My god did you fucking nail it. Been thinking about bailing out over all the things you brought up.

I’d add two things though, news users are also swamped with furry shit and little girl porn, or “anime” as some call it. I spent my first two weeks here smashing block on all that shit, yet it still pops up constantly. If 8-yo girls in sexy maid outfits and fucking dogs is your thing, lemmy might be a good fit!

And a Twisted Mentat no less!

You get it. :)

I’d add that America led the way on internet development as a major factor in English being the modern lingua franca.

I taught my kids never to touch a gun unless the owner cleared it in front of them and showed them the empty chamber.

The Half Life demo was 50MB. Took me 4 tries to get it over dialup. Played till the sun came up!

In America, and other countries, it used to be backed by gold.

Best ELI5 here!

SCOTUS rules against Trump on the regular. Legal experts are giving Trump a 75% of losing the case now being heard.

LOVE to read about his gear, particularly the pistol and watch (?). And what is the rectangular object clipped to his chest?

The juxtaposition of life giving water and the utter lifelessness of the desert always has me staring at pics like this. Logically I get it, but it’s hard to wrap my head around it emotionally.

Surprised at OU pulling this shit. Oklahoma State University maybe, but OU was a solid education in my day.

Women could change the world overnight if they’d ban together on denying sex. There were two warring tribes in Africa (last century, I forget) where the woman came together and said no poonanny until you boys are at peace. Instant peace.

They’re probably not selling enough consumer RAM to be worth it any longer. Saying they’re pivoting to AI sales is pure C-suite talk to keep investors not only docile, but excited.

People just aren’t building and upgrading PCs much anymore, present company excluded.

I honestly think most of these bugfuck crazy views stem from we humans not having evolved to deal with the modern world. People feed us the simple answers we crave.

Look OP, my heart can’t take this roller coaster you got us on.

Working retail woke me to how much plastic is used before you touch the product.

Sorry, I’m bad about this. Only way to beat it is to keep referring them to the docs. Be specific! “Check page 10 of the doc. Need that link again?”

People aren’t buying, building and upgrading PCs like they used to. Crucial’s using the AI excuse so as not to panic investors. And lemmy, as usual, bought it hook, line and sinker.

This is part of what Forrest Gump was about. Think Forrest and Bubba would have made it to boot in the first place?

FYI: A “school shooting” is anytime a gun is discharged on school grounds. If I go shoot the soccer field on a Saturday afternoon, that counts.

And the San Francisco shooting? That was one kid purposefully going after another. It was a fight with a gun involved, not some random kid shooting the place up.