboy one , you can kill the chicken with the fire wand thing and then the swam stops.

I switched to Linux a year or two ago. Pretty much every game I’ve played has worked fine. (Elden ring, guild wars 2, nioh2, pillars of eternity…)

Even non-steam stuff was basically click and go with Heroic launcher

See also: capitalism more generally

I’m surprised there aren’t more cancer patients who decide fuck it and aggressively crash a board meeting.

Seriously, folks, how hard is it to just walk away?

I read recently that “will power” doesn’t meaningfully exist, but it’s rather the result of many other factors. That said, many people seem to be bankrupt of what one would call willpower. I don’t know why.

Maybe it’s the capitalist hell scape. Maybe it’s the plastic in our bodies. Maybe people are just largely social followers, and with a large enough contingent of idiots many people who would behave better follow down into the slop.