some truly world-shattering human-altering tech

Maybe say…climate change?

So really The Matrix should have taken place in a two dimensional world.

Alternatively, I would also accept renaming the trilogy to The Array, The Matrix, and The Tensor.

Something I’ve seen on some PubMed meta-analyses is the inclusion of the various search terms and inclusion/exclusion criteria used; something along those lines maybe?

Technically speaking it could refer to the death of the organization itself rather than the individuals comprising the organization.

But yeah.

I really hope this isn’t something I made too big and is overwhelming now

Narrarator: It was.

You touched on it; Citizens United. Change that and we’re back to a coherent timeline.

I also think the consolidation of media outlets into massive billionaire-controlled mouthpieces of industry alongside with Cambridge Analytica opening the flood gates on social medianl propagandization were crucial, but Citizens United will always be the death of the USA for me; it just took a few years for the corpse to start really stinking up the place.

valuable IP sold off to companies that would actually make better use of them

More likely snatched up by VC to put them on (fuck) ICE or passed around to other AI companies until they’re really good and dead.

They are going to be shallow ugly, buggy and dumb.

🌍🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀🌚

Prog metal concept albums are one of my favorite things with D&D close behind! Looking forward to the listen!

Edit: Hang on why cant I pay you >:(

I’ve always got music on in the background. Less gaming nowadays, doing my best to read more books.

Best time was then, second best time is now. Don’t lament the delay, celebrate the win and move on to the next goal.

If they could st[w]ill get away with doing this to gays and blacks it would be happening to them instead.

Would

I think bookending the two recent quotes with the obviously more problematic quotes from 8 years prior is intentional. A lot can change in 8 years, especially when you transition from military to civilian life. I think the ACAB sentiment he expressed in 2021 shows growth.

(Anecdotal bias incoming) The comment on rural white Americans, while inflammatory and unhelpful, isn’t all that off-base in my experience. If you are born into, grow up in and stay within the same rural 10 mile radius your entire life you tend to lack perspective to say the least. Growing up in a town or village that is 90%+ white provides no frame of reference for the varying struggles people of color experience.

I grew up in one such town. Demographics were roughly 90% white, 10% Hispanic. I didn’t have a black classmate until junior year of high school and I don’t want to speculate about the reception they received.

As for stupidity, acquiring knowledge is at best unemphasized and at worst actively, intentionally discouraged. Willful ignorance may be a more accurate term.

There are certainly children curious enough to seek out knowledge and learn about other human experiences (hi) but I’m still struggling to escape that bucket of crabs and it has consumed and scarred me. The access to quality healthcare was abysmal, employment was primarily factory-based and starting from a place of low familial wealth is something I’ve struggled against my entire adult life. I’d venture a guess that he was raised in a similar setting and was only able to escape via military service.

In short; I agree with the sentiments he’s expressed recently. I vehemently disagree with the sentiments he expressed over a decade ago. I’m willing to believe the tattoo was an arbitrarily chosen flash piece done in Croatia during his time in the Marines. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but I’ll never be his constituent so my opinion ultimately means jack shit.

Be the circular Venn diagram of malicious compliance and weaponized incompetence. Be the change you want to see.

Hear me out…start with two rolls of tape

Hear me out; we take all the statues of Confederate losers and whatever gaudy atrocious bullshit cheeto comes up with, set them all up in a swamp with catwalks placed close enough that people can spit, piss, and if so motivated and properly prepared, projectile vomit/shit on their memories.

With the word “Princess” spelled out in diamonds washed in the blood of African children!

You fucking rule. Remember that. Even if somehow, some way this doesn’t go hot you are still a compassionate, empathetic, loving human being and I’m glad your personal community has someone as caring and alert as you.

You’re pretty good!