I get the impression people in the fediverse aren’t aware that people pad their social media posts.
“Americans aren’t ready…” and “as a Californian…” are meaningless statements that just help a post fit into a known meme format rather than having any actual relevance to what’s being stated
I wonder how many people in the comments here are also the ones saying “come on Americans, overthrow you government” it’s easy to be a tough guy when you know you’re never gonna have to do anything but leave comments online
I’ve lived in my current home six years and I’m not even sure the windows are capable of opening. It’s wild to me that some people believe they’re gonna run out of oxygen if they don’t open a window
Tldr: if you ever had to write an essay in middle school it’s basically that—a long string of grammatically acceptable sentences that don’t really tell you anything
Who is the target demographic for this article? “those of us who still care can make a difference” and then goes on to say we need to build in geographic hotspot, optimize our grid projections, source our raw materials more ethically, and decide which forests are most worth protecting. This isn’t anything actionable for anyone other than capitalists, who are exactly the ones who don’t care if the world burns
I remember watching brexit thinking “damn they really are that stupid?” only to see Trump elected here shortly after. The fascist slide didn’t start here and when it takes over the rest of Europe we’ll all be sitting here watching yall “handle it” with all that empty bravado
ETA: Americans are showing up in public in the tens of millions knowing our government and our next door neighbors are well-armed lunatics who would love to exercise their power over us at the drop of a hat. I, too, believed that since 99% of the people I talk to aren’t fascists that we’d have the numbers and the resolve to do something, but we’re still missing a key ingredient in getting everyone on the same page at the same time
In addition to being more cost efficient, square footage is at a premium. I bought a PC when things were going well for me, but then my living situation changed and it sat in the closet for a couple years. The old Playstation doesn’t take up any additional space because it can sit behind the TV that’s always being used anyways.
Now that I’ve finally organized my space enough to fit a computer desk I’ve gotta deal with either using Windows or taking up Linux as a full-time hobby and learning how to make an Nvidia card work with it. It’d literally be easier to just sell it and buy a ps5 if I only cared about gaming.