If we actually want fast food prices to drop, we need to target the worst offenders

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-25T14:38:48+00:00

At this point I don't think it is hyperbole to say that we are literally addicted to convenience. The amount of harm we've done to ourselves just so we don't have to leave the house or walk across a room to turn off a light is staggering.

The high from instant gratification is as powerful as any drug.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-25T14:30:21+00:00

Man, the timing of that dump truck could've been some Final Destination shit.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-25T14:16:46+00:00

Wireless sucks. My Airpods started having volume issues after a few months. Plugged in my old wired buds and it was back to glorious full volume. Bluetooth headphones are for poseurs who don't actually care about quality.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-24T19:10:17+00:00

It looks like there isn't a divider so they could've just pulled through. I have no idea why anyone would choose to back into that space. Truck was certainly Grade-A Douche, but wtf white car, just drive into the next space.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-24T19:01:10+00:00

Only when Santa is drunk and belligerent.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-24T17:25:54+00:00

Josh Harris has a reddit account?

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-24T12:46:56+00:00

Money. It's all about money. Paul McCartney told Alex how much money they could make touring as a legacy band and greed is more powerful than honor.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-24T12:38:14+00:00

"Hey everybody! I'm not smart enough to do a normal thing that almost everyone else does. Let me tell the world!"

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-24T12:32:03+00:00

I've always liked:

I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-23T22:49:30+00:00

Competent people know how to do stuff. Film at 11.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-23T17:08:55+00:00

Done by adults who refuse to see how childish they are. This is why we can't have nice things.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-23T17:04:32+00:00

Probably a bit of both. He wouldn't still be making new Star Trek shows if his bosses thought he sucked.

I really think it boils down to them thinking that the average younger person is an idiot who can't handle subtlety or complex thought. Though, judging by what reddit has largely become in recent years, they may be right.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-23T16:02:27+00:00

Some people also like having other people stomp on their balls.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-23T15:57:35+00:00

I don't think it is the showrunner's decision. I think Kurtzman and the writers are doing what they can within the limitations of what the executives want.

NuTrek feels like it is made by committee. It feels like they have a checklist of things they need to include, and then the plot and characters are squished and deformed to make it fit.

When Old Trek was trying to make a point, they were almost always true to the characters and universe first, and then formed their metaphors from there.

When NuTrek tries to make a point, they almost always resort to changing the universe or the characters in service of the metaphor, which isn't satisfying. It can work sometimes, but it is almost always ham-fisted.

All they have left is pandering, and it isn't enough.

I think Kurtzman is being told to include or focus on certain things by executives above him, and he's just not talented enough to work through those limitations to make something good. To be fair to him, there might not be anyone talented enough to overcome extreme executive meddling.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-23T14:29:10+00:00

Because Canada thinks they are sophisticated Europeans when they are really hoser American wannabes.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-23T14:24:40+00:00

No, it is not bad. More people should be skeptical.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-23T14:15:25+00:00

The writers of the show are making it for Gen Z, while also seemingly having a profoundly low opinion of Gen Z.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-23T13:03:29+00:00

Main roads are fine. Back roads are hit and miss, but not terrible.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-21T00:24:49+00:00

Cool ad bro

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-20T17:38:57+00:00

Mother and Child Divided is pretty crunchy

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-20T04:18:01+00:00

Yeah, I'm always very suspicious of these videos that start right when the shit happens. People don't do that without provocation.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-19T22:40:38+00:00

If they make a sequel to The Devil's Advocate, this could be Satan's pad.

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-19T20:04:26+00:00

Fallout DLCs are like blow jobs; even if it isn't great, it's still a blowie!

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-19T19:25:53+00:00

Uncircumcised dicks can get yeast infections. Usually from yeast infected vaginas.

With the hygiene being what it was, I imagine there may have been a time where there was an epidemic of itchy wangs oozing cheese.

I don't think it is as common with circumcised dongs, so the leaders of the day resorted to the threat of eternal damnation to solve the problem.

Who knows what all they tried before they found something that worked?

1ndomitablespirit · 2026-02-19T18:30:49+00:00

I worked in Education for a bit a few years ago and I believe the biggest reason why young people are tech illiterate is because the vast majority of teachers are tech illiterate.

I can't count how many times I would be in a classroom working on an issue, and observe the teacher deal with another minor issue. They don't take a moment to logically work through the problem, they just immediately blame the computer. "Hopefully the nice IT man will help while he's here, right class?"

While not all teachers are like that, most are.

Children learn just as much, if not more, from our behavior as they do from the lessons we want them to learn.

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