As we're seeing in Brasilia, dystopias are contagious.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 8 January 2023 20:24 (one year ago) link
Here we are nowSubjugate us
― paranormal bully romance (Neanderthal), Sunday, 8 January 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
The Washington Post has its problems too but man the Times is such garbage.
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 8 January 2023 22:33 (one year ago) link
I don’t think the Times is all bad, but about 80% of it is shit, yes. I simply don’t have the time to check the many other sources that might give me a more nuanced perspective, and it’s the devil I grew up reading every morning, so I know what to expect.I also like to hate-read the Op-Ed section.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Sunday, 8 January 2023 22:39 (one year ago) link
what personal knowledge of tranq situation in on the board? is this a fake “crisis” either due to infrequency or severity of effects?
― normal AI yankovic (Hunt3r), Sunday, 8 January 2023 23:57 (one year ago) link
“So called harm reduction” reasonably pisses the group off. the rest of article seemed hyper gross, but reality can be that way. is there a reliable non-tranq fentanyl avenue that’s not so dire for recovery or intervention?
― normal AI yankovic (Hunt3r), Sunday, 8 January 2023 23:58 (one year ago) link
fake crisis but a problem that could easily be solved with tested supply at safe injection sites and infrastructure for more active outreach of test strips. but i’m a full legalization of all illicit substances guy, so my personal take on the issue is maybe biased.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Monday, 9 January 2023 00:34 (one year ago) link
ty i appreciate it for sure- i am def not in space i know.
― normal AI yankovic (Hunt3r), Monday, 9 January 2023 00:55 (one year ago) link
I also live in Philadelphia and so the continued portrayal of the city as some opioid mecca doesn’t do anybody any favors except the outlets printing the portrayals and the police state. Philly is a hard place, but KnA is legit one tiny strip of blocks in an enormous city that is, in many ways, kind of great.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Monday, 9 January 2023 02:30 (one year ago) link
Northeastern cities that aren’t New York or Boston are so underrated. I love Baltimore dearly and there’s so much cool stuff and cool people.
― Lord Pickles (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 9 January 2023 03:42 (one year ago) link
https://theappeal.org/angola-prison-children-death-row-louisiana/
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 15 January 2023 04:51 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7haUShzBsrc
― budo jeru, Friday, 20 January 2023 20:31 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpGumISBDrQ
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:56 (one year ago) link
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-investors-snapping-up-colorado-river-water-rights-betting-big-on-an-increasingly-scarce-resource
― sleeve, Sunday, 5 February 2023 03:27 (one year ago) link
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/lights-massachusetts-school-year-no-one-can-turn-rcna65611
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 6 February 2023 12:29 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=falApGAB8Rc
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 05:29 (one year ago) link
the video, the challenge, the ads, the presentation, the everything
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 05:30 (one year ago) link
they’re all kinda baked into th
― normal AI yankovic (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 10:30 (one year ago) link
... those bangs.
― nickn, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 17:09 (one year ago) link
jealous of her mcr shirt
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 17:10 (one year ago) link
omg i loled at the poll where you could choose "you are god's little soldier" some other shit and "vanilla extract" and vanilla extract won
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
A good dystopia is packed with minor daily frustrations IMO.
So there's a great Thai restaurant in my neighborhood called Kiin. Yesterday, I searched for their website to order some takeout. Here's the Google result. pic.twitter.com/JFCyvXV9be— Cory Doctorow (@pluralis✧✧✧@ma✧✧✧.f✧) (@doctorow) February 24, 2023
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 24 February 2023 23:37 (one year ago) link
This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk
The Environmental Protection Agency recently gave a Chevron refinery the green light to create fuel from discarded plastics as part of a “climate-friendly” initiative to boost alternatives to petroleum. But, according to agency records obtained by ProPublica and The Guardian, the production of one of the fuels could emit air pollution that is so toxic, 1 out of 4 people exposed to it over a lifetime could get cancer.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 25 February 2023 04:51 (one year ago) link
Staff members said in interviews that Mr. Becerra continued to push for faster results, often asking why they could not discharge children with machine-like efficiency.“If Henry Ford had seen this in his plants, he would have never become famous and rich. This is not the way you do an assembly line,” Mr. Becerra said at a staff meeting last summer, according to a recording obtained by The Times.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Saturday, 25 February 2023 13:13 (one year ago) link
This quote, from that article, is particularly thread-appropriate:
Underage workers in Grand Rapids said that spicy dust from immense batches of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos made their lungs sting
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Sunday, 26 February 2023 21:11 (one year ago) link
Ford is seeking a patent for a system that would enable its cars to annoy users with endless notifications and constant beeps and chimes or even lock owners out of the car entirely if they miss a payment, according to a patent application published last week.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 22:12 (one year ago) link
i'm amazed it's taken this long. they'll put the repo men out of business, and then when they can't make their payments, take their cars too.
(I mean fuck the Repo industry ANYWAY, but this is way worse.)
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 22:29 (one year ago) link
really should just post the Youtubes to evry track from The Coup's Steal This Album itt
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 22:30 (one year ago) link
It goes on to say that it's probably intended for self-drivers, so the cars can just turn around and drive back to the dealership
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 22:46 (one year ago) link
I dunno, cars driving themselves back to the dealership sounds less dystopian than repo men stealing them back.
― BrianB, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:39 (one year ago) link
completely removes some of the tools people can do to keep their rides a little longer and prevent repossession though
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:44 (one year ago) link
like parking at other people's houses, etc.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:45 (one year ago) link
frankly repossession of any type is bullshit, automated or not. if it's going to happen, it should have to go through court only, dragged out as long as possible
(I don't mean long extended court costs type thing that'll hurt the person impacted even more, but like rather that if the dealer/seller is trying to get the car back, it should be like eviction where you can't just throw someone on the street, you have to go to court, and it takes a while, so someone has more time to rectify it or at least be prepared for life without a car, not just walking outside and seeing no car like happened to my mom a decade ago).
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:48 (one year ago) link
the entire phenomenon of having to pay 'subscriptions' for things one 'owns' to fully work is indeed dystopian, but it's not really limited to the US
that's capitalism, baby
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:53 (one year ago) link
am i really "alive" this month? or am i actually just 1/840th alive for my life
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:55 (one year ago) link
I was kind of annoyed when that movie Repo Men came out cos they didn't go far enough with the concept, but like we're probably a year or two away from heart transplants being ripped out of you for failing to make a hospital bill payment.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:58 (one year ago) link
schroedinger's infinitesimal z_tbd
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:59 (one year ago) link
oh, Wikipedia tells me that Repo! The Genetic Opera has a similar plot? huh. maybe i should finally watch after all.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 March 2023 04:59 (one year ago) link
in the alternate dvd-only ending of Repo Man, it ends with Estevez weeping "fuck!" to himself for way too long
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 05:01 (one year ago) link
lol I mean the shitty 2010 film with Jude Law. ain't even seen the 84 Estevez flick.
i do like that ending though
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 March 2023 05:02 (one year ago) link
the 84 flick is a classic imo. it makes you root for the repo men, just a bit
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 05:04 (one year ago) link
harry dean stanton doing exactly what you want him to do
― z_tbd, Thursday, 2 March 2023 05:06 (one year ago) link
total classic
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Thursday, 2 March 2023 05:06 (one year ago) link
"Otto, we don't have much time, so I'm going to have to torture you"
Essential viewing
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 2 March 2023 05:11 (one year ago) link
To what extent do car dealerships care, though? They got the sale. Seems likelier to me that it's the banks/lending institutions who care. I'd be a little more worried about my car wanting to drive to Bank of America as opposed to Honda of Springfield or whatever.
― nat king cole slaw (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 2 March 2023 12:35 (one year ago) link
Yeah, on the local news last night they said that if the car wasn't worth worth what was owed on it, it would drive itself to the junkyard & that does seem pretty fucked up.
Also Repo! The Genetic Opera movie is a super weird production. I fell asleep to it one night and my wife came to bed later and was like "what the hell were you watching?!" the next morning.
― BrianB, Thursday, 2 March 2023 13:13 (one year ago) link
From Philip K. Dick's Ubik (1969):
“The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it, “is in the nature of a gratuity; I don’t have to pay you.” “I think otherwise,” the door said. “Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.” In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip. “You discover I’m right,” the door said. It sounded smug. From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door. “I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out. Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 04:13 (one year ago) link
meanwhile, down the hall, joe chip's neighbor was fucking the door
― z_tbd, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 04:14 (one year ago) link