TenderLovingKiller®
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The assumption was that having a pocket computer with access to all the world’s collective knowledge would make everyone smarter and more well informed.
How wrong we were.
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How wrong we were.
Hemotep
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One of my favorite books, The Postmodern Condition, by Jean-François Lyotard, was written in 1979 and basically predicted this exact kind of effect if we were able to achieve this technologically. Crazy that he was able to see this kind of outcome back then.
Nee Lewman
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Not really. It’s a logical progression of giving stupid people access to too
much information.
Hemotep
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In the 70s before the PC was even a thing, no one thought that way. It's a lot easier from our vantage to look back and say it was common sense, but it really wasn't at the time at all.
Nee Lewman
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I guess. I may be letting my Misanthrope show too.
yukbon
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Have you ever read Vernor Vince’s “true names”? Also way ahead of its time. Neuromancer gets the street cred but Gibson was a hack compared to Vinge
threesunrises
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Hemotep
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I like that it kicked his Beavis and Butthead sons in the nads too. Damn shame it didn't get his crook of a daughter too.
DownIsTheNewUp
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His voice was so deeply missed over the past 8 years of dystopian fuckery:
DownIsTheNewUp
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This sketch from 2014 making the rounds... wild how relevant it is... right down to the final line.
The majority of Generation Z do not feel financially stable and still rely on parents to help pay bills.
This all stems from the debt of student loans and high cost of living. Inflation hasn't made anything better.
This can't be sustainable.
And what really grinds me gears is you hear about all these financial advisors giving opinion pieces that pretty much say that Generation Z is living above their means and needs to scale back their lifestyles. That they make good money, and the issue is they are scaling up the amount of money they spend too much compared to their salaries. That they are not financially responsible because they had helicopter parents and don't know how to balance a budget.
Okay, but balancing a budget is much harder today than it was for you when you were the same age. Your same salary got you much further. Today, it's extremely tight on just the basics.
This all stems from the debt of student loans and high cost of living. Inflation hasn't made anything better.
This can't be sustainable.
And what really grinds me gears is you hear about all these financial advisors giving opinion pieces that pretty much say that Generation Z is living above their means and needs to scale back their lifestyles. That they make good money, and the issue is they are scaling up the amount of money they spend too much compared to their salaries. That they are not financially responsible because they had helicopter parents and don't know how to balance a budget.
Okay, but balancing a budget is much harder today than it was for you when you were the same age. Your same salary got you much further. Today, it's extremely tight on just the basics.
Bull Shannon
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same as it ever was.
Is this the step taken before succession?
Oh fuck yes at John Oliver’s offer to Clarence Thomas
Wow, that's weird. That YouTube video was February 18th Episode of John Oliver. Which appears t o have been pulled from YouTube now.
Anyways, here is a news story on the portion of the episode I was referring too.
deadline.com
Anyways, here is a news story on the portion of the episode I was referring too.
‘Last Week Tonight’: John Oliver Returns To HBO & Offers To Pay Clarence Thomas $1M A Year To “Get The F*** Off The Supreme Court”
John Oliver started a new season of Last Week Tonight on HBO with a million-dollar offer to Clarence Thomas.
deadline.com
And here is why it's not on YouTube right now. I guess it was accidentally released to early around 9:30 pm last night when they uploaded and swiftly taken down.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
HBO Delaying ‘Last Week Tonight’ Segments on YouTube
The delay in posting to the video site is intended to nudge more people to watch the show on Max.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
ayayrawn
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I think the video you uploaded last night was an illegal rip. I tried to watch and the quality was terrible.And here is why it's not on YouTube right now. I guess it was accidentally released to early around 9:30 pm last night when they uploaded and swiftly taken down.
HBO Delaying ‘Last Week Tonight’ Segments on YouTube
The delay in posting to the video site is intended to nudge more people to watch the show on Max.
I thought it was from his channel, but I quickly looked for it on my phone after watching the episode on MAX to share here.
DownIsTheNewUp
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Very excited for Alex Garland's new film and find the visceral reaction people are having hilarious. The guy writes some of the smartest sci-fi of the 21st century and people are worried it's going to be a pro-war movie? The test screenings have been very positive, trailers are always misleading.
It's also an A24 produced film, with their largest budget to date (by a wide margin) at 50 million. Considering the have the most consistently great output of anybody in the movie industry, I'm really hoping this thing doesn't bomb.
Thoughts?
It's also an A24 produced film, with their largest budget to date (by a wide margin) at 50 million. Considering the have the most consistently great output of anybody in the movie industry, I'm really hoping this thing doesn't bomb.
Thoughts?
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ayayrawn
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Seems a little on-the-nose (especially when you factor in Men, which I think is one of the bigger missteps of his career), but I will still be paying attention to the reception. I'm more curious than excited at this point.