Notices by Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary (pteryx@dice.camp)

One thing I appreciate about this site: you're actually allowed to feel things.

...Seriously. In my experience, that's *incredibly* rare.

@pluralistic My concern, really, is that the Republicans' infighting *won't be enough*. I fear it'll create space for the oligarchs to just make things worse and worse unchecked.

@seedling Possibly of interest to @pluralistic for his collages.

@Tim_Eagon Paging @pluralistic .

@pluralistic The most obnoxious example I've seen this year was an email saying "We are sure gonna miss you!" that complained that "It's been a while since you shopped with us", when:

1) I made a purchase from them two weeks prior, and
2) They're people who sell freeze-dried food with a 30-year shelf life, so *there is no reason why I would be buying from them every two weeks!*

@pluralistic Can't really do an effective stabbing with a crayon, at least. 😜

...though seriously, your actual point does say a lot about *how* overly dependent on smartphones wealthy society has become.

Not to mention, I haven't flown since 9/11 because of just how disturbing and humiliating the security theatre is, not even when I moved from Maine to Oregon. Not to mention, they may not inspect assholes, but they *will* inspect a hole that only half of humans have...

@Chip_Unicorn @Nagaram The cooking part seems largely lost on the kinds of movie-protag-fantasy preppers @pluralistic is talking about. There's definitely a gradient from people mostly recommending different weapons to people mostly recommending pantry contents and cooking methods.

Seems like one for @pluralistic 's collection.

@pluralistic "The power to exercise your rights" is an increasingly relevant concept in general. See also the crackdown in the US against protesters the government doesn't like.

@pluralistic I've long worried that this tactic would be used against ordinary citizens too, just with different laws being selectively enforced. Frankly, copyright law as it stands is ideal for this purpose: penalties far, FAR out of proportion to the harms, and widespread flouting of it by ordinary people.

@Optional I'm pretty sure @pluralistic could explain this one more fully and easily than I have the energy to.

I suppose I didn't make an #introduction because there isn't a lot to introduce, in the context of a society that's very much productivity-first.

I'm Pteryx, and also PuzzleSecretary. I've never really fit in anywhere for long. I learned traumatically at a young age that our society is unfair and controlling; therapists are part of that trauma, so never suggest therapy. I'm unemployed out of fear of exploitation and disgust with our society.

I struggle to create anyway. Mainly, I roleplay.

@lamp @doyce You'd think so, but it's very, very commonplace. You see it all the time in EULAs, for example.

And McD's is forcing this bullshit onto merely visiting their website too, so no more looking at their menu either...