shalafi

Been saying that about the internet for 30 years. It's a damned miracle it works at all and people whine and cry about every little hitch.

Capitalism sucks!

continues purchasing crap

See! I told you!

This is what you get when humans try to work beyond our monkeysphere. It's not "capitalism" or "greed" or any other such childish ideas. Groups that large cannot be efficient.

https://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html

The article is so old the formatting is all jacked, but you can get the jist of it easily enough.

LOL, those last three sentences wrap up lemmy's capitalism hate perfectly.

"We keep spending money on bullshit and kept getting fed worse bullshit!"

"Have you considered not spending money on bullshit?"

"We HAVE to!!!"

Breakfast Club. I was part nerd, part rebel. Funny how I read comments about how unrealistic the characters are. Guys, that is exactly how it was in the 80s.

Something wrong with inspiring stories?

The chances of that happening to the average person

Pure lemmy right there. Hard work is useless and derided. Only chance determines success. What a miserable way to navigate life. Is there a word for "economic incel"?

Figured this out some time back. Firing a manager is an admission of failure by someone even higher.

rainbow table

You win the thread. That is straight up out the old school Player's Handbook.

The ice cream truck song!

(I'm kidding, don't kill me.)

$64K isn't really much these days.

We had the coin op at the local movie theater. Didn't play much as a quarter was real money and I lost so quickly.

Anyone remember the vector graphics Star Wars game? Man, if I could have any vintage game in my house...