chapotraphouse

I already feel like I live on a different planet, like I go online and you'll see people with 1/10th my income spending 10x my restaurant budget (which is separate than my grocery budget) on fast food delivery. A youtuber I follow regularly has videos where people buy $100 pieces of artisanal waste directly from sleazy tiktokers. I see people throwing away valueable things (like you could sell or donate) all the time. Any money I might or may not have saved over my years of employment was going to be worthless anyways after the next austerity or when climate collapse levels up again, both the purchasing power will be fractioned and the supply chain collapse will eradicate most products. Netflix will shinkflate quality away faster than they increase prices. You'll see tech demos of AI generative capabilities getting better (like if good director/writers/cinematographers was utilizing it) but it'll rarely manifest, instead content that's actually released will get more generic and more sloppier.