This sounds like something I would have done with sed

This sounds like something my AI agent would say

I think we should lock them all in a room filled with CO2 and methane and then ask them if they still think they're not harmful.

Yes scientists made a mistake by calling something what it us. Definitely not the morons who don't understand the difference between weather and climate.

"It was in the reign of George III that the aforesaid personages lived and quarrelled; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now."

Steal from the rest of society? Would you cop yourself on. Governments levy taxes and use that tax money to fund things that they think will benefit society. A la carte funding of the bits you think are worth funding is not a workable proposal. The Irish government funds lots of things I don't agree with but characterising that as theft is ludicrous.

None of these 2000 artists will create anything close to a single piece of art having any sort of effect on society. I can guarantee it.

I worked in "culture" for a while when I was younger. 90% of it is just disguised unemployment benefits for those that consider it a dirty word barely good enough for the hoi polloi.

You can't guarantee it. Maybe you think you can but you can't.

Not a single person in the world took any of them "seriously."

They're blockbuster movies about a comic book.

Hah. People absolutely took them seriously and still do. They are pitched as if they're serious important art about issues. People discussed it like it was King Lear.

I mean, one actor took their role so seriously they locked themselves up in hotel room for a month in isolation to prepare for their role as Joker. Many people in film took it seriously.

Just because a piece is fictional or imaginative doesn't mean it can't be taken seriously

You're conflating an actor taking their role seriously to a viewer taking fiction seriously.

Film critics, viewers, media writers, online video essayists, etc all took the films very seriously

They’re good entertainment, not a documentary haha

Yeah the 62196-2 connector is standard in Europe. It's not legal to sell cars with a nacs connector and hasn't been for a long time.

It is comical. Exchanging one set of US overlords for another. I suppose it is possible to use a degoogled android but most people won't be doing that.

Not even that. Most banking apps have a requirement that android is "certified" by google, ex. They won't run on GrapheneOS

Yep, I'm using Murena, a fork of Lineage OS but have to have a google account to use my banking app. I'm not even sure the bank understand this requirement exists.

What does it mean for a country to not survive? There will be people there. There will be a system of governance. Sure, there will be hardship and suffering, but I don't see how this equates to extinction.

Yes, probably not people extinction. But economic extinction - the tiny amount of young supporting 10x the amount of elderly will lead to economic collapse. On top of the collapse in raw productivity. It’s not hard to imagine that level of disruption leading to a failed state scenario.