Posts by imtheq@realsocial.life
(DIR) Post #Ad97vKnGgA9hFsjjKS by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:18:18Z
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2. People Who Trust Power (and get mad when you don't)We've been around for several hundred thousand years. Has there EVER been a time when power-holders weren't abusing their power? THERE HAS NOT. It doesn't matter WHO is holding the power, what religion, race, ethnicity or gender they are. So can we stop defending powerful people, governments and institutions when it comes out they are doing terrible shit?
(DIR) Post #Ad97vMkrO5PxKzcpqy by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:18:43Z
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3. The general lack of interest in public transportationIf there's ONE THING that could IMMEDIATELY improve the lives of billions of people AND the condition of our environment it's global investment in public transportation systems. Also - in case you haven't figure it out yet: Traffic is fucking STUPID.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vOzp3QZgHydoS8 by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:20:41Z
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4. Gen X Erasure aka "Give a little respect, tooo-ooo-ooooo meeeee" No but really. Boomers have never really be interested in us, so it's not like we don't have thick skins. But you claim we're culturally irrelevant, and your definition of relevance is keeping up with Britney as she spirals and sparring with Jordan Peterson stans on Twitter. So. Yeah. You can't be trusted to define anything, culturally.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vQxPlLpwN5Wuye by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:20:52Z
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Pass me the Camus and my clove cigs, thanks. p.s. We're not going anywhere for a while, fuckers. Happy to remind you as often as needed (and as rudely as possible) that we're here.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vSqOkPPeDuGLJo by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:22:01Z
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5. AI and Its Deluded Champions (see also: Techno-Optimism)I'm not a luddite (yet) but I've been around long enough to have seen techno-optimism crash & burn our social, economic and political order more than once. I don't trust any of those DMT-infused Silicon Valley ideologues as far as I can throw them. New technology is great. You know what's NOT great? Adopting new technologies en masse before we've assessed the long-term advantages and risks as a society. We have a fucking track record.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vUplLk5oOVyrbc by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:23:10Z
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6. Creative and Artistic GatekeepingFuck Big Media, Big Publishing, Academia Inc., Hollywood, and any other industry (and their annoyingly self-congratulatory tastemakers) that exist to dictate which narratives are worth listening to. I can make those decisions myself. And so can you. It's not like there's a guarantee of better quality coming from The Creative Establishment. The criteria that matters to these people is that it makes money and doesn't upset the wrong people (from point #2).
(DIR) Post #Ad97vWZAuO0pleEe1o by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:23:34Z
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7. Using Your Device Audio Without Headphones in PublicIf you do this, you should know that you are a bad person and everyone within a twenty foot radius knows it.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vYc5IXWo7FbzqC by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:33:07Z
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8. Fast FashionEntire industries like this exist because people who are not rich want to feel like they have money and can afford new, trendy things. So we buy shitty replicas of designer clothes that end up at the Goodwill or in a landfill, or worse, "donated." Fast fashion is notoriously poorly made. It doesn't stand up to more than a couple wears, nor does it fit well - no one actually believes you bought that Shein on Rodeo Drive, I promise.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vaYy36DuAAAXGC by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:33:18Z
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But the worst part is that *because* this stuff is made to be garbage it's not actually a savings. So yeah, poor people getting screwed by consumerism AGAIN.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vcbsRFjsVlXt4a by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:33:43Z
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9. RaisinsGet these motherfuckin' raisins off this motherfuckin' plane.
(DIR) Post #Ad97veN3tJ4nyOd5G4 by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:35:24Z
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10. Fake QsWhy are the worst, creepiest people trying to use the letter "Q"? Look, I get that it sounds cool and mysterious and kind of cosmic. It's my favorite letter, so of course it's rad. But that doesn't mean you can appropriate it for your weird conspiracy cult, or your stupid AI program, or whatever. Leave The Q alone, or I will curse you and you'll have no one but yourself to blame.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vgGOr2w5qJWn9U by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:35:41Z
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11. People who think everyone else is the problem.Have you ever met a person who tells you all about the terrible people that have plagued them their entire lives, and you're like, WOW, you've had it hard. But then after a while you start to realize that maybe this person is just an entitled narcissist who can't cope with reality and/or take personal responsibility, and they need to blame anything and everything but themselves? Yeah. That.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vi2IGSqBL8wYRU by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:37:33Z
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12. People who fuck with librariesGoddamned cretins.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vjrNU1IUzrqrho by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:39:40Z
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13. People who move through the world completely oblivious to the other people around themHELLO. You are surrounded by PEOPLE and WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HERE.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vlnCIX8qzTuYT2 by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:40:29Z
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14. Destroying real relationships over support of political leaders who would (and you are a goddamn fool if you think otherwise) sell you out in an instant if it suited their agenda. Not just one party. All of them.
(DIR) Post #Ad97vndLS8RuhVJiO8 by imtheq@realsocial.life
2023-12-24T03:40:56Z
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15. Digital/Social Media ads30-40% of the content I see on corporate-owned social media sites are ads. It's out of hand. It's fucking INSULTING.
(DIR) Post #AhdG83CCt6g0nXFpiK by imtheq@realsocial.life
2024-05-07T00:46:34Z
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Macklemore is way more interesting than Drake and he always has been. I will not be taking any questions at this time.
(DIR) Post #Ahvl8AZI4XLp5SroES by imtheq@realsocial.life
2024-05-15T12:39:05Z
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Whose kid was in a car accident at 1am this morning? MINE. Fortunately everyone is ok. It was pretty scary, though. She wasn’t driving, but it was on the freeway and several cars were involved. Her friend’s car is totaled. My girl is pretty shaken up, taking the day off. The best part of this story, however, is that the person who rear-ended them was a drag queen. What a scene!
(DIR) Post #AiVBhkOJwarFEZqznU by imtheq@realsocial.life
2024-06-02T01:39:03Z
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Listen. The sad fact is that banana pudding simply tastes better when you use a disposable plastic spoon.
(DIR) Post #AoSYtvJIOzf7ixE8vI by imtheq@realsocial.life
2024-11-26T17:51:47Z
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This is it, y'all. The easiest kind of activism you can participate in. Just don't buy anything from Amazon 11/29-12/2. You can do it. Or rather, you can not do it. I believe in u."Workers and representatives from unions and workers’ groups intend to join protests against the Seattle-based company’s practices between Black Friday and Cyber Monday (29 November and 2 December), one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year."https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/25/amazon-protest-strike-black-friday