They did the same thing to the Global 200 defense contractor that I worked for as well. The level of access they have to so many organizations’ data is scary.

She speaks reality. People in control deal with very controlled messaging. They don’t like people they can’t control.

With the way enshittification has been driving down the quality of all of the goods we buy for years now, we would be naive to think that the same compromises aren’t being made with building materials. From now on, I won’t be going into any skyscrapers that weren’t built at least 5 years ago lol

They are also providing Meta with free age progression training material when they upload those pictures of their kids each year on the first day of school

Agreed. Also, unfortunate.

In the U.S., there is a large amount of boomers that dangle a promise of inheritance over their children, often to be able to continue to abuse them well through adulthood (just in different ways).

Our government is the boomer parent that is now realizing that other countries are like the children who have become educated, and done the work to heal from their traumas. Who then realize they are OK on their own without their parent’s safety net/support. In fact, they are better off without them altogether. Their parents were the only ones ever benefiting from the relationship. Yet, the parents are always confused when their attempts at financial manipulation fail.

Yeah, I think there might even be a correlation between cuteness and taste.

I’m in the US and joined a leftist instance. I hide in plain sight lol

lol…i figured the URL would be enough for people to get the idea

Or, have the Cleveland Cavaliers win the championship every year and have this guy around https://www.nj.com/knicks/2016/06/watch_cavs_fan_eats_horse_poop_at_championship_par.html

yeah, same here. i think their algorithm must select the songs that cost them the least amount to play at that time.

Yeah, just poke around until you find a hole that fits

Don’t forget that Defender license to protect it

Isaac Asimov spoke on it in 1980, and how it had been going on for quite some time by then https://aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf

Or how shrimp are harvested

well, 54% of our adults are literate below a 6th-grade level

As an Ohioan, I support this message.

Violence against their preferred overlords

yeah, and even lemmy.world deleted some comments in this thread for inciting violence that were, in my opinion, completely non-violent. So, i deleted all my comments and account and moved to another instance. it is nice to have options.