The fear of “selling out” that my generation had its group-think poseur elements of course, but our culture has traded that in for a belief that selling out is the highest, best goal and it is so fucked.

“Google it” used to mean a magical power to comb through the world’s databases and sites in an instant. Now it means plunging into a sty of sponsored crap and nonsensical AI results.

"The only way to address the housing crisis in places like New York is to build housing in communities where people — potential Democratic voters — absolutely do not want it."

Dumbfuck NIMBYs in big cities are blocking new housing, driving up rents, impoverishing people, and killing the Dem party.

get off Twitter too - fuck all of it (though there are cool reporters on threads who are willing to engage)

The shitshow that in your replies is just disheartening - loud fools driven solely by acknowledgment and participation trophies everywhere - no rationality anywhere 😭

Per my line of work, asking "eng-bros" to share their documentation attempts directly with clients and, in turn, seeing the clients flounder and get frustrated - the same clients they were desperately trying to fleece for all the $$$$s - brings me silent rays of joy 😊

The Panam ending might be a little better because you go out to define your path as a no-one, but only with others (narratively speaking) besides you. However the death spiral that is Night City and how nothing good ends there, moving the needle wise, left an impression.

True - they are all adults and love to shout about their rights

How much of it do you think is the loudest assholes stinking it all up?

With the new norm of allowing entitled assholes to sling 💩, all the reports of 🇷🇺+🇨🇳 corrupting online discourse with bots+and US citizens with 💸 makes it so none of it is worth engaging in; be it BS on Econ. to fucking Digimon

Also….excuse me for being presumptuous; but highly recommend adding “The Man who Broke Capitalism” to the list. All about how ol’ Neutron Jack built the abattoir for everything we love!

Their take reeks of “desperation for clicks” and has nothing “critical” in it other than “need to drive traffic cleverlyzzzz”.

You have a an actual voice; and you should continue to use it. Fuck the fans. Fuck the attention-seekers that are corrupting literally every facet of America.

It’s 🤮 any individual with these prejudices calls themselves a “journalist” - I’ve 👀 this 💩unfold today and only seen unemployed streamers speak up. Anyone who says they’re gamer is fucking pathetic.- it’s art; grow up

Ps: plz continue posting whatever the fuck you’re reading; so many good rec’s.