The National Parks were literally the last thing that would entice me to travel to the US

the USA exists to make profit for corporations and oligarchs

when you look at it with that in mind, lots of things make sense

and then you have to deal with streaming quality and service interruptions and shitty UIs

for nearly a decade now I’ve had enough income that I could afford to pay for content I like. Hell I could even afford to pay for a subscription service on the chance that there was contact I liked on it

a few years back, the experience just became so shitty that I went back to sailing. sure the price gouging, lack of privacy, fucking over the users, and constant search for increased profits were a factor. but the simple fact is it’s easier to sail for me than it is to use streaming services

just ask grok, duh

the best I’ve found stopped being made over a decade ago

Toyota Matrix / Pontiac Vibe

Hyundai Elantra Touring

yep

I bought a 2012 because it was the most palatable vehicle to replace my 2008

there’s like nothing after that that remotely interests me, at least in a reasonable used price range. and there’s certainly nothing new that interests me due to all the overcomplicated shit, touchscreens, bright dashboards, and LED headlights

I finally gave up and subscribed, but only because the people I wanted to watch weren’t all available elsewhere and because I was lazy

but this year I will be canceling YouTube as my last subscription

I used to do this on Apple TV before I paid for premium. I wonder if they track that behaviour, because I swear they started showing me longer ads more often and no ads less often.

I used to back out and restart the video half a dozen times and I’d get it to play without ads. it went up and up until it seemed like I was doing it dozens of times and it would still play ads

is this list accurate and not embellished for comedic effect?

oh gee whiz golly, I sure do love biking over there to grab some essentials and gab with the group

oh, this is where the line is?

jfc I’m getting so tired of news not including the critical information

they’re also putting some new programs on hold, so at least they’re not all outright cancelled yet

but oh boy have a lot been cancelled. we built a huge cell that was shipped to the customer and scrapped the next year. the customer actually ended up taking apart the tools we built and shipping us back a bunch of the components to build them another cell for a different project. that was neat.

headlines like that are why I stopped going to any Meidas network content

I think they really fucked themselves over with that. like, sure, some of the time it was an accurate serious statement (but not enough people in america care, so it appeared that it wasn’t actually as serious but in fact it was just the response to it that was not serious), but a lot of the time they just use clickbait titles and then you’re sitting there like wait that’s it?

we can also just look at who are currently the faces of the private space race, and their beliefs and how they run their companies

agreed, but only if it’s not someone who is part of an organization that routinely demand SWs and the like

otherwise, shame the hypocrites

people still shop at Walmart?

there are enough valid reasons to shit onto he cybertruck that there’s no need for us to pretend this exact mod isn’t done to plenty of regular trucks

The only bacon I buy now is thick stuff from Costco (there are two or three brands that are good at my local one), or from a butcher shop. and not even all the stuff from Costco is decent, they still carry the shitty watered down thin fatty stuff.

nothing else is worth it. I will gladly pay $22/kg for bacon that doesn’t suck and two slices are an actual serving rather than $24/kg for a tiny shitty 400g package that contains basically just one serving. but I’m also buying it only occasionally in the first place.