Kert Tandog

Starbucks at SM Pampanga mahiya naman kayo! You should apologize to the mom and child and make things right.

Autistics don’t cheat. We literally don’t see other people. In a relationship, you are it. The rest of the population turns into background NPCs. Someone could be walking butt baked in front of us and we’d be like, oh okay, cool, & go about memorizing your coffee order from 2017. I think it’s because we don’t fall in love in the traditional sense. We conduct a full internal audit, compatibility matrix, long term sustainability forecast & emotional risk assessment. And once you pass? That’s it. You are chosen. Completely locked in to a lifetime membership. That’s why people say fumbling an autistic woman or man is the biggest fumble of your life & they’re not exaggerating. You didn’t just lose someone who liked you. You lost someone who studied you, understood you, built a whole internal world around you, and decided (with extreme seriousness) that you were it. We have never been casual about love. If we picked you it was intensely & absurdly deliberate. Everyone else could die in a zombie apocalypse and we’d just… keep being obsessed with you.

France has made planned obsolescence a criminal offense, becoming one of the first countries in the world to treat deliberate product shortening as a serious crime. Manufacturers caught intentionally designing electronics, appliances, or other goods to fail prematurely or become unusable—whether through hardware flaws, software updates that slow performance, or other engineered limitations—now face steep penalties: up to 2 years in prison and fines reaching €300,000, or as high as 5% of their average annual turnover in the most serious cases. This landmark law, building on France’s earlier consumer-protection framework and reinforced by high-profile scandals (such as the 2017–2018 investigations into smartphone “battery-gate” slowdowns), explicitly targets both physical and digital tactics used to push consumers toward frequent replacements. The legislation is more than just punishment—it’s a cornerstone of France’s broader “right to repair” agenda. By criminalizing practices that drive premature disposal, the government aims to: - Slash the massive environmental footprint of electronic waste, - Protect consumers from hidden “forced upgrades,” - Encourage manufacturers to prioritize durability, repairability, and longer-lasting support. France’s tough stance sends a clear message to global tech and appliance companies: the era of disposable-by-design products is ending. By leading the charge on sustainability and consumer rights, the country is helping shift the world toward a more circular economy—one where goods are built to last, repaired when needed, and discarded only when truly necessary.