Kind of my point. We gained ecommerce, streaming services, platforms such as this one, online gaming, mapping services, and others - at the cost of the freedoms for which people are nostalgic. And now we have ads, personalization, tracking, and inevitable enshitification.
Fnarr, fnarr!
Back in the days of the wild frontier things were chaotic, anarchic, violent, and unconstrained.
Then came the churches, then came the schools
Then came the lawyers, then came the rules
Then came the trains and the trucks with their loads
And the dirty old track was the Telegraph Road
And now we're all fenced in, regulated, allowed to wander only in approved lanes... oh, wait, sorry, we're talking about the internet, not real life!
The only thing I wanted to know is: does it taste any good?
As for trying Atomo, both the coffee shop espresso and the brew-at-home version tasted close enough to good coffee for me. Perhaps luckily for these companies, coffee can have many different undertones.
That's it? Over 1000 words for 'close enough'?
I'm fussy about real coffee, I'm going to need a bit more detail.
Fucking hell.
Another one bites the dust, another one bites the dust, and another one gone, and another one gone. Another one bites the dust.
Why are successful people all utter shits? Oh, I think I may have answered my own question.
I think this is the first example of blatant karma farming I've seen on lemmy. It was inevitable.
... barely an inconvenience.
I tried this but Greenpeace turned up and tried to return me to the ocean. Bastards!
I know, but I'm a rebel! I don't just break the rules, I make the rules! Which I then break, which is somewhat counterproductive but that's rebels for you.
~Also, I suspect it was at least 15 years ago when I last drove down it!~
Who drives down Oxford Street? I think I’ve done it once in 20 years. Other roads are available.
I remember: "It's better to do something than live with the fear of it". Then I get on with it.