I miss when "The News" was just a guy in a suit telling you what happened, instead of a 24 hour panic machine designed to make you hate your neighbor so you don't notice your rent went up 30%.
Fun fact: It's NOT possible for the earth to be flat because if it was, capitalism would have exploited it by now. The “ends of the earth” would be tourist destinations with theme parks and hotels and a damn swing set that would let you swing over the edge.
“I work the front desk at a small doctor’s office, and I wish people could see what happens on the other side of the phone.
Every day, older patients call us confused.
They are told to use the patient portal, upload documents, check lab results online, fill out forms before the visit, and confirm everything through a link.
Some of them do not know what a portal is.
Some do not have a smartphone.
Some have one, but they are afraid to click the wrong thing.
Last week, a man in his late 80s called about his test results.
He said, “Ma’am, I don’t mean to bother you, but the computer says I have a message and I don’t know how to open it.”
He sounded ashamed.
That broke my heart.
He should not have to feel ashamed for needing a human being.
Technology can be helpful. I understand that.
But when people who built this country are made to feel helpless because everything became a login and a password, we have gone too far.
Not everything needs to be an app.
Not every answer should be hidden behind a screen.
Sometimes people need a voice.
A patient person.
A real human who says, “Don’t worry, I can help you.”
Progress should not leave seniors behind.
Because one day, the world will move faster than us too.
And I hope someone is kind enough to slow down.
~Unknown
Bar culture is dying. People are craving third spaces more than ever, so why does every social option have to revolve around drinking poison?
I miss malls. Movie theaters. Bowling alleys. Bookstores. Coffee shops. Picnics.
I’m alive!!!!! Finally got the big stent yanked out of my pancreas and they chose not to replace it with a smaller one since my pancreas is so darn finicky.
I’m hoping that the ducts will stay open without the stent since I’m not sure what plan B, C, or D will be.
Kinda tired, and in pain from the procedure but it’s done!!✔️
The fact Airbnb is losing revenue isn’t shocking to me . Once hosts started pricing the same or more than hotels didn’t make sense . I rather stay at the hotel with daily housekeeping and room service if that’s the case .
How many chefs do you think were executed in medieval times because the king’s food taster had an allergic reaction and they thought he’d been poisoned?
I DO NOT understand what billionaires think the final outcome of all this would be. If nobody has a living wage, they CANNOT buy your products, pay for your services or rent the properties being owned and hoarded. At that point, does the whole thing not just collapse ??
We need to bring back intellectual elitism. Sorry, but a virologist will always know more about vaccines than a yoga mommy blogger with a ChatGPT Plus subscription.
Today’s ruling in favor of Monsanto proves what I have said for a long time: government agencies don’t protect citizens from large corporations, rather they protect large corporations from citizens.
Our government is illegitimate and no, your “side” is not going to fix it.
This man was accused by software of running a red light in Florida while he was in Alabama. Red light cameras are unconstitutional because they shift the burden from the state to prove guilt to the driver to prove his own innocence.
SERIOUS QUESTION: You don’t find it weird that not a single billionaire wants to end world poverty ?? Doesn’t it strike you as bizarre that no one with that kind of wealth wants to be the hero who actually solves the world’s biggest problems when they literally could ?? Isn’t that suspicious ??