I learned how to field dress a deer in highschool.

we learned each cut of meat and how best to cook it.

we learned how to balance checkbooks, file our taxes, and even an introduction to how to read law.

my school was small, rural, and underfunded.

if they could do it, all schools can do it.

I remember in Star Trek Voyager, Capt Janeway is a terrible cook when she’s using a replicator. I thought that it was absurd that someone of her age couldn’t cook. Now, I imagine products like this are the cause of that.

80 years ago most people knew how to butcher and clean their food.

60 years ago people knew how to cook a roast to perfection.

40 years ago people could cook an entire dinner in a microwave.

20 years ago people could have entire dinners frozen and prepared delivered to their door.

today, people couldn’t tell you what kind of cut of meat they’re being served, or how it was cooked, or what the ingredients are. but, they can tell you all the marketing bullshit on the box it was delivered in.

ok, so the years aren’t 100% spot on, but you get the point. as we become more dependent on technology, we lose more abilities to care for ourselves.

ask someone, “how do you start a fire?” I’m willing yo bet their answer depends on technology invented in the last 100 years.

urgent care. like asap.

you need those antibiotics. infections in the mouth can set in within the first 48 hours.

that surgeon could have been looking at a malpractice suit, but you decided to tell them not to worry about it, unfortunately for you. though it could still be argued by a lawyer.

urgent care can prescribe medication or at the very least get in contact with an emergency contact at the office you had the operation done at.

having an abscess or infection in your mouth is one of the worst pains I have ever felt. I would rather have my dick ripped off than feel that pain ever again, and my tolerance for pain is “concerning”, as I have been told by several medical professionals.

yeah…most VPNs operate out of BVI so it has zero jurisdiction. I don’t see them pushing BVI to acquiesce because all the “secret” wealth pipelines go through BVI for the exact reason why VPNs operate from there.

because of this all the coverage for this feels like an astroturf for something more important, like how poorly the war in Iran is going, or the diaper bitch, or Epstein, or take your pick.

it’s just noise, they have no way to enforce this without also hurting their bottom line.

can you clean the gutters and take out the trash?

that’s not true, at least not yet.

but we’ll get there soon.

I bet you also believe apple has the right to block people from repairing their devices.

it was, but 2001 really picked up the pace.

and nothing changed.

I remember when consumers had power because they refused to buy things.

they still do, it’s just that the markets are supersaturated and not enough people have the integrity or willpower to stop themselves from financially supporting corporate interests.

been saying this for over a decade.

nobody cared then, nobody cares now.

the day I can no longer ensure my privacy is the day I abandon tech completely.

the day I can no longer live daily without technology is the day I abandon society.

I had two removed. local anesthetic only. I was not knocked out.

I drove myself to work directly from surgery and worked a 12 hour shift in a 100° factory with only regular Tylenol to soothe the pain.

why? because I’m American. and no, that was not a statement made with pride.

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your NSA agent is very upset you haven’t thought about their feelings on the subject.

don’t just hope, make your dreams come true.

why don’t you go eat shit, AI supporting troll.