sicklemode

Some of the most people I have ever known. It's remarkable how disconnected they can be.

Can we get past the bullshit need to buy things from and sell shit to other people already? Make technology that actually fucking matters, that's actually interesting and assists in national development, and frees up the common person's schedule to engage in leisure, so we can all get the fuck on with our lives already?!

It's boring as hell and annoying as fuck how commerce continues to chase after people and becoming an increasingly obstructive, invasive phenomenon. People don't want their lives to be plagued with ads! Why do you think daytime television is on its deathbed (apart from being an endless sea of reality TV)? If we need something, we'll fucking go looking for it.

For sure. We need it now more than ever.

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They are the future of pretty much everything. Diplomatic relations, win-win cooperation, scientific advancement, medical advancement, technological advancement, global development. Even China's animation industry (donghua) is overtaking Japan's (anime).

It's mind blowing how China's high quality development is always on an upward trend, in contrast to the West. James Webb Telescope and the ISS dominated by the US are so inconsequential and uninteresting in regard to the trend of the times. The only real progress in the US that can be expected is in regards to copying and chasing after China to maintain legitimacy, which I highly doubt they'll be able to reliably pull off.

China is now, and the future.

Crush! Kill! Destroy!

These are stressful times indeed. I've been quite worried in particular about the cluster munitions and depleted uranium rounds handed over to Ukraine by the West, which will effectively result in a permanent danger long after the war has ended. Just look at Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam as examples of nations peppered with unexploded ordnance, to which the legacy is something the US is still very grateful for. It's a way to continue war without being visibly involved anymore, which is quite clever.

As far as RU/CN/DPRK action in response to the tightening military circles of the West's NATO/Quad, I'm hoping this never comes in the form of hot war. The empire is dying with the rejuvenation and liberation of the Global South, but it's a slow choke. Dragging this on as long as possible until that fucker (US empire) is choked out is the safest bet. In other words, endure while continuing to accelerate de-dollarization and the development of national sovereignty in a multi-polar world. We have to do this while at the same time minimizing the fallout from climate change, which is a monumental task.

We're stuck in a real shitty time, and it's especially awful if you're young.

Missile command was historically one of the games that showcased the terror of the first Cold War's threat of nuclear annihilation.

Now, we've got something like this: Simulation of US and Russia Nuclear War - Nuclear War simulation

It's so bone chilling because not only are tensions increasing, but the technology to carry warheads continues to cut ICBM travel times down, making decisions on whether or not to respond to potentially false alarms all the more perilous. We narrowly escaped nuclear annihilation thanks to a Soviet man that chose not to respond to what was detected as incoming nuclear warheads, but turned out to be sunshine coming up over a hill.

They'd do well to gracefully throw in the towel, but of course there's an irrational and compulsive need to maintain a policy of having no reverse gear.

Excited for the DPRK to add hypersonics to their arsenal, making it increasingly difficult for hostile nations to provoke them without greater risks.

Political will extends out of the barrel of a gun, after all. AES need the best technology possible to deter threats and maximize the cost to the West should the latter succeed in provoking a hot war.

Hate clicks and hate traffic have pretty much always been a thing. You can see it pretty much anywhere you go. Silicon Valley platforms deliberately exploited this through algorithms designed to maximize engagement through hate and other negative emotional turmoil. Like a never ending car crash you can't look away from, so people would always be trapped for extended periods of time looking at stuff that made them miserable.

Very profitable for those platforms.

Another thing is people like to vent and be upset about shit, given their unfulfilling lives. It's just in this case, that energy is being funneled into bad faith engagement and counterproductive practices (misinformation).