Gregory's ServerPeople who are pro-capitalism aren't swayed by the suffering of others. So how about a big thread on a bunch of "1st world" ways capitalism has fucked you!
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Use your PC mostly for e-mail, documents, and social media? Maybe hanging on to digital photos? Maybe even editing them! Same shit you've done on your PC for decades, really. But... you need a new one? Is your old one broken? No. Capitalism just made your old one "unsupported" now! Explain to me why your spreadsheet needs more computing power all of a sudden. Gamer? Games used to be as finished as they could, and they tried to catch bugs, because there was no way to update your cartridge. Capitalism has convinced you to pay $70+ for half finished shit. And now they can take it away! Oh, you have the disc? Enjoy the unfinished version when they take the full one away IF the disc isnt just a downloader. You know Sonic the Hedgehog on cartridge still plays just the same on Genesis as it did in the 90s. Capitalism has convinced you RSS is antiquated. The real reason it's fading is because it doesn't have ads and tracking. You going to tell me the news article is truly better on a browser with ads than on a little program you can open any time, on or offline? Regular TV has been playing shows a little sped up so they can cram in another ad, and capitalism convinced you to tolerate this. Capitalism convinced you you want your car's HVAC controls in the expensive AF infotainment system. Sure, you can cope with no music on your drive when the radio breaks, but now you get no AC and no heat! Did you really have more quality of life changing a knob to a little slider on a glass panel? Like to look pretty? Capitalism has somehow convinced you one clear rock is vastly superior to another, identical looking, cheaper clear rock. I challenge you to find me someone who can tell the difference at the distance anyone seeing you wear them would see it. Capitalism, as well as racism - throw that in for good measure here, has convinced you to add a little fee to your meal so the restaurant can pay the staff even less than poverty wages! Have you noticed appliances and cars fall apart far quicker than antiques? Capitalism convinced you to be cool with that. There is no reason, besides getting you to pay again, a washing machine can't last your whole life and beyond. Capitalism has convinced you your healthcare will somehow be worse than being unable to afford it at all if we just "give it away" to everyone. It has also convinced you it's somehow better to pay more for insurance that won't always cover you, and often won't cover the full cost of care, than it is to pay a smaller amount in taxes. The math says you're a gullible idiot who's easily controlled by simply saying "increased taxes". Capitalism has convinced you that $199 is a good sale compared to $219. Better buy now! If you wait to think if you really want that thing, the sale will end! Don't believe me? Take an ad of something you want. Edit it to add that penny. Now look at it again in a few days. Gullible ass ape! They convince you nobody will work if there is no profit motive. The only people who spout that shit are people who wouldn't help others, and the gullible apes they aren't helping. Capitalism has convinced you that if you don't buy shit for your loved ones every holiday, you might as well spit in their faces. Capitalism has convinced you that surveiling your every move is not only ok, but somehow good for you! Google reads your Gmail, and follows you where you bring your phone, and listens to what you say! Gay? Capitalism loves to wave the rainbow around to get you to buy shit, and then fuck over their trans employee when she wants her surgery on company health insurance. Hey, it saves money and if she kills herself, they can just stuff another employee in her place. Maybe that one won't whine about surgery! Capitalism will lie to you for a buck! @hellomiakoda the self checkout is so that I can ✨forget✨ to scan stuff  @hellomiakoda @tamagotchipapi That's why *drummrolls* capitalism is currently convincing gullible idiots that it is so comfortable and cool that items get automatically booked as you put them in your cart and payed once you leave the store! @Natanox  @hellomiakoda worse, it tricks you into paying to work but calls it working for pay. that's the wage system in a nutshell.  @yoniden @hellomiakoda I would, but there's a very scary looking guy with a broken nose standing there, intimitatingly, to make sure nobody steals anything. It's certainly working for me… @hellomiakoda this thread is awesome and long enough that ive bookmarked it, and will try to boost a different post every day lol @hellomiakoda Agreed until here, as somebody who works a cash register along with everything else in the store, customers who bypass self checkout to deliberately waste my time can fuck all the way off. The self checkout doesn't replace me, it strongly assists me and lets me take care of everything else @hellomiakoda Frankly highly insulting that customers think I have nothing better to do than stand at a cash register @hellomiakoda I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately about how much free overtime me and my colleagues used to do.  @hellomiakoda I have never thought self check out was for my convenience! I've always avoided it whenever it's been an option. @mongoose @hellomiakoda cannot stand self checkout. The speakers are always yelling @hellomiakoda I have come to the conclusion they eff with your mind.. make the weak minds think they owe the MAN.. therapy people.. not even work in your own self interest sadly.. @hellomiakoda I heard the line "Will my groceries be cheaper if I use self check out?" and it just seems brilliant. The answer is obviously "no". @hellomiakoda ok but to be fair, it *is* more convenient for smaller purchases. And the throughput is much higher, so you won't get stuck at peak hours. That's actually very important for me, because near our school there's a supermarket selling good Leberkäs in Kaiser rolls for cheap and a lot of peeps go get those for lunch. Some others get other stuff there too. Getting close to 250 hungry IT students through within the same 10 minutes would be very hard without the self-checkout machines. |
I was downright careless with my old Nokia, and it never failed. I kept it a long time too.
Capitalism has convinced you you need a new, thin, expensive, fragile smartphone every 2 to 4 years. You didn't break your old one, miraculously. So why is it a slow piece of shit now? Did you change what you do on your phone all that much in 2 to 4 years? Aren't you still just messaging and scrolling social media?