One of the many reasons that I dislike Dallas, and not just because it’s my duty as a San Antonian, is everyone’s bad-faith progressive stance. Just a bunch of NIMBY assholes who spend all day bragging about their gay friends, and then complain about Mexicans destroying the southern part of Texas. On more than one occasion, I’ve been asked by Dallassholes if I’m scared of living so close to Mexico.

They’re thinking of Rodney Dangerfield who, quite famously, suffered from a lack of respect.

He’ll love it! Ironman is the GOAT, see!

Completely off topic, but had to look up what a typhoon is, and what a useless word. Who decided we needed such a long word to say “ocean sky-fuckery”

Octagenarian, what a useless word. Let me know when you start looking at the sexagenarians. Oh baby!

That out of context quote takes a lot of shit for something that was supposed to represent a futuristic socialist utopia.

The idea was that 14 years after that article was published, mankind would have such immediate access to services and those services would be free, that people would just sorta stop caring about owning things. For example, since food and necessities would be free, you could go home and print your dinner. If you wanted someone else to cook, you’d get something delivered. But, if you wanted to try something truly novel that most people don’t do anymore in this society, you could rent kitchen equipment and it’d be ready as soon as you need it, and you’d use socialized appliances and utensils. Why? Because your home doesn’t need that clutter. If you wanna cook all the time, you can own whatever you want. But most people will want to use that space for something else, so they’ll just print their meals.

You would have quick and easy access to transport, so why waste the money and space to own a car? You wanna drive? Push a button in your app and a car arrives for free. Or take the free train or bus.

The essay isn’t about “you won’t be able to own anything,” it’s about “you won’t want to own anything, but you’ll have everything you could ever want or need.”

And we’re really headed in the right direction for this amazing future. Except, you know… Corporations are bleeding us dry instead of supporting us…

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