Yeah, if we de-meme it and really want to define it, the difference is Star Trek is a post-scarcity world, so generative AI building things doesn’t take anything away from human artists - it doesn’t affect their livelihoods because their livelihoods are guaranteed.

As always…

Hand Banana!

Hammer Brother

Ham Burger?

Incoming cease and desist from Buckee’s.

One of the pillars of the capitalism these fucks claim to love so much is that if you can’t exist on a fair playing field against competitors you don’t get the right to keep existing.

People, generally speaking, have an absolutely infuriating tendency to adapt to good things. They eventually look for more. The best way to prevent this, from an employer’s perspective, is to break their spirit. Learned helplessness is one of the only ways to permanently keep a free person in a bad situation.

The problem is the workplaces don’t want that. if you’re happier and have more energy, it also makes you more uppity and harder to control. You might even find options for other work!

If it means keeping you tired and broken, that’s worth the cost of a little productivity.

The ACTUAL site is xviiihamster.com

They should be a little bit discerning about what they paywall. It won’t kill them make public interest stories of serious value free as a public service.

Thank you.

“Our continued existence as a publication relies on people being able to freely access information, and there’s a burgeoning movement to actually make people aware of something they’ve been too arsed to bother with for decades. Wrote an artic-”

“Paywall it.”

“On it, boss.”

Data hoard enough shit to get you through however many decades you have left and get off grid.

That’s literally the only solution that’s going to be left.

Who is that???

“It’s so fast… If I just concentrate on what the boss taught me about CQC… Counterbalance the knife… Quick slash… Retract…”

More like “the building is on fire but I’m worried about tripping over the loose carpet on the second floor landing.” Yes, it WOULD be a serious problem to worry about if everything else was fine. Right now, it is not the thing that’s most likely to kill you.

I’m very specifically not getting into this argument. Everything you just said is completely right.

All I’m saying is this particular argument about taste and flavors is the worst possible one to make because it’s demonstrably illogical.

Regardless of your take on the ethics of meat, this argument is nonsensical from either side.

Mixtures of things have different effects than their component parts.

It’s like saying if the hot chocolate just tastes like the cocoa powder, why don’t I just eat the cocoa powder?

Because the texture and nature of the water give it a property too.

One thing I’ll add is that no matter where you move, snooty people with their noses in the air will look down on the idea of the expat community from your country of origin, and while you should ABSOLUTELY not make them your main social connection or use them as a crutch to replace immersing yourself in your new country, there is a reason these communities form - they provide social support and connection while you slowly build up an entire new identity and social community.