[-] 4grams@awful.systems 33 points 3 months ago

I know right. And the motherfucking cultists in my own family are telling me it’s my fault for trusting the stock market. But these same fucks have told me that’s my only option for retirement because Soc. Sec. Is a “Ponzi scheme”.

We’re setup to fail, we’re only here to produce value that can be stolen.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 31 points 9 months ago

as I have climbed higher in the corporate world, this is becoming clearer and clearer. people respond far better to a confident idiot than they do a pensive expert.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 35 points 1 year ago

Always, always, always is.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 32 points 1 year ago

With a picture like that, dude is one of my favorite historical people :).

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 34 points 1 year ago

Now, if they stick one in a framework laptop, I’ll be a few thousand dollars poorer.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 34 points 2 years ago

At least I’ll finally get to win the argument with my dad about if climate change is real or not.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

they also overestimate their importance to the same crowd. I mean, I use youtube a lot but as soon as I'm unable to without my adblocker in place, I'm done with the site. Already cut out several other sites that have done similar things; YouTube is big, but it's not the only time waster in town.

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