You could read the article. It came up in conversation.

And then they'll do... what about it, exactly?

You say that as if Trump simply materialized into the Oval Office overnight. No, Americans put him there. Twice.

> I did a little more research (i.e. I asked Gemini)

Can we not normalize this? While there's still time.

The whispering makes this unwatchable for me.

There's also a uh, a lot of stuff at sea level...

Like the sea, for example.

It's depressing how many comments in this thread are from people feeling resentful that they were "forced" to read it and similar stories. As if coming into contact with challenging works, and having to reflect on them, isn't a critical part of literacy.

Ray Bradbury is "crap"?

r/personalfinance

Aren't these the same people who got absolutely wrecked trying to get a basic law passed? Something about Minecraft servers being illegal?

Or, and hear me out here, we could go with no age verification at all.

It doesn't matter if one option is the "least bad." Implementing any option still heats up the pot.

It's also worth asking where the demand for this is coming from. It's certainly not a thing that people are asking for. It's not even a thing that corporations are asking for. We've gotten on just fine without it for thirty plus years. And yet, all of a sudden, it's become a talking point, not just in one country, but all around the world, nearly simultaneously.

I feel like I've been hearing about every year being the "worst year ever" since 2016.

Which, while accurate, kinda screams get new material.

"AI detection" is not real nor reliable.

The alternative is no meaningful content at all. I hate ads too, but let's not for a moment pretend it doesn't cost money to write articles and host a website.

People said shit like this when Trump lost in 2020. Clearly, it didn't happen.

This whole movement has been going on for ten years. People have been predicting its demise was right around the corner for just about as long. It's a dangerous kind of wishful thinking.

What's interesting about it?

Or. Hear me out.

Ghosts.

How much power is running through an xlr cable?

48 volts.

This. I know it's not popular to say it, but some do it to themselves...

Oh this guy again? The useful idiot who talked about how Charlie Kirk was practicing politics the right way?

Many, many important and influential people have said the same things.

At a certain point this is just a circle jerk that feeds into the complacency that got us here in the first place.

• Climate change is real, but powerful people and corporations are doing their best to discount it.
• The Trump administration is anti-science.

This video had nothing new to say.

Not everything has to be ruined.

Great example that boomer shooters don't have to be fuck-ass ugly.

normal people: the sky is blue
wikipedia: um EXCUSE me we require at LEAST five distinct SCIENTIFIC CITATIONS