Chris Watson

Both “like” and “dislike” buttons are the actual worst part of any social media system. Their very essence is the pinnacle of toxic, brain-hijacking, data-farming social poison and I will absolutely die on this hill.
They should never have been created in the first place.

A can of Monster with the tab removed and held upside down to demonstrate

Ok, on an unserious note (kinda), why don’t the manufacturers of aluminum cans put the tab facing the other way up? That way the side you’re hooking your fingertip under isn’t the side with the sharp folded edges.
Wouldn’t smooth-side down make *way* more sense?

My hot take is that seeing a romantic relationship as a social commodity is an extremely capitalist stance and it’s no wonder people don’t feel fulfilled when they view their partner as an accessory.

I have been complimented for this shirt by total strangers *multiple* times.

a man with his eyes closed and the word of course written on the bottom Alt: David from Schitt’s Creek putting a hand over his face in exasperation with the caption, “of course”.

The Autistic Experience™️

-If you see something is bad before everyone else & say so, you’re “unreasonable.”
-If you point out that you were right after everyone else sees it, you’re “inconsiderate”.
-If you don’t say anything until everyone else sees it, you’re “unhelpful”.

There is a tremendous difference between celebrating your inclusion in a group versus celebrating others’ exclusion from a group.

When the focus of a community is on its exclusivity rather than what its members have in common, then its only real purpose is to celebrate segregation.

You should be embarrassed that you published this.

Valid points from both of you, but I think the point of the pushback, as useful an umbrella term as it is, is *who* that term benefits most and where it comes from, which is corporate influencer-speak that devalues and de-personalizes creative output by generalizing it as product.

If you had told me when I was younger that we’d see both the birth and subsequent destruction of the internet within the same lifetime, I would not have believed you.

What a weird little chapter in future history books this will be.

So considering Naked Nutrition claims repeatedly all over their branding that they do third party testing for heavy metals, is it reasonable to assume a class action lawsuit is justified?

What’s wild is seeing how effective the manipulation is just by framing it as “offering free access to AI tools at a population level” rather than “offering AI tools free access to training data at a population level.”

We’re watching a president say that the sky is green and nobody anywhere near him is pointing out a window. Not staff, not reporters. Nothing.

I hear everybody decrying doomerism but at this point I think optimism is pathological avoidance.

“Some people are expendable.”

-Every Major Political Party

“Sacrifice some people so the rest of us can survive” is perhaps not the winning sales strategy you think it is.

It would permanently sandbox Jay’s account to only be able to see or interact with bots.

Screenshot of post that reads: “I have to assume at this point that journalism majors just pay a fee and get handed a post-it note written in crayon that says they’re a journalist now rather than actually learning anything.”

Tapping this sign again:

This is based solely on personal observation and anecdote so don't take it too seriously but it seems to me that the people who run things and are in charge of things and who own things are almost universally terrible people and that capitalism incentivizes their behavior as a core feature

I have to assume at this point that journalism majors just pay a fee and get handed a post-it note written in crayon that says they’re a journalist now rather than actually learning anything.

The sad reality is that by and large, the people of this country have shown repeatedly that they are perfectly fine with being openly manipulated as long as they also feel like they’re getting something out of it.

Yeah, remember his irrepressible joy when he was shilling for NFTs? Finger on the pulse, that guy.

He should team up with Mr. Beast for a competition of most soulless eye sockets.

I’m not sure I understand how a person that claims we need guns for protection can also claim that violence is never the answer.

If you think words are not violence, you’ve led an extremely privileged life.

Grandpa Simpson dressed in a white suit selling his revitalizing tonic at a fair.

Fuck off.

Heck yes, and the second book, A Prayer for the Crown Shy is an equally awesome continuation.

It’s one I re-listen to periodically like a book “comfort food”.

Ok, there’s an audiobook called “14”by Peter Clines that is voiced by Ray Porter (who is my absolute favorite audiobook narrator; he does separate voices) and it’s a weird cosmic mystery where the whole book is a guy trying to find out what’s going on with the strange apartment he moved into.

Skin Cells: “Hey, we need a house call.”

White Blood Cell: “Yeah, where at?”

Skin Cells: “Out Handside.”

White Blood Cell: “Oof, besta luck folks; move outta the sticks.”

Individual anecdotal experience is not a reliable indication of a general trend throughout an entire population even if a seemingly substantial number of people in the comments agree with whatever unsubstantiated nonsense a profit-driven algorithm decided would manifest the most engagement.

A lot more people would be better served by flipping the table rather than seeking a seat at it.