And rightly so!

I feel like the answer’s in your question…

I’m hoping that the chain-of-command is so broken because of the bumblefucks in charge at the top that Venezuela actually gets some good licks in ala Ukraine to Russia.

I know its doubtful, but a man can dream.

It’s not a colonialist threat. It’s effectively an act of war.

I’d have to go with Virus.

Wipes out enough people to give humanity a chance to at least try something new from the ashes of the old world, but doesn’t leave a lingering threat like Zombies or Aliens or something like that. The survivors (ostensibly those immune to the virus) have struggles, for sure, but at least can rebuild without worrying about a constant existential threat.

I have to believe that the latest bluster and threats and posing from Trump is because economically, culturally and just from sheer manpower alone, Russia is very nearly spent. Trying to force a Russia friendly solution while they still have the “appearance” of superior force.

Favo kills a lot of time for me. As does 2048 and any nonogram game.

In terms of credit and monetary compensation it most certainly is.

I can’t quite wrap my head around how to relate to AI generated art.

Simple. It’s not about art at all. But about “artists”.

Let’s use an example. Let’s say that you’re a rich person and you want to hire someone to paint a landscape portrait for you. You tell them in detail exactly what you want and they go and do it. Does that make you an artist? Of course not. It makes you the procurer

So if we replace that hired painter with a computer, does that mean that because no human artist was involved that the title of “artist” automatically reverts to the procurer, meaning the person that told the computer what to do? No.

Regardless of who (or what) creates the art, the person telling them/it what to paint isn’t a damn artist and doesn’t deserve any financial reward.

I literally have no horse in this race, but I still feel sick to my stomach thinking “please don’t cave in to this asshole and completely waste that many lives and years for nothing”

This is a make or break moment when Europe has to tell America to fuck off or it’ll be absolutely heartbreaking.

Because if no actual artist was involved in its creation, I’m not giving money to a corporate suit who pushed a few buttons on a computer.

That’s the hit song from my doctors weekend garage band.

Cool story, bro.

It has literally nothing to do with the topic. But hey, good rant there, bud.

That guy earning twice as much as you is still far closer to you than to the guy above him. He may make twice the amount as you, but the guy above both of you makes literally 400 times as much (per day sometimes). It’s like you said, we’re all on the same team.

Non fungible tokens

Middle class IS below the poverty line.

The poverty line is a number made up by the wealthy to keep the “less poors” at odds with the “more poors” So that we don’t join forces and guillotine the motherfuckers.

Good. Fuck em. I’ll sit back and enjoy while the rest of the world proceeds to set up a trade network that bypasses the U.S. entirely, fostering far more cooperation and goodwill than America’s Hegemonic diplomacy ever has. America can get fucked for all I care.

Immediately reshoot Season 8 of GOT with what I thought was going to happen.

Just imagine these two guys were just sitting in a waiting room for something completely different and are now associated with super-gonorrhoea because some asshat snapped their photo for a stock image website…

Respect. He built something bigger than him and then knew that it was time to transition.