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But semantics have become more fluid and non-binary over the past decade.

For me it's the juvenile plot and vapid dialogue. But sure, the retconning too.

After that movie, the influence the DoD had was much more subtle if it was there at all.

Their involvement is blatant. They literally have a near century long intimate relationship with Hollywood as a well established recruitment tactic. It's hardly a secret.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E2%80%93entertainment_complex

https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/03/22/how-why-defense-department-works-hollywood.html

The oligarchy is a function of capitalism. Capitalism is the problem, its what brought us here. That's the cancer. It's an inherently unstable system which cannot sustain itself on a long enough timescale. It will consume everything, then itself, then collapse, taking us all with it.

We are caught in a system from which there is no escape and which dictates every facet of human civilization. It will not stop until it has consumed everything, at which point it will collapse, crushing humanity under the flaming rubble.

We are about to get great filter'd.

It wasn't a fuck up. It was wittingly perpetrated on us and the planet.

"Approaching"? lol

Why would he need protection from them? When was the last time security personnel offed the person they were hired to protect?

Religion sells certainty. The world is a big unknowable mystery, and that's scary. So people are inclined to listen to anyone who is full of certainty and claims to know everything and how it all works and what to do.

This can't be fucking real...

It's real, isn't it...

Fair enough. I just consider it quicker wikipedia, especially for very simple lookups. For what it's worth, I googled "gopher", which, shockingly, showed me pictures of gopher. "Gopher network" showed me an online network dedicated to gophers. XD

I 100% get the AI hate, but it did explain it to me, pointed me to a browser, which I installed, and now I'm on Gemini, so I learned something and gemini got a new user.

First impression: good! Looks pretty cool.

this is the start page when I launch Amfora

then I went to Gemini Project, just some address I found on the net