I’m a supertaster and hypervigilant, so all my senses are dialed up to 11. My memory is also unusually good. Also my son claims I have “Poon vision”, but I’m not crazy about that idea.

Thirty-nine years ago I worked night shift during college. I’m still trying to straighten out my circadian rhythms.

The internet and even the web didn’t need profit for many long years before the web went commercial. I’ve been publishing my own website since 1996 without advertising or asking for donations. I just publish it because I love the topic. Profit is NOT the be-all and end-all of existence.

Don’t believe me? How much would you sell your children for?

Reddit’s enshittification was delayed by COVID, but it happened nonetheless.

Aaaannnddd…autodeleted by bot. Links to other sites are forbidden.

Good idea! I just posted a link to r/politicalhumor.

There is a mobile app for kbin, though. It’s not great, but it exists. I’m using it right now!

Inertia is the most powerful force in the universe…of human psychology.

God, I hope so. I don’t see any way to stop the billionaires from killing off our species, at this point. But I want to at least see those psychotic monsters suffer before we all go!

Same here. I’m kind of suspecting that Reddit isn’t going to be giving me my data anytime soon, if ever!

Yeah, I’m another old school early adopter who was on the internet since the '80s. No way the enshittification and souring of Reddit was caused by boomers and Gen xers. Most of them wouldn’t know how to get on, and those who would… Honestly, I’m the only boomer I know who is on there. Well, unless you go to some of the subreddits that are specifically for people over 50. And those people are incredibly nice! One of the few things I will really miss about Reddit.

Because the system gives them no other real choice. When all major parties serve the interests of the oligarchs, the people know that they’re being screwed. Which makes them angry. And since the powers that be absolutely will not allow the emergence of a truly populist movement or leader, the people have no other option but to support a charismatic authoritarian leader who promises them whatever they want. I suspect that most of the people know that those leaders are lying, but at least they acknowledge that the people are being screwed!

Note that while the establishment never allows a leftist populist movement, they’re fine with an authoritarian one. Translation: our owners won’t allow their cattle to run free, but they’re happy to have us all choose a leader to send us to the slaughterhouse for their profit.