I tend to agree with Gabe Newell that "piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem." I've certainly set sails in the past, yes I remember Napster, but lately piracy is just a means to get around some artificial annoyance that's been put in my way to acquire something legitimately.

Okay Rockstar, have it your way.

I'm watching HBO's The Anarchists (never watched it when it came out in 2022). I've gotten a lot of looks from my wife...

I too have criticisms of Zelensky (where's my fucking money funny man?)

I'll be happy when incandescent light bulbs come back. LEDs are fine for most uses, but dimmable LED bulbs are complete shit.

The odds are, somewhere, someone running GrapheneOS has installed RedNote. I want to meet that person.

Every time something isn't available to stream but I have it on DVD, an internal dialogue takes place: how shitty of a viewing experience am I willing to tolerate before I start rebuying stuff in 4K UHD. Until now I've resisted that urge. I blame my wife for what's about to happen next.