[-] scmstr@lemmynsfw.com 21 points 1 year ago

Lol imagine a new product demanding this.

Lol now imagine an incredibly shitty existing product that is already replaced by superior products and internalized software in even the cheapest tvs demanding this.

The Amazon stream stick doesn't even offer anything of value as it is.

Is enshittification just extortion at this point?

[-] scmstr@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

TOS ran 1966-june3rd1969, Russia first landed unmanned in 1959, and the human race through NASA and the Apollo program first landed on the moon on june 20th 1969

Isaac Asimov was a biochemist born in 1920, started writing published sci-fi in 1939 and full on scifi novels in 1950 (seriously, this stuff was wayyyyy ahead of its time). Died in 1992.

Gene Roddenberry was born in 1921, died in 1991.

[-] scmstr@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

I don't think you seem to understand...

[-] scmstr@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

High quality vanilla ice cream is easily the best. I'm talking, no eggs, very dense, no carrageenan or other crap like that, and actual vanilla bean. The stuff that tastes like tea and flowers and vanilla. It's amazing. Also expensive, but it's a treat I only get every few months.

I highly suggest trying to find an ice cream like this around if you even can.

[-] scmstr@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

What's your pace for reading books? One per week?

[-] scmstr@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

I'll pay for stuff if it's worth it. I buy hardware and utilities. Spotify was interesting at first, but when you realize how much money you're paying for music over the years, it just doesn't seem worth it compared to how much money we make over the years.

So that almost makes me not care as much about advertising as I do about unfettered capitalism in general. There should be a wealth tax to discourage things costing so much to maximize profits. Investing is cool as a form of funding growth and innovation, but it squeezes returns and encourages extreme greed and profit. We should all make a little less, and things should cost a LOT less.

When capitalism ducks up, the government is supposed to step in (to help the people). When the government ducks up, Robin Hood is supposed to step in (to help the people). When Robin Hood ducks up, the people must step in with pitchforks and the government must step aside (to help the people).

It's always been about the people. Government exists for the people, innovation exists for the people, business exists for the people, and even Robin Hood exists for the people. When those all fail, it's revolution time.

I'll pay for stuff if I can afford it, and I don't think most people are against basic economy stuff, either. But when it's out of control, and people can't afford or it's not worth it, and then you make their experience worse and have to resort to psychological manipulation, you've already ducked up.

In basically any interpersonal situation, if you have to resort to psychological manipulation, that's a REALLY bad sign and something is super broken.

[-] scmstr@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

The habit hear near me makes steamed patties.. it's not good

[-] scmstr@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 1 year ago

Where there is no existence, there is God.

[-] scmstr@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

Seriously, no u

scmstr

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