also cut up your credit cards. if you can’t afford it, don’t buy it. but if you can, and you’re waiting for things to “get better,” they’re not going to any time soon. if ever

if you’ve been on the fence about upgrading or building a new pc, now is the time. i took out a loan to do so in early 2025, and holy fuck i’m glad i did. the ram i got for ~$130 is now well over $500. and that’s just one of the many components i bought which are insanely higher priced now

prices are going to keep going up for a long time. get whatever you can now

AI won’t just kill you-- it’ll make sure you’re broke for a while first

but it make you look gangsta tho

when you fire the gun sideways, does it still kick upward relative to the ground? or horizontally?

true friends will recognize and understand when there’s a 50/50 chance you’ll bail on any given plans

i’ve never been to a theater where the kids working minimum wage at the counter give half a rat’s ass if you bring your own food

these companies have, for decades, failed to provide any compelling reason to spend way too much money on a one trick pony when you can spend not much more on a PC that plays games (better), plus countless other things you can do with a PC, not just for entertainment, but work, production, bills, banking, and on and on.

consoles will never go away though. there will always be a segment of the population who buy into the bombardment of ads telling them that a console is necessary

keep up the good work

thought it was real for a sec lol

twirtter users will do it, too

edit: leaving the typo because fuck twirtter, and fuck twirtter users

DEATH WHISTLE

great for protests

did he not get the memo that we’re a fascist state now? written laws are meaningless when no one enforces them, so “the law” becomes whatever tf dear leader wants it to be.

see: 1984

the lies began with “all men are created equal,” quickly followed by “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

the common good has always been a threat to the ruling class, but they want you to blame your shitty life (that the ruling class caused) on those who are most vulnerable, bonus if you already fear/hate those people

also so they can get a snapshot of all the IP addresses/people signed into google who tried searching the map. which…surprise…where’s the map LOL

unfortunately there are no shortcuts to developing the skill of critical thinking. in fact i would argue that trying to outsource the hard work of figuring out how to turn external information into internal knowledge (let alone the entirely separate skill of discerning credible from not-credible information) is not only a waste of time, but is pretty much self-sabotage. it’s like self-teaching a musical instrument for years with dozens of bad habits that ultimately hold you back from your full potential. so it’s not just practice that’s needed, but also actual instruction from someone with actual expertise aka teachers, not some roll of the dice on output from some glorified autocorrect

btw, oligarchs hate critical thinkers. they have no use for a population of reasoning skeptical adults who are capable of being fully aware of how badly the ruling class is ripping them off at every turn. so it’s no surprise they’re all about replacing human educators with AI

jokes aside, the vastness of space is incomprehensible https://www.joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html

more time passed between the building of the great pyramid and cleopatra, than between cleopatra and today

the trick is to be 15 and get started with a 40 of colt 45 that your friend’s mom got for you and your friend for helping with yardwork. choke that down just for the buzz and then actual craft beer is like candy