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This era was before smartphones and always-online lifestyle. Being always online is a prerequisite to the attention economy.

So, yes, you're right that the best internet was back then. Back when we could leave it at home and go out into the world knowing everybody else had also left it at home.

Laptops are an obvious exception back then, but almost nobody took their laptop to the bar with them, or to a concert, or on a hike, or to the grocery store. And the trouble of pulling it out and trying to find WiFi meant that it wasn't easy enough to distract the majority.

This does not sound good for those people. Writing is a way of thinking. AI writing assistants are competitive cognitive artifacts. People who use AI to write most of their written communication will get worse at thinking through writing.

I don't think that people understand that you're ridiculing the passive voice used in the headline. A person drove that car. That person is the cause of the incident, and their weapon was a car.

The origin of yum, the Yellowdog Updater Modified.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum_(software)

Even the name "America" is Italian. White America is built entirely on other cultures. You couldn't remove every name that was not White American because you'd have almost nothing left, and the stuff you did have left would still be largely built on non-white culture.

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"They're born, so fuck em. We only care about unborn babies." - GOP

Seriously this. Just look at General Patton:

We may have been fighting the wrong enemy (Nazi Germany) all along. But while we're here (on the Soviet border), we should go after the bastards now, 'cause we're gonna have to fight 'em eventually.

The authenticity of that quote may be disputed, but the idea is clearly in line with American military ideology at the time, and in line with what Patton thought.

And here we are in 2025 with American leaders siding with nazis and Russia.

Edit: I meant only that USA was anti-Russian. I don't think anybody else thought the Germans may have been the wrong enemy.

Can I cut the electricity to his room so he'll sleep normal hours? He's been playing with his computer all night for a solid week. (pause) Well yes, he could be playing with himself. Mmm hmm. Yes I'll ask. Dade, you like girls, don't you?

people will be going to jail for what they have done

Except Trump.

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