What’s funny is these cut down on complaints about cell tower radiation a lot. That shit is just hypochondric bullshit.

Best argument I’ve heard is that the Soviets never denied it happened. Same with the nazis and the Holocaust.

I was hoping not to have to say this, but generally speaking I don’t think retail workers are the ones going viral on social media. Whether it’s writing skills or editing skills, socioeconomically downwardly mobile media employees are more likely to drive that side of the culture war.

Doesn’t mean the plight of the working poor in retail and other service work isn’t real, but I’d expect that to be more “quiet desperation” than “viral on Bluesky”.

[dupe]

I do get what Watters is talking about, though. I don’t know how prevalent it is in stats / the real world, but (social) media has a lot of smart and talented people on it that have just picked a shitty career, i.e. “not a real job”, and are writing like their economic difficulties are a problem with the system and not just their personal fault. If you’re a journalist and your parents are accountants you are going to be poorer than your parents, and that’s nobody else’s fault than yours. Some jobs are more passion project than salaried work, and if you don’t come from money you should stay far far away.

Before you come at me: Obviously basic health insurance (including teeth!) should be universal and we should build more housing and build more budget housing.

Thanks, Dookieman12

I don’t like Windows, but at the point where the laptop updates automatically hasn’t it been bugging you about the update for hours or even days? I generally file complaints about bad update timings in the “fucked around and found out” folder

Thank you. I thought I was insane because surely mobile units would have two tubes if they really needed them. Then I got one with a single tube (the only ones available) and found out that no, I am sane and these units work really badly.

I have no idea how good it is for C++, but Zed is so nice in general.

That’s bizarre. Worse than being consistent, somehow.

Probably before VAT.