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Hey man, never judge a book by its recording

What's wrong with slack?

It was a reference to what agent Smith said in the movie.

But also yea, it seems like standard of living peaked around that time where everything was affordable (in North America at least), people weren't addicted to their tech and still generally had a third place. Politicians also didn't lean as much into rhetoric.

When your platform is all about "hey at least I'm not that guy", it doesn't inspire people to vote

Early 2000s really was peak human civilization

If it's pre-30 yr old, the cells are all body builders, but after, they are old men with canes

Yup, unfortunately people don't understand that policies only change the equilibrium, but sometimes take longer than electoral cycles to see effect.

That's why no party really gives a shit about bringing down the national debt, because twofold:

• people hate you in your term because that's less money being spent for their benefit now
• the opposition can have more spending room to provide more benefits in their term, making them more popular.

the folly of democracy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFgcqB8-AxE

Subway bread is considered cake in Ireland.

sounds like baby Ramen, and now im hungry

I say it regardless. On the things to give a fuck about, this ranks pretty low.

And if you travel into the future, your shits gonna be all fucked up and people will think you talk like a fag.