WanderingThoughts

joined 4 months ago

Reduce, reuse, recycle.

Technically ducks and velociraptors are both dinosaurs, regardless of what they eat.

"A wage growth curve that looks more like a middle finger to the vast majority" is how I heard it described today.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 35 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Microsoft style opt-in probably. You can choose between Yes and Later

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 64 points 3 days ago (3 children)

So that's how it works. Maybe people should also start harassing payment processors for weapon purchases, buying fossil fuels, oversized SUVs and whatnot until they stop caring.

That the tourisme sector in the USA is having a really bad year with an option to many more bad years.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 31 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Make it per month and until the kid is 18 years old, not 3 years, and many will jump at the opportunity. And that would be a lot closer to the real cost of raising a child. The red pill crowd even seems to assume women would see that as a whole career. Oh, the government can't afford that? Then I guess having many children is not economically viable and population shrinking is the only way to go.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The word used for that strategy is usually "enshittification". It happens a lot after digital tech is introduced in a new sector.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 13 points 5 days ago

Or have rich parents that can cover the unpaid part, and so the whole job market turns more of an elitist afair.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 14 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And if you open an new chat and ask from the perspective of the wife, chatGPT will totally agree with her. People can be shocked by that suddenly "betrayal and switching sides", but these days this peace of technology has become a billion dollar cheerleader.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 24 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I can understand. Once I encountered a jogger wearing a completely black outfit in a dark unlit road. The only reason I saw the guy was because there were a few reflective bits on his shoes. That was a nice scare.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the time that Twitter, when it was still Twitter and freshly taken over by Musk, replied to all slightly critical questions with a poop emoji.

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