Centibillionaire Jeff Bezos made history today with his his Blue Origin rocket launch—the first all-civilian trip to space. The tycoon of, well, pretty much every industry can now add ‘commercial astronaut’ to his resume. As Bezos looked down on us plebs from the edge of space, the reaction on the ground was not exactly celebratory. …
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20+ Reasons Why Jerks Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Design Things
By now, we’re all used to the fact that Capitalism™️ requires businesses to keep coming up with clever new ways to maximize profits by bamboozling consumers, but sometimes the levels of trickery can reach infuriating heights. Some true a-holes out there design products, websites and interfaces not so much to sell us something of actual …
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‘Unpopular Opinion’ About Working Weekends Gets Roasted by the Internet
Another day, another terrible Twitter take. The state of how we work has been a major topic of discussion as the world attempts to return to normalcy as Covid-19 seems to be less of a threat for many countries. There have been many think-pieces and Twitter threads about working remotely and fair wages. Then there …
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Kafkaesque Posts From This Boring Dystopia We Call Earth
Life in the 21st century feels like a bad dark comedy no one would ever pay to see. Every new headline about some evil biotech company developing drugs that make prisoners feel like they’re serving 1,000 year sentences only further proves that the world is some sick joke and we’re living in a boring dystopia. …
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A Deep Dive Into Why McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines Are Always Broken
Do you remember the last time you had McDonald’s ice cream? Neither can we. A big reason for that is because their ice cream machine is always broken. This is such a widespread issue that it’s become a meme, there’s a real-time internet map of broken McDonald’s machines, and now, thanks to Johnny Harris, there’s an …
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20 Reasons Why ‘Smart Devices’ Are Actually Dumb As Hell
What’s the point of ‘smart’ and ‘connected’ objects? Are they supposed to help us get through menial tasks more efficiently, or have the capitalists figured out a clever way to perpetually profit off the objects we use on a daily basis? Sometimes it feels like the latter. When your printer holds your ink cartridge hostage …
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22 Times Technology Went Too Far
If you’ve ever felt disconcerted by the way technology/AI have interfered in our lives, you’re not alone. Twitter account @internetofshit is basically dedicated to waking people up to the fact that tech is ruining our lives in the most capitalistic ways possible. Let’s all find new ways to do necessary life things and charge people …
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15 Dystopian Tweets For People Who Want To Be Depressed
Every damn day something about the world comes to light that reminds us what a terribly dystopian situation we’re in. Tweets are constantly being posted that deal with everything from healthcare woes to the pitfalls of late-stage capitalism. It’s difficult to keep our chins up when everything seems so damn bleak, but it’s better to …
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17 Bleak Dispatches That Reflect Our Dystopian Reality
While some people seem to be acutely aware of the terrible times we live in, it’s easy to become desensitized to the utter bleakness of our present reality. When the television and internet are constantly barraging us with bad news, it kind of becomes normalized. The subreddit r/boringdystopia is a great tool for shaking people …
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Memes & Tweets For The Fed Up Working Class
Looks like we’re entering another lockdown in America as Covid-19 spikes across the country. And guess what? Millions of people are still unemployed, don’t have health insurance, and CARES Act programs are about to expire. But for the United States, screwing over its workers who produce all the wealth for the country is nothing new. …
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