Naww… it’s about the infinite growth. “Shrinkflation, planned obsolescence, and enshittification” all describe aspects of it.

There are very few (you can probably count them on your hands) companies that don’t do it, such as Arizona tea. The worst offenders are publicly traded companies because they need to show that “infinite growth” to investors.

I’ve “read my last free article”.

Fuck you, Wired

Learning about the world through 500-character snippets, or 30-second videos, is not a serious way to engage with knowledge.

Just don’t consume it. Same for blogs.

It’s like junk food. It’s not going away, so just don’t consume it.

Flight of the Valkyries for me

I’m hoping this actually leads to less AI slop.

I’ve clicked off of so many videos after a second or two once I realized they were just AI narrated garbage.

Did you just have a stroke?

Gee. All the bullshit makes our country a bad investment?

Who knew? (Plenty of us did know)

Look at all the angry comments by cyclists (with upvotes) and you’ll have your answer!

Big ones, especially

Lies! All lies!

Sorry I shit in the punch bowl. It will happen again

It will still give you an upper bound. “No better than X on average”

Always give a 2-star rating and explain that you would rather give it zero stars. Google won’t remove it without much more investigation.

I do enjoy chocolate

Third one up on the bottom left looks almost like a …hatchet wound (if you squint just right)

Cheaper than AI generated

So it doesn’t blow over in high winds?

My initial guess would be to avoid tipping over in high wind

Abyss is a total troll. Just block and move on

Some hateful idiot who’s addicted to cosmetic surgery and says men should want to look as manly as possible