While I do think the creator economy we have right now (where a bunch of small creatives can exist independently off of the back of ads and sponsorships) is an objective improvement, I miss the days where "big" operations like RT and AH were more viable :(

"Trump and his advisors seem to want the political gains of fighting a war without actually having to fight one." Strongly reminded me of Frederico Finchelstein's analysis in "The Wannabe Fascists"; craving the absolute power of fascism without having to commit to the violence + likely retaliation.

My thinking is, having never tuned into any of his fights, I did all I could to prevent his success. He was going to make the money either way, so I might as well delight in the fact he got his jaw broken.

I could hear the old farts screaming about this before I opened the replies.

I am still running errands, I'm just cold and pissed off.

Not sure about my ability to run over small children while looking at Tiktok, given my lack of a 5' tall fender or a Tiktok account, but I can sure give it my best shot chief!

I once tried to explain to a group of friends why I thought copyright should be abolished and one of them cried and all of them got angry at me and ten years later I am still salty and feel extremely vindicated.