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1. D Dino (garbados@toot.cat)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2018 23:05:59 EST D Dino

   > have i told you about
   > how nerds destroy the world
   > take conspicuous consumption as a lifestyle choice and combine it with early hardware adoption
   > and you have great swaths of gadgetry out of stock because they're incrementally better than the last model
   > then there are landfills full of functioning electronics
   > wasted time, resources, money, etc.
   > the best part is these things were never really necessary

   https://toot.cat/media/HZzgfuEFzATeUNhC24Y

   1. D Dino (garbados@toot.cat)'s status on Monday, 19-Feb-2018 23:09:22 EST D Dino

      in reply to

      > so the singularity is the nerd way of saying "in the future, being rich and white will be even more awesome"
      > it gives spiritual significance to technology developed primarily for entertainment or warfare

      https://toot.cat/media/sxRHgv1ME_R44r8ne4A