Yup the only solution is piracy now

My favorite thing was how he never had security cuz was an authentic national treasure.

Case and point: José Alberto “Pepe” Mujica Cordano is afaik the most famous “objectively good guy” president and you’ve probably never heard of him.

People have drastically less free time than 30+ years ago. That free time was crucial for forming community, emotional fulfillment, and pursuing personal goals. Deprived of these things leaves people vulnerable to manipulation and mutually exclusive thinking.

Conservatism is a political movement masquerading as philosophical/principled. It appeals to peoples good intentions, validates their preconceptions, defines their identity in negative terms, and binds their self worth to their status within their group.

Actually it does not say it’s real or fake either way. Turns out that article was only referencing the apocalypse prediction, not how the text translation is fake. I just picked it because Smithsonian is a better source than Quora or reddit; surprised they didn’t bother to mention the translation isn’t authentic.

This article is a direct response to that Smithsonian one regarding the translation.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/?amp=1

But ya TLDR the translation is fake.

Oof pathetic troll confirmed. le blocked

Like that 2800 year old Assyrian tablet?

“Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”

Cuz that’s fake.

Also Andy Warhol coined “15 minutes of fame” in 1968. A concept which is heavily contingent on electronic communication. So I completely disagree that the notion that youth are planning out their lives like a lottery has been said about every generation… or any generation for that matter.

Because the lottery aspect, aka virality, is at best 30 years old.

Nah that kid was just autistic.

These slop kiddies “sold out” in the way that every generation before them knew was categorically deplorable.

The real concern about younger generations isn’t just that they’re low key dumb af; it’s how conditioned they are to see the world as a lottery you win and not a challenge you overcome. An entire generation planning their life around capitalizing on their 15 minutes of fame and willing to be owned by whoever will give them a luxury dog house.

IMO it directly contributes to the perceived argumentativeness of lemmy. Comments feel a lot more personal and direct when presented in an inbox vs on the actual thread.

On reddit I turned off replies for everything except the times I was wanting a reply.

Ability to turn off inbox replies from comments.

Corporate CEOs can all have 1 camera each, on their front lawn, for them to hang from.

Corporate CEOs can all have 1 camera each, on their front lawn, for them to hang from.

Corporate CEOs can all have 1 camera each, on their front lawn, for them to hang from.

There are loads of people who dislike centralised services

You just encounter a disproportionately higher amount of them on lemmy/your-circles than the true ratio of people in society. The vast majority of people barely think about any of that stuff. Especially stupid people.

If I were a teenager I would be playing a very different version of Nicky Nicky Nine Doors.

Phil The Alien

“Phil is an extraterrestrial with shape-shifting ability and telekinetic powers. After crash-landing in Northern Ontario, Phil befriends a red neck child, his father, and a talking beaver as he wanders the Canadian wilderness. Phil is soon introduced to the trappings of small town northern Ontario and adopts the persona and mannerisms of a stereotypical Canadian small town alcoholic while hiding from the ineffectual and mentally traumatized military general who is trying to capture him.”

give it a try

lmao you clearly did not grow up in a religious household.

edit: Also very weird of you insinuating that my mother knowingly sat next to me having sex for over half an hour.

like give your head a shake bro

Late teens: My gf came over, watching a movie in the downstairs den, started having spoon sex under the blanket on the couch. My mother (rather intuitively) decided we needed supervision and came down to watch the movie with us; while I was still balls deep!

I pulled out slower than a glacier and we spent the rest of the movie slowly and stealthily putting our pants back on under the blanket. Somehow we got away with it! (If we got caught there would have been hell haha)

The electricity, the data, and the device, all on a subscription plan.