I feel like there might be an emerging market for a car company that makes new, safe cars with very low tech computer systems.
Ah who am I kidding, I wish there was a market for all kinds of functional-but-not-enshittified products out there, but the complete lack of them shows the entrenched powers that be will stomp out any attempt to upset the terrible status quo.
Game, Outer Wilds
Movie, Everything Everywhere All At Once
It was quite nice, but the number of elevators that were out of order at major tourist attractions was bonkers. Good luck in Paris if you have mobility issues!
I like the idea behind the comic, but I had the same initial thought as the previous commenter. I think maybe the comic shouldn't have used a very well known phrase that has a different legal definition.
We should be allowed to watch a liiittle porn at work.
Using a potato to take a picture of a burger. Nice.
Wowzers, 25g? I'd just be happy to be alive if I took one thousand of the 25 mg tablets.
Heck yes, I binged this game over a weekend where I didn't see many other people and it put me in a weird headspace that was perfect for this game. I really enjoyed it, very unlike anything else I've played. If you're just playing it to beat it, you might not enjoy it, is my guess. But if you're in the mood to dig in a bit more it's a lot of fun to learn about the characters through the different websites and messages.
I've recommended this game to friends and coworkers and I don't think any of them have gone for it. Ah well. This game will always hold a special little place in my heart.
EDIT: If you weren't alive back in the days of AOL and angelfire/geocities/Myspace websites, you might not enjoy this game as much. I think you might still enjoy it, but the nostalgia feeling for that bygone age was a big part of the appeal for me.
Smart developer: let's make the label an 8 inch square so it won't fit in any mug.
Truuue, I hadn't thought of that. Okay, at least it won't be as bad as I feared.
Now I just have to sell all these vintage printing presses I bought....
It blows my mind when I think about where we might be headed with this tech. We've gotten SO used to the ability to communicate instantly with people far away in the technology age, how will we adapt when we have to go back 300 years and can only trust something someone tells us in person. Will we go back to local newspapers? Or can we not even trust that? Will we have public amphitheaters in busy parts of town, where people will around the news? And we can only trust these people, who have a direct chain of acquaintance all the way back to the source of the information? That seems extreme, but I dunno.
I think most likely we won't implement extreme measures like that, to ensure we're still getting genuine information. I think most likely we'll just slip into completely generated false news from every source, no longer have any idea what's really going on, but be convinced this AI thing was overblown, and have no idea we're being controlled.
If it's boring and generic, how is it also nonsense? That seems contradictory to me, but maybe I don't understand.