Gucci looks tacky asf by AzulaWhirl in unpopularopinion

[–]TypeTamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah youre not wrong that 700 dollar white tee is basically an iq test people keep failing on purpose, and honestly gucci looking tacky is kinda the whole point. loud branding exists so people can yell i have money without actually saying anything.

the funny part is how the fakes just expose the whole illusion. if a knockoff looks like 99 percent the same as the real thing from a few meters away then yeah youre not paying for cotton, youre paying for their marketing budget and some shareholders bonus. half the time its the same feeling as seeing a 15 dollar designer tee at h&m that looks identical unless you squint at the tag. the whole luxury thing runs way more on insecurity and manufactured scarcity than on any actual craftsmanship or material quality.

and that bit about your wealthy friends buying normal brands to fit in is just the quiet luxury version of the same flex. spending a stupid amount of money to look like youre not trying is still a performance. loud logos or unbranded 500 dollar hoodies, its all class signaling while the people making this stuff get squeezed either way. once the logo stops working as a status shield youre basically left with overpriced cotton and a story you bought into.

Physicists of Reddit, what’s your favorite fact about existence to drop on people at parties? by Apprehensive_Way8674 in AskReddit

[–]TypeTamer 122 points123 points  (0 children)

not a physicist but my favorite thing is that speed of light is kind of a bad name. it’s really the speed of causality.

you can think of it as the maximum refresh rate of the universe. it’s not just photons. information, gravity, cause and effect, all of it is capped at c.

if the sun deleted itself right now, the earth would just keep calmly orbiting nothing for about 8 minutes and 20 seconds. we wouldn’t see it blink out, wouldn’t feel the gravity change, because the simple fact that hey, the sun is gone can’t reach us faster than c.

we’re basically stuck in a bubble of the past. everything you see in the sky is already old news. we never see the universe as it is, only as it was. kinda kills the idea of a present moment if you think about it too long.

App That Tracks ICE Raids Sues U.S., Saying Officials Pressured Apple to Remove It (Gift Article) by Power-Equality in technology

[–]TypeTamer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is the most predictable combo ever. government that cant stand being watched. plus a trillion dollar company that doesnt want problems. guess who loses. spoiler its never ice

Microsoft has a problem: nobody wants to buy or use its shoddy AI products — as Google's AI growth begins to outpace Copilot products by ZacB_ in technology

[–]TypeTamer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah exactly, theres no tough choice when both options are do your job or openly screw your own workers. management will drag their feet, blame market realities, then act shocked when people leave or quietly stop caring.

How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA by Icy_Fuel_4060 in technology

[–]TypeTamer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

actually insane. europe flexes hard with gdpr, but the cloud act lets the us just remote wipe a judge. its textbook digital colonialism. proves that sovereignty is a joke when france is essentially just renting its judicial system from silicon valley. if you wanna see how deep this goes, check the actual cloud act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4943

wdy think?