There is a reason median is used here… If you take into account the massive (and constantly growing) income gap, it’s obvious that things have gotten worse for the average American.

Maybe a modern upper-middle class cishet white dude.

The point is that, back then, anyone literally could afford a Plymouth Roadrunner after working a summer job for a month or two.

For sure. Such a menacing villain, and fit the themes of trauma and PTSD perfectly.

Man in the High Castle tv show. The premise was interesting, Nazis taking over the US and the population figting back. However, the show quickly devolved into a confusing mess.

Unfortunately the case for a good portion of Philip K. Dick’s work… Schizophrenia, amphetamines, and misogyny can do that I guess.

But when he was good… He was the best of his genre. Literally imo…

Is “are you surprised?” the measure we use now to determine if something is worth reporting on?

The government is full of career public servants who are very serious about their work, and in nearly every case, have made a conscious decision to make less money in order to be able to use their knowledge and expertise to serve the public.

So I think it’s important to make a distinction about who you’re referring to when you say “government goons”

This is what happens when you gut education, the “regular people” observing this no longer have the historical context of what this shit actually means in the scheme of things during an ongoing fascist takeover. “What’s wrong with them just asking questions to make sure he’s not a terrorist?”

So they let it happen, and in many cases, even cheer it on.

Nobody is safe!

Anyone who hasn’t read her resignation letter really should. It’s clear that this woman is incredibly intelligent and well-spoken, and her loss will be felt.

Edit: Apologies, what I was referring to was this: https://time.com/7285045/resigning-national-science-foundation-library-congress/

This is from Alondra Nelson, and she refers to the firing of Hayden several times. Worth the read.

I use AMD and have not tried VR, so I cannot say.

Words don’t have to mean anything anymore

Steaminput means they all work, even when they don’t.

You can make pretty much anything control the mouse.

Dogi

“The fuck did I do?”

Lol this is my system… I have 3 tiers: unimportant and completed task marked as read (or just ignored entirely), mid-level important things I’m currently ignoring marked as unread, and, actual important things I’m also currently ignoring marked as unread and pinned.

Those of us who remember the days of Bush’s stem cell research ban know that they absolutely can stop science. And this shit is so much worse because it’s so indiscriminate and cruel. Like literally pro-disease.

They’ve already set shit back years by ending trials mid-trial, cutting grants for things already underway, not fulfilling existing contracts, etc. and it’s just getting started.

We’ll be set back decades by the time 4 years is up. And it will take years to recover, if it’s even possible.

Laughs in Proton

He had gone too long without a brain parasite, and needed to re-up

Fucking seriously

How is it nonsense though?

I’m sure it varies by location, but I mean like literally every single one I have ever seen in my state has been really nice. None of them look like liquor stores. It’s much closer to walking into a high-end jewelry shop, no joke. And I do not live in a great area by any stretch.

The ratio is the opposite of what you’re saying. A spotless liquor store is the exception, not the rule. Same goes for a grimey dispensary (assuming any exist at all in my state).