The notion that the West needs China more than vice versa is laughable. China is literally the biggest importer of Western goods and resources in the world including absolute dependence on American soybeans just to feed its population.

No, only boomers watch Fox News, young people watch TikTok making it a way more potent weapon.

Reading from a tablet, phone or a laptop is pure savagery! Ebook is a must have if you’re any kind of prolific book reader.

Stupidity is a moral flaw after all.

There’s a lot of high level corruption in Germany these days, so I wouldn’t be surprised.

A popular myth, but a myth nonetheless.

Sounds like something Elon Musk would say.

Not a chance. It’s a very valuable CCP propaganda tool, they’re not going to just hand it over to the literal enemy. Well it could technically happen if Kotick agrees to kneel and kiss the ring but then it wouldn’t really be his company anyway.

I pay 1000 dollars a month for what amounts to a decrepid dog kennel.

Cybernetics hands down.

I have Kobo Forma. Got a refurbished one pretty cheap. Amazing for both books and manga, one of the best purchases I’ve ever made honestly. Used to have Kobo Glo but the screen was too small for manga, otherwise a very nice compact book reader.

A bunch of crybabies.

John fucking Carmack codes in Microsoft Visual Studio, and that’s the guy who wrote Doom, the single most important piece of software in history of Man and I’m not even exaggerating.

Congrats to Tesla for making the worst truck imaginable. Shit’s hilarious, too bad it’s not a joke.

Cringemobile

And killing children.

Cascading Code failed to impress me, although I’ll give this one a try, I doubt it’s better than Consolas.

If it’s stupid and it works it’s not stupid.

Can I offer you both some Buddhism in these trying times? Start with Theravada, it’s the most dispassionate sect in my opinion, some may (wrongfully) find it nihilistic even at first glance, also the most “canon” so to speak. Don’t knock it till you try it!

I dig the pic, very pastoral, definitely catches some mood!