Some girl randomly messaged me today on my number. It was a new number so I had no idea who it was and almost thought it was a scam. Turns out it was some girl I hadn't seen in years saying that she had moved back to my city and wanted to hang out. I could barely even remember who it was. I feel like it reeks of desperation and just seems sad.
It has been a dream ive secretly had but never dared to hope being asked. The honor of being a godfather. My best friend and his girl together asked me. It is truly humbling… ive never felt so deeply happy
My wife knows I like (love) Cheez-Its. It's my favorite mass-market cracker. I get excited whenever she brings a box home for me.
We had a box open in the kitchen, and then we had house guests, who ate most of the Cheez-Its. Now listen, I'm absolutely not the kind of person that is possessive, especially over food. But after they left, I couldn't deny the little tinge of sadness I felt, because I had no more Cheez-Its.
I'm fully aware at how ridiculous that sounds.
I didn't bring it up or anything. Why would I? Hours later, my wife comes into the room with something behind her back. She said "do you love me?" Yes, of course.
She presented A NEW GIANT BOX OF CHEEZ ITs!!
She said "I knew [house guest] was coming so I got extra.
I married the correct person.
So everywhere i go I leave time on the microwave at work, at college, at home. Anywhere and everywhere. My thing is someone has to do it so why not me. I just had to get that off my chest.
I’m old I have maybe 30 years save medical advancements afforded me in that time. That’s being generous considering my health. That aside. As l am seeing tech evolve when I was younger it enchanted my mind. Seeing video games go from a block in the screen (Atari Adventure) to a little guy (Mario bros) to full fledged people (any modern AA or better title basically) has been neat, seeing my desktop go from 32Mhz to 3.5Ghz has been amazing. Watching the insides of my systems get shrank and then integrated was a cool experience but seeing the way they’ve turned it all back around and made it into a powerful predictive surveillance weapon is so disheartening and diabolical. This technology was supposed to make life a utopia yet the greedy have made it a weapon for their use to ensure their power and status for eternity if possible.
I fear the youth of today will have a future of digital slavery. Where your not held in hi Dave but you’re physical being is never allowed privacy. You’re always monitored and tracked. Everything you do and say scrutinized and classified. Until they decide you’re a threat to society. Not that you’ve done anything wrong but the systems have flagged you as a potential terrorist and so you’re charged with future crimes.
It’s more dystopian than many of the sci-fi I read as a teenager in the 80’s and then later as an adult in the 90’s. I really hope for your sake there is a sudden shift in thinking about tech. I can see that data centers and flock cameras have began to change the way people see tech but I’m not sure that’s going to be enough to convince everyone how bad it can get.
I suspect the reason AI is being so heavily funded is to justify the massive expansion of data centers but I don’t think they’re for AI I think they’re for Robotic Policing and they need massive server farms to run a cities police force with 80% machines.
Good luck and god speed youth of today.
If you don’t solve this before it too late you’re children of the grave as us nuke babies of the Cold War we’re u til the Cold War ended. We have to end this tech rush or the future may be terrible for all but a few.
After a long time(years)i finally went to a party again, and i was excited, thought it was gonna be a nice stress relief, man... I came home 2 hours earlier questioning my life choices and honestly i think i dont want to party again, and im making that choice for my own comfortability but fuck man... Im not even that old but i feel like growing up is making me boring
My best friend of 20+ years is pretty bad with women. He's not ugly by any means. He takes bad pictures, like really bad. But yes a solid 8.5/10. And lives off dating apps. He's almost 40 and only been with a few women. It's been about 3 years since he's even went on a date. And the goes off and on forever. He suffers with severe mental health issues. And he's attempted taking his life a few times. I know this may sound crazy... but I'll pretend to pass him a girl every so often just to keep his spirits up. But in reality, it's me talking to him. I don't go as far as sending or wanting nudes. But I'll flirt and just boost his ego. I can't lose him as a friend due to his depression. Am I nuts? Or a decent friend?