(estimated) 52M membership × 32% denial rate = baseline 16M suspects

remember: First Lady Elon Musk

• “younger residents having smaller families and moving elsewhere for jobs”
• “many residents in this deeply Republican town”

gee, I can’t imagine why young people would want to leave such a stagnant regressive environment …

“Hacker folklore that pays homage to ‘wizards’ and speaks of incantations and demons has too much psychological truthfulness about it to be entirely a joke.”

—The Jargon File

“because that prevents the creator from being rewarded for viewership”

not like Youtube rewards creators for viewership either (and then lying to the advertisers as well)

If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing. [yes, from the same guy who gave us “enshittification”]

• “You get what you pay for.”
• “So, minimum effort for minimum wage?”
• “No, not like that!”

second a few other comments, a lot of people conflating emoticons and emojis

• emoticon: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
• emoji: 🤷
• emoticon: =>^.^<=
• emoji: 🐱

kevlar body armor was developed by a pizza delivery guy

not like Google has already tried and abandoned several instant messaging options over the years or anything …