EdlritchEconomics [he/him, comrade/them]

Can’t even be satisfied with fucking up one entire planet

Fuck I guess I’m a fascist now

Someone please explain the thought process behind this.

Do they, though? Do they really?

Well, fuck.

Yeah, I was skeptical of the text but it looked to me like it could also be explained by heavy JPEG artifacting or other weird shit that modern phone cameras do. The floating SUV, however, is pretty hard to argue with.

I fucking hate that my first instict is to check for slop, but in this case I’m right. completely fucking wrong.

Tech scavenger clan hunting autonomous vehicles circa 2047

I’m thinking thinly veiled extortion attempt? Let’s see if he get some kind of government contract or regulatory concession and swiftly changes tune.

Either he knows its a bit and he’s playing it straight on purpose because he thinks enough of his base will buy it, or he actually believes what he’s saying. Both are terrifying, but one is funny.

Holy shit, he’s still alive?

“The numbers are going to be phenomenal because what’s showing is that despite the fact that we’re in a war, the numbers are much lower than anticipated, and when we’re out of that war, the numbers will be at lower numbers than they were even before it started.”

THE NUMBERS, DONNY, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

Dude forgot who he was talking about mid sentence.

Aside from the absolute inhumanity, this also functionally publically outs anyone who uses them.

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I think I used to use this to play the original Unreal deathmatch.

They had to have known. The only question is; was it dogwhistle (not exactly a dogwhistle when it’s that blatant but ykwim) or viral marketing attempt?

Two guys who like to hear themselves saying words, saying words to each other.

Pretty sure that was Corey Doctorow.

EDIT: Found it

Pretty sure someone (or multiple someones) on here called this on the day.