I just wan to add to this, in South Carolina's deceleration of secession they refer to themselves and their allies not as confederate, or Southern, but as the "Slaveholding" states.
In the first document of the Confederacy, they self-identified as slavers. Which is why "Confederate" is too much respect. Call them by their name.
Expiration dates on salt and water are funny and all, but expiration dates exist because capitalists would disguise spoiled food to maximize profit. And it takes an enforcement regime to make them care about their customer's health. Wasted food is still preferable to wasted life.
These regulations didn't fall out of a coconut tree.
It should surprise no one that this doesn't make sense with anti-ballistic missile technology. Even if you were willing to wait for the terminal phase so that you could be sure to block the nukes headed for Detroit and let slide the ones headed for Toronto, you might still see that there is a tiny problem. 90% of Canadians live within a 100mi of the Boarder.
But I'm reminded that the concept of "voting with your dollars" and "consumer activism" are the ways capitalism has captured revolutionary activity into a fashion that serves the ego, satiates the desire to act, and neuters any chance of efficacy.
When capitalists see the demand for change, they package it, promote it, and trade it on the market.
Hate crimes are usually not solo charges. They're add-ons to regular criminal violence. It's similar to how selling drugs is a crime, but also selling drugs near a school is a separate charge. You would never be charged with selling drugs near a school but not charged for selling drugs.
For years people have given me the blinking stare of unbelief when I tell them I've never had a Facebook. Now being absent on that platform and others is seen as suspicious. I got a buddy who couldn't complete a job application because Facebook was a mandatory field in the electronic form. The border Gestapo and the State Department require your socials for visa applications. A friend told me that she wouldn't date a guy without socials because she browses them as a kind of background check.
Ebooks are superior for the task of reading. The ability to check out books (or steal them) from home is a big deal.
If nostalgia, being seen reading, or collecting books is your jam, rock on reader. But don't look down on me because I value the built in dictionary and changing the font.
I don't like the idea of time spent as a value proposition. One of the reasons UBI games are trash is because they measure "engagement" as satisfaction and bloat their games with repetitive and dull scavenger hunts. They waste your time.
Some of the best games are short and have little replay value. The Portal games come to mind.
I just wan to add to this, in South Carolina's deceleration of secession they refer to themselves and their allies not as confederate, or Southern, but as the "Slaveholding" states.
In the first document of the Confederacy, they self-identified as slavers. Which is why "Confederate" is too much respect. Call them by their name.