Beaver

It's been downhill since September of 93

There has been a real collapse in the quality of writing on mass media TV shows and movies in the past 25 years.

Not carrot, only stick

Worse for who?

Video cards are inarguably a frivolous thing, especially in a world with so much want for the basics. But I think the frivolity of them really just drives the point home of how useless all this AI spending is. You could substitute in something like cigarettes, or making a big bonfire out of a pile of money, and it would still be a better use of resources than this AI bullshit.

It's interesting seeing even the pretense being stripped away.

The CIA World Factbook did some real PR work to soften the image of the CIA to middle and high school students. Pop culture gives kids an impression that the CIA is sinister and shadowy... and then their school teacher suggests it as a source for their homework assignment, and it gives them an impression that "actually, maybe this entity is actually working for the good and enlightenment of all". Trust in the CIA as an institution is built through decades of that kind of soft power.

I'm hoping I can keep one of my CRTs operational a few more years while my kid grows up. I really, really want to play N64 games with her.

I always imagine Virgil lurking in the dark depths of Briahna's basement like the Phantom of the Podcast, awaiting the hour of return.

I've always assumed it was some sort of face-saving charade from Briahna. Just pretend like nothing happened, lalalalala

This is just a more extreme version of those Chapo episodes where Felix will suddenly ask a question after not saying anything for 45 minutes.