3-5 companies in a sector is an oligopoly, which acts nearly the same as a monopoly. This is not “actual competition”.

All of these companies cornered their own markets, and now they own the backbone of the internet.

If we broke up all of them and required open standards and interoperability then other companies could innovate.

AWS needs to be broken up way more than Ma Bell ever did. We need to have open protocols developed so that there can be actual competition.

I too am immediately eaten by squirrels.

Hey, it’s me, ur Illuminati.

I am saddened that the Illuminati sent out fake notices to all of you to mask their attempts to recruit me.

I think it’s more difficult to identify me from an anonymous account where I don’t even talk about myself that much than from an account under their legal name with a bunch of pictures of themselves.

45 year old here…I’m pretty sure I’ve never bought an analog clock and I think it would be weird for a school—or any place, really—to have one. I’m not surprised kids don’t learn outdated technology and anybody who is mad about it should pick up a slide rule.

The thing is that Amazon needs to get broken up way more than Ma Bell did. Most people have never heard of AWS before, but it’s crazy to have one company own so much of the internet, even before you get into their stranglehold on internet commerce (which also should be broken up).

I think I know that guy. Sad story.

https://youtu.be/rfbb4yRBH64

I mean I’m not going to say no to the Nintendo porn

A 25 lb bag of rice is $10 at Costco. I rotate between several different curries/stews/proteins on a bed of rice and it’s delicious.

I have been weirdly picky about meat my entire life. It took until recently to realize it was a 'tism thing.

Imagine 8 hours of toddlers watching a birth.

I’m not sure anyone thought “naughty hole” was an official government agency. It’s good to recommend body safe sex toys as a matter of habit.

I’ll never understand why people argue about subjective opinions. Pineapple gives pizza a sweetness to compliment the savory tomato. If you don’t like it, don’t put pineapple on your pizza and shut up about other people’s decisions.

If you consider the number of hetero girls who aren’t interested in dating bi guys is probably larger than the number of guys who date guys, the pool is potentially doubled but effectively shrinks a bit.

The problem is that they realized that they could do both.

You know what they say “When you hear hoofbeats, think of an ungodly castle/knight amalgamation.”

Biglari has been trying to take over Cracker Barrel for years. Not really hard to guess who was behind this.

This is PRECISELY why I’m a big fan of explaining jokes. Most of us wouldn’t have understood any of this context.