Power corrupts. Every time. The only way to work around that is accountability. The people we give power to get it for a limited amount of time and with clear rules on what they’re allowed to do with it. If you break the rules, you’re held accountable. That’s how a modern democracy works. Once accountability breaks down we get *gestures vaguely at everything*

I suggest a regimen of cold showers and coarse towels.

Amen, brother!

Teaching is so much more; the most important lessons i learned in school weren’t the information i was getting or the stuff i was asked on tests, but the continued impulses to make sure i think for myself, to be critical towards my surroundings, to make sure i don’t just accept incoming information, but also making sure to see who is feeding me that information and WHY i get this information fed at all.

That’s exactly what the war on education is trying to eradicate.

Oooh yeah, baby, let’s debug the networking stack together!

You slut, you!

I, for one, welcome our new sexrobot overlords.

These days bosses always complain about a lack of dedication from their employees. And then they get this guy who shows some real dedication and they arrest him. SMH

Gotta catch them all!

Enshittification

I’d sooo watch that!

Where would one find one of those appalling dens of iniquity? So one can avoid it, of course.

And what exactly is the difference between Western imperialism and other kinds of imperialism?

The design was meant to be controversial and it certainly got a lot of attention when it was first introduced. The reason that thing failed is that its performance was way worse than what was promised while costing a lot more.

At this budget you’ll have trouble finding anything decent. I’d look at the second hand market, if I were you.

They’ll have darkroom there. God can’t see inside a darkroom, can he?

This reminds me of the time when the Nazis opened a hospital with only homeopathic treatments. That went about as well as you’d expect. Just like it’ll go this time.

Ah, the good old days. Nowadays the news only tells you what they want you to want to hear.

It’s a normal thing that you work with whatever your workplace pays you to work with.

Guess we all need a hobby.