T_mobile doesn’t force its users to get their credit card, or force them to use it, or force them to enlist their friends and family to get one.

If Big Tech has their way, all of these things and Andy Rooney will be yours in less than 60 minutes.

it doesn’t look like anything to me

1997 was peak for lots of things

all you need is a work ethic and a time machine

I’m making a note here

Aaah, someone of culture, I see.

a) yes

b) what I find really concerning is that they may have already figured out how to change people’s behaviour: what they think is funny, what they think is appropriate to say/do, where they want to travel to (if at all), how they feel about certain celebrities they like or dislike, what is believable or not believable, how they feel about certain politicians, who to vote for. Some people are probably more easy to sway on certain topics than others are. It’s not a stretch to guess that they probably already know various paths to make individuals into something they currently are not.

as if they don’t have enough already.

I wonder what else it can get wrong for only the cost of a few glaciers.

reminder that Quake and Quake 2 regularly go on sale for about 5 bucks

They tried but it kept creating clones of PacMan instead

You say pervasive, and I say permissive [soft-shoe dance]

yeah I agree. I do my best to avoid hearing these words when they come from loathsome people. Parroting them, even in jest, still means those ideas are being amplified.

Get back to me when they spell Billion with a T

Fascinating :)

no doubt it’s all been squirrelled away into crypto. They’ll have fun trying to hold the guy accountable. Oh wait, no, accountability is for the poors.
Anyway, enjoy the sound of the keys jingling, folks

In other news, theconversation.com is now re-branding as thefuckingobviously.com

Best of fucking luck, hon. You’re on the Fury Road now. What you need is a U-turn.

“Either the Line Goes Up or the Rope Goes Up” - evil CEOs everywhere

They fear Cory, as should they all.