DJKJuicy

PCs and all devices will become more locked down, with a small rebellious minority. Pretty much what we have today, but the divide will become greater.

All consumer devices are designed for the consumer to consume content. Music, Movies, Books, TV Shows, Web Sites, Social Media, Video Games...all of it. Very, very few people at the consumer level use computing power to perform complex calculations or process large datasets.

All of that content is someone else's creation, and they want to get paid for their creation. Either by you directly purchasing/subscribing to what they've created, or via advertisers. Everyone has rent or a mortgage and bills to pay and they want to buy food and buy stuff for their kids.

Any time you sit in front of a screen, whether it's a TV or a PC or a smartphone and begin to consume content, think about that. Whoever created what you're looking at wants money, just like you want money.

So when a PC isn't locked down to make sure you're somehow paying for the content you consume, that upsets the entire supply chain that is delivering this content to your eyes and ears. They have to make sure they're somehow getting paid...

Firefly. Specifically, Shepherd Book's backstory.

This mirrored/asymmetrical stuff is mostly wrong. It can definitely cause an "uncanny" vibe but doesn't explain why you're a 7/10 in the mirror and a 3/10 in a photo.

You look different in the mirror versus photos because of the different focal length, different depth of field, and different angle.

I look pretty good to my own eye in the mirror but look like an absolute blumpkin in photos. However, you can take a pretty good selfie that looks like what you see in the mirror by placing the camera about 4 feet away from you and at a slightly elevated angle.

I mean getting 4 or 8 or 12 or 16 hours a day of work out of me is kind of ridiculous anyway. I don't have a job where X hours = Y production. "40 hours" a week is just my employer's antiquated way of quantifying my work. I would prefer they just let me handle my responsibilities.

I work a 4x10 workweek right now. Huge improvement on my quality of life. I use my free weekday to handle chores and shopping and appointments, then actually spend my weekend with my family. I've been doing this for about 3 years.

I know I'll lose this someday. Eventually somebody will use it against me. That's the day I'll start entertaining new opportunities.

Cabin in the Woods is fine art.

10/10 Premise 10/10 Execution

I'm helping my teenager get through all the horror tropes so we can watch Cabin in the Woods together.

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Why is the Original Tribal Chief in this meme, tho?

What brand/model # are you using?

Even the toploaders do the same thing now. They don't actually fill with water like they used to. I got frustrated with my modern toploader and that's how I wound up with the highest rated frontloader I could find. Both garbage.

The washing machine I bought in 1996 for $250 cleaned clothes better than any machine I've had in decades.

I just want to wash my clothes. In water.

Washing machines.

My washing machine 15 years ago would wash my clothes with...uhhhh...fucking water.

Now you can't buy washing machines that actually wash your clothes in water. They all spritz your clothes with a little water then jiggle around your damp clothes for a bit.

I don't live in a desert. I live in a place with access to plenty of water. I should be allowed to buy a washing machine that actually fills up with soapy water and washes my damn clothes.

I could buy a Speed Queen washer for $2,000 from a specialty store, but that's ridiculous. Why can't I just buy a washing machine that washes my clothes? They're ALL terrible now. All the washers in all the big box stores are just...bad.