Yeah I know, I'm not American myself. It's absolutely possible to have a balance, but it requires companies to not be so rich and above the law that they can control the laws.

I always felt those were ads and Im still avoiding buying clothes with logos on them... :)

It's almost as if people have nothing better to do than to be keyboard warriors online.

It's just really boring I guess. As a kid I didn't realize how pointless it all is. Go to work, make money to pay bills, be tired after work and watch TV...

Thank god for working from home, it gives some relief from the process.

But yeah, it's the same in communist countries I guess... Just without all the stuff we can buy.

Jesus, people should be paid to wear that shirt. It's just a big ad.

Every time I see Ramsey I feel like watching hells kitchen again... He is such an asshole in it and it's entertaining to watch unfortunately.

I read that the Xiaomi Ultra 14 also has similar issues with lens fogging up.

Is it too much to ask that the manufacturers of super expensive phones test their phones before selling them?

I guess so.

"Mind blowing" passenger train... If it would be able to teleport itself, sure.

It's all about distraction. All of us seek entertainment because our lives are usually quite dull. So the media feeds us things to have opinions about. Politicians, big tech psychos, gender issues...

It's all pointless and keeps us from actually making any real difference. People here on Lemmy fight over which words to use, gender issues, or god forbid, someone admits they are not vaccinated...! Wow. Nuclear bomb right away.

None of this matters at all, it's just entertainment.. Nobody changes their minds from getting downvoted either. Sometimes it feels like keyboard warriors here think they are fighting some kind of fight. But nobody changes their mind guys, even if you downvote them.

So it's actually pure entertainment and distraction from what matters... :) We don't have to be so serious.

I think the larger problem is that we are now trying to be non-controversal to avoid downvotes.

Who thinks it's a good idea to self censor on social media? Because that's what you are doing, because of the downvote system.

I will never agree downvotes are a net positive. They create censorship and allows the ignorant mob or bots to push down things they don't like reading.

Bots make it worse of course, since they can just downvote whatever they are programmed to downvote, and upvote things that they want to be visible. Basically it's like having an army of minions to manipulate entire platforms.

All because of downvotes and upvotes. Of course there should be a way to express that you agree or disagree but should that affect visibility directly? I don't think so.

Enjoy your time before robots, implants, and constant camera survellience.

Fishing fits that game... I always had the feeling that there was no point to doing anything in the game. I guess I like some kind of progress feeling.