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[–] 39 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Soon you'll have to pay for the privilege of communicating with a human instead of an LLM chat bot.

Edit: I realize I need to specify because I forgot to add relevant context.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I don’t event want to talk to another human for free. Why would I pay for it.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Well, you're talking to one now!

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    This comment actually doesn't make sense since there's always been a price to communicate outside of face to face (postage, telephone, ISP, etc.). I get the spirit of it, though.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    My bank recently switched all of its tellers with a row of ATMs inside the bank. I think this is kind of what they’re talking about.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    My bank is strictly online and have never had to pay extra (for now) for any kind of extended service nor ever had to speak to a rep. I kinda like it that way.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Switch to a credit union. If your bank is publicly traded then a portion of their profits are being syphoned away to rich douchbags, instead of services to customers.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I communicate way more face to face than in another way. So if I read communicating, I'm not thinking of calling, emailing, letterwriting or anything not face to face.

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  • [–] 36 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I’ve started throwing out socks I bought 4-5 months ago for developing holes. Same brand I’ve been buying for 15+ years and used to be able to go 18-24 months before needing replacements.

    Contemporary fascism can’t even make the proverbial trains run on time.

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  • [–] 24 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    It's really quite depressing and infuriating. I'm finally financially in a good spot to afford better quality clothes. I want to buy something that'll last me years and years. I don't like to participate in fast fashion. So I looked up which brands people recommended. Turns out everyone's in agreement that even the expensive stuff from previously well respected brands is now overpriced crap that falls apart within a year.

    I've got clothes from 20 years ago, some even much older from my mom that holds up better than things I bought a year ago. I hate it, fuck late stage capitalism.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Absolutely. I’m admittedly a bit of a clothes horse and it really used to be that, within reason, there were brand names that used to be a reasonable proxy for quality. But now I’m looking at shirts from the same place I bought them from years ago and the fabric is thin to the point where it’s actually sheer.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I disagree, lots of things are much cheaper and worse.

    Clothes are much cheaper and far worse. Power tools are generally a lot cheaper bit also built to break.

    Houses are somehow more expensive AND lower quality though.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Lower quality? Modern houses here (Canberra, Australia) typically have all the energy stars (compared to my '70s place's half a star), are much larger and are proof against termites

    A 2026 house beats mine in every respect

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    That’s the only good thing about them. Other than that, I wouldn’t say they are constructed better, but I don’t know anything about Australian house construction. In America, you can find older homes with old growth forest woods in them that you can’t simply have in a house anymore because the trees simply don’t exist in circulation for obvious reasons.

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