Feels nicer to believe it’s all because of some nefarious pranksters than accept nature is random and cruel and viruses really can arise at any time and just tear down your world. If it’s all fake, there’s a tangible enemy and someone to blame.

At least the images clogging your search results were real images, not simulacrum…

What do you mean? All that stuff experienced shortages.

A healthy conspiracist might notice that these memes got disseminated like mad during COVID, lest the masses get socialism-curious.

COVID should have provided the basis for the biggest labour movement in history. Instead the biggest protest in Australian history was not in aid of higher pay, extending guaranteed sick leave, more essential services, expanding healthcare and socialising all medicine, or even stopping climate change; it was in aid of ending lockdowns.

Not only has AI made traditional Googling more difficult, but it's also just clogging up the search results no matter what search engine you choose...

Also, I miss Pinterest.

The nutrition panel where I live (I assume similar in the US) tells you the info for a serving as well as for a 100-gram amount.

It’s awful. Just tell me the calories and nutrients for the whole pack.

I’ll work out the serving size myself, thank you.

I've lived with hardcore capital-G Gamers.

Simply not buying the game is never an option. May as well be trying to get smokers to boycott tobacco companies until they make their product cheaper. Good luck on holding out.

The Da Vinci Code

I admit to being impatient as a driver sometimes... because driving isn't very pleasant and I want it to be over.

Watching 'The Mummy' on streaming the other day... Unless subtitles were switched on, the translation when anyone spoke Egyptian wasn't used. It also weirdly removed location title cards, like when there's an establishing shot and text 'Cairo, 3 months later' or something.

That’s genuinely so embarrassing.

The most famous zombies ever, and we forgot to actually make the movie.