I claim the Isle of Wight.

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I only purchased this toothbrush because that was the only way to get the water-resistant Corporate Surveillance Device that I wanted for the bathroom.

why
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christ

Oh no. Watch out everyone, this guy’s gonna stick to the facts by checks notes plugging his ears and walking away.

what kind of a world are we living in where people can just make up words to describe whatever concept they want

The point is that ancient document only has value if there are still people around to value it. The point is that the political system is fundamentally broken and is easily gamed by those with money- who are, of course, staunchly opposed to anything that would interfere with their rent-seeking behavior, including and especially stopping the flow of oil. The point is that joining a volunteer organization or a political organization is, and has always been as long as I have been alive, mostly either a joke, or a bandaid-on-a-festering-wound solution, or both. The point is that people who vote are voting for their direct, usually short-term interests- having gas in the car is an absolute necessity for getting to work and thereby putting food on the table for a family. That’s a difficult sacrifice to make, even if, in the long-term, people know it’s apocalyptic. The point is that this document they targetted got them attention. The point is showing the world that they’re willing to work outside of acceptable societal norms, sacrificing their livelihoods and freedom, for what they believe in. The point is that slowly, more people will recognize and find ways of resisting, even while still continuing to vote in a broken system whose first job is to uphold ancient broken irrelevant laws and perpetuate its own existence.

The point is that if we don’t all do something, now, right now together, the world will fall apart.

Examine your conscience. Do you really believe that parliament will pass a law limiting the flow of petrochemicals? If you believe, as I believe based on the evidence I’ve seen in my daily life, that the world is getting hotter and it’s because of burning petrochemicals, don’t you think they should have already by now, and long since? If they don’t, what do you think the people who are supposed to be represented should do about it? Do you really think voting will solve this by itself?

reading that was like watching a person trying to throw a stone at the sky and missing

Maybe they wish to make some point you haven’t recognized. Maybe they don’t feel any more represented by what you are pleased to call a democracy than the writers of that document were by their kings?

TL;DW: Doesn’t pet the goddamn cat. I couldn’t tell what else he might have been saying.

That sounds pretty niche. I think you’re gonna need to be the change. Someone has to take the financial hit to upload it.

My friend asked me to play minecraft a week or two ago and I tried to go to my old mojang account to find apparently someone else owns minecraft now and I missed the registration window to migrate. I’m annoyed at that, and incensed to find that the game which used to be complete, full-featured foss is now $40 for what-the-fuck-did-they-add-i-dont-care-to-find-out.

But they’re just sharing the fact Youtube Premium™ offers a lot of people great benefits, like background play, and music!

Get a strong chain or a beefy cable. Fuhgeddaboutit locks are very reliable (they also make a fine weapon in a pinch). Make sure to wrap the chain/cable so that there is as little free space to get a set of chompers around it as possible. Make sure to include at least front wheel, if not both wheels, in the wrap. Lock should ideally wrap around the post, front tire, and frame. Try to make sure yours is either better secured or less valuable, or both, than your neighbor’s. Install a discreet gps locator. Don’t leave valuables attached to the frame while it is not directly in your custody.

Be careful not to include another’s lock/frame/chain in your wrap. Not only is it extremely inconsiderate and inconvenient, it is a common tactic for thieves to lock someone’s bike and come back to it later on the expectation that someone who doesn’t know better will assume good faith and come back tomorrow, by which point the thief has had all night to work.

Cool, “drama”. A new keyword to filter in my community blocklist. Thanks.