A big plus is that I can actually interact with people here in a usually lighthearted manner. You can still find that on Reddit, but it is extremely hard to do now unless you have some extremely niche interests.

I ended up being a bit of a hypocrite by not cancelling Hulu when Disney bought them. I gave money to Big Mouse. Not anymore.

Target stock is down but it is hard to tell. There have been some mismanaged Target stores in my general area that have closed, but there are also many that seem to be run well and are always full of people. You can compare it to Walmart but I don’t think it is a 1:1 comparison since most Walmart locations are also full blown grocery stores and they typically have more locations in suburb/exurb/rural areas that have fewer shopping options.

I can’t wait for the DNC to pull a 2016 and tank her campaign for someone more “moderate”

I did blow $300 on headphones mostly because I was extremely underwhelmed with bass on cheaper ones. That’s where I’m at - research the best thing for my use case in my budget, and sometimes my budget increases based on my research.

There’s been some twitter accounts! Meanwhile the KKK still exists and has never been declared a terrorist organization despite being an outright terrorist organization

Project 2025 spelled out they are going to take over the country by any means

A bunch of streaming services removed or modified a bunch of stuff in 2020, including removing a bunch of episodes of Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia because they used blackface in a satirical way that clearly showed that you shouldn’t do that.

Meanwhile no one took down Tropic Thunder which basically did the same thing in 2008.

The big difference is there was no obvious government interference in 2020. The companies did it themselves.

Are nerds all audiophiles tho? 320kbps is usually fine. $300 speakers are usually fine. Nerds do the research, audiophiles are seeking unobtanium.

Yeah, I agree. Most of the country has been negatively impacted by the people in power. This does include the D politicians but especially includes the current R politicians.

Roughly 1500 canaries have died in the coal mine at this point

They bought all the free media, stuff that gets broadcast over the air. A lot of local news TV channels are Sinclair.

Hard to boycott when it is basically broadcast to everyone by default, including to things like Roku

I did for a while, then they bought Hulu. I finally canceled Hulu yesterday.

One of my favorite recent memories is someone tapping into the YouTube app on a powered display Saumsung fridge in Home Depot and blasting Caramelldansen. Happened about a year ago. It was surprisingly loud!

I used to never want a fridge with any sort of icemaker or water dispenser. The place I moved into came with a fridge that has an icemaker in the freezer and a water dispenser in the fridge. The appliance is approaching 18 years old. There are some modern luxuries that just work so long as they aren’t over complicated.

They actually have fairly cheap and somewhat reliable basic appliances now. I’m still never buying a Samsung fridge with a tablet shoved in the door.

Either that or you rely on Google for literally everything. It can be convenient but I’m growing tired of it, I don’t want my data being potentially leaked in 10000 different ways just so I can open my door easier 4% of time time.

I’m at the Kali Linux peak but at least I’m smart enough to know that I don’t have the capability to do the social engineering aspect so I’m just gonna backtrack to Ubuntu and tie myself to the terminal and actually learn Linux.

The bad take I was referring to was OP claiming the mortgage payment would be lower than the rent payment. In the US this is almost never the case. Edit: we have fixed rate mortgages in the US. My payment will only go up because of taxes or insurance.

It isn’t just that, a ton of subs are complete garbage now. Dumb meme? 15k upvotes.