Probably some sort of software patent licensing issue, if I had to guess
The cherry on top is Trump rescinding the CHIPS act which was supposed to bring more silicon electronics manufacturing to the US, meant to make our microchip supply more resilient. Not only is it cutting off one's nose to spite one's face, it's also shooting ourselves in the foot (and then blaming Woke when the obvious consequences come knocking home).
Reminds me of how the YouTuber Angela Collier detailed once reading Atlas Shrugged and really enjoying it. Wanting to read it blind, she did as little research as possible on the book beforehand, only knowing that the author was made fun of for relying on food stamps leading up to her death. As she worked through the book, it was shaping up to be a masterpiece satire on much the same level of A Modest Proposal.
It was only upon finishing the book and looking through the other reviews on Goodreads that she realized it was not satirical.
I believe the deeper meaning is that even while weed is legalized in several states in the US, there are still many people in those same states serving sentences over the drug when it was criminalized. Those sentences were absurdly harsh, and disproportionately targeted black people.
So when the girl in the painting sees the dispensary, which is supposed to be a symbol of progress towards legalization, she instead sees her dad—still in prison, trapped from behind the glass in one of those restricted visitation rooms where you can only talk to one another over inline telephones.
Seems a bit weird to me that submissions are via a Gmail address.
I understand the sentiment but there's a lot in the image that's arguably gender essentialist and/or not accurate.
Some thoughts:
Titties. Self-explanatory
Indeed they are, but they're not a necessary condition to being a woman.
Decimate your fapping addiction
I think my main issue is the implicit assumption that the viewer has such an addiction to begin with. Also estrogen has ways of compensating for a lowered libido, such as a reduced/eliminated refractory period (of course ymmv). Source: guess ;p
Ability to wear adorable clothes
Boys can do this too!
ditch your angry, masculine mannerisms
This kind of just assumes that men have angry mannerisms, and is what I take most issue with tbh.
The path to anger management is primarily through introspection and/or therapy. Estrogen will not magically overhaul your personality, habits, and tendencies; there are things it changes, and it's helped my mental state immensely—I wouldn't give it up for the world and it helped facilitate the changes I needed for myself—but there's so much extra work involved to in self-improvement and actualization than just acknowledging your gender identity and taking hrt.
Opera has been in the web browser playing field for a long time at this point, but haven't been super relevant until the last couple years due to GX
Not exactly a post I was expecting to see slurs dropped in but here we are I guess
Interesting how the hourglass mark is drawn on the top of the abdomen instead of underneath. I guess it makes the spider more recognizable as a black widow even if it's not as anatomically accurate.
They don't want devices that last longer, they want to make something that seems like a neat gimmick that makes you pick them over the competitor, and they want you to come back and buy another in 5-10 years right after the old one fails about 3 months past expiration of the manufacturer's warranty.
I get that this is just supposed to be a silly pun but ew
Just because it isn't real doesn't mean we can't imagine a world where it can work