I can excuse the creation of the gestapo and the racism and the needless foreign wars and the summary execution of American citizens and the concentration camps, but I draw the line at slightly higher gas prices
Gotta respect the orthopedic shoe industry’s honesty, though. “You want cushioning and arch & ankle support? You have to come to grips with a few things, the first of which is that it hurts you to just *stand*. If you ever were cool you’re not anymore, and we’re going to make you reckon with this fact every time you look down.”
Beginning my entry into middle age has brought the realization that there’s a pretty hard ceiling on how cool you can look wearing podiatrist-recommended orthopedic shoes
RE: https://mastodon.social/@dunequotes/116050645079507986
The ghola of my Dune quote bot lives after I failed to save the original from the Botsin.space shutdown
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I actually do use a disposable email on Mastodon for privacy
Oh…wait
Hey, brief reminder that today is
#GroundHogDay so please be kind. You don’t know where people are on the cyclical, existential journey of empathy and self-discovery
That being said, capitalism is probably preferable to a ruling class that inadvertently summons a demon of power and greed that throws the land into crisis every few years and threatens to exterminate life on the planet
…wait
With the devastation of the entrenched ruling class due to the calamity and the upheaval and the rise of capitalists like President Hudson and scientific progress through Purah and others, Hyrule is probably only a generation or two from the true fall of the monarchy.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
I feel like if AI should be replacing anyone, it’s tech CEOs. I mean, it’s great at inane solutions that it will walk back with extreme sycophancy at the first sign of friction
