jwzApropos of nothing, more billionaires should live in fear of being pulled off their private jets and arrested.
I seem to have constructed a glorious honeypot here. You're welcome / I'm sorry.
Still shaking my head at being scolded that I should stop "othering" billionaires.
"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human."
-- William Gibson, Count Zero - The favorite author of the exact people he was writing about.
Carlos Scheidegger@jwz have you read the peripheral? Like, I think you’re totally right about count zero but I feel like he finally realized what the fuck is going on with rich people and wrote that book to work through it
@scheidegger I think The Peripheral is his best work.
Also, we can thank Bezos for denying us the second season of the TV stub.
@jwz I was shocked that they let s1 happen. But then again, he funded a season of the Expanse too.
Is it possible that the klept is just fucking stupid? Big if true
Michael Ekstrand@scheidegger part of me is wondering if I need to nab stuff like that on DVD or blu-ray before our billionaire overlords decide to review their media portfolios if I want to be able to rewatch.
Rat@mdekstrand
you do. 🏴☠️ if you can't get the official versions. in the name of digital preservation!
you do. 🏴☠️ if you can't get the official versions. in the name of digital preservation!