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   [object Object] (zzt@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-2026 21:22:14 JST [object Object]

   I need “premium disappointment” to enter the lexicon and never leave because it describes so much of capitalism’s output

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     [object Object] (zzt@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-2026 21:22:12 JST [object Object]

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     you buy cereal and eat it as your first meal of the day and find out that the trix rabbit has yet again lied to you about both flavor and nutrition.

     the cereal box stands upright on your table, larger than a box to hold a small bag should ever be, habitually placed so everyone eating can see it. the flavor is so unremarkable it needs a dedicated billboard on your table or you might mistake it for a generic brand.

     but this isn’t generic, this is too expensive to be generic. premium disappointment

     Soatok Dreamseeker repeated this.
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     [object Object] (zzt@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-2026 21:22:12 JST [object Object]

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     it is 1981. your computer’s OS is unnecessarily unperformant, limited, and insecure.

     it is 1995. your computer’s OS is unnecessarily unperformant, limited, and insecure.

     it is 1999. your computer’s OS is unnecessarily unperformant, limited, and insecure.

     it is 2007. your computer’s OS is unnecessarily unperformant, limited, and insecure.

     it is 2012. your computer’s OS is unnecessarily unperformant, limited, and insecure.

     it is 2026. your computer’s OS is unnecessarily unperformant, limited, and insecure.

     microsoft operating systems have never been cheap. even the ones you didn’t pay for or think you got for free via a loophole have a cost post people wouldn’t pay if they were asked.

     if you grew up in the 90s you should be very angry at Microsoft’s strategy of forcing unfit for service OSes into schools.

     45 years of premium disappointment

     (do not reply to this post about how you too use linux, I understand we’re on mastodon, thanks)

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     [object Object] (zzt@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-2026 21:22:13 JST [object Object]

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     when you go to taco bell? premium disappointment

     when I scoff and tell you del taco is better than taco bell? premium disappointment

     the stock market is about to crash because we accidentally built all of it on top of premium disappointment

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     we’re burning the rainforests and consuming all the clean water so computers can very expensively make bad words and bad art? premium disappointment

     we’re filling the space around our planet with satellites every non-bribed astronomer I know says will lead to disaster, for satellite internet that’s far more expensive than it should be for the speed and reliability actually delivered? that’s some premium disappointment

     amazon dot com no longer specializes in getting you your shit quick and undamaged because they don’t do that anymore. they do premium disappointment

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     [object Object] (zzt@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 08-Jun-2026 21:22:13 JST [object Object]

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     you go to a restaurant

     you find out the point of the restaurant is not the food, which is generic-to-awful

     the restaurant and the food are both designed for you to pose for a photo with them

     it is of course very expensive

     premium disappointment