That’s the one that will really hurt (the right people) - Canada and EU dropping US copyright would hurt too, and if all else fails, just dump Treasuries

I get confused almost every time I read the other CNC

I remember being so incensed by that. Foreign goons jumped out and put their hands on peacefully protesting Americans, with no consequences

There was a comedienne that stuck a line in my head " I’m attracted to men, but I don’t find them attractive"

SC saves trump from himself. Stimulus as money gets out back, prices lower, he declares victory

It’ll be interesting to see if he’s dumb enough to apply different tariffs out of petulance

Gotta admit, I read this as " rejected applicants to the Marine Corps switch weapons to the M7" which would be weird rebound behavior

You’re right, of course - I just meant in the context of why it’s competing with video games for user attention. Gambling, porn, crypto, video games : one of these things is not like the other (he says with several 1000+ hour games in his steam library)

Gambling/crypto is all risk, porn is risk-free reward

If people have more alluring alternatives for cheap dopamine, maybe video games can prioritize satisfying gameplay and narratives. Play has value, that’d be ok

The bar is in hell with the rest of us

There’s a weirdly vacant amorality about modern issues. I think the MIC shuffle goes something like

-CEO is obligated to enhance shareholder value, so supplies weapons (stand-in for lossy shit that doesn’t help QoL of most people), Company spreads manufacturing around a bunch of regions in a country -Government permits arm sales because otherwise weapons mfgs would cut jobs (and couldn’t develop as many new weapons for the Gov’s use)

• arms proliferate, get used
• repeat

Truly breaking out of this will probably require courage and PPE that our electeds don’t have

You’re not wrong, but that generation has some wild variance in politics and leopards eat everyone’s faces if you let them

I don’t imagine microwaves chasing me down an alley tho

I guess worry depends too on how good an empire is at coming into being. You can argue that the Russian special operation is pretty damn ineffective (relative to expectation) And less dangerous than if Putin was marching toward the Atlantic

I’d love big tech to lose

Nah, language is fluid and meanings change

I mean, we’re not

Really incredible that this isn’t satire

Well, yeah. I hope someone better than us takes over

Why does the report say to call 911 as a tip line? Kansas city EMS has too much time on their hands?

I was thinking unexploded ordnance