I think that both apply right? The populace is too exhausted from working, can barely afford to eat - but they just barely can. But what we have now is incredibly cheap widespread entertainment that we can passively absorb until the next day when we are forced to get up and do it all again just to survive.
We have bread, and we have circuses, but absolutely no more. Plus our circus keeps us fixated on blaming the others.
That’s a great prank to do when someone is sleeping - they wouldn’t know about it when looking in the mirror but then go outside and everyone is clutching their pearls
For me the first thing that comes to mind is Tales from Earthsea. I don’t think it’s excellent or anything and has plenty of problems but people act like it killed their dog. While it has its problems that have been covered extensively, I think it has a beautiful atmosphere and art....
Robin hood was a massive movie in my childhood. The kid across the road had the whole set of toys, didn’t even know they were just.unsold star wars figures
My rule is that if the critic score is too high I won’t like it, and the audience score needs to be higher than the critic score and we have a banger on our hands
Makes me wonder how many times I’ve been replaced. Also makes me wonder if I just died yesterday and today I’m actually a new person. I have no evidence that yesterday happened except for a memory of it, and let’s face it, since it was a public holiday, that’s a pretty foggy memory
Singles (lemmy.world)
Winamp has announced that it is opening up its source code to enable collaborative development of its legendary player for Windows (about.winamp.com)
Funny, those guys don't usually agree on that much (lemm.ee)
Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?
❌ ideals ✅ meal deals (sh.itjust.works)
Is he though (sh.itjust.works)
Cheeky (mander.xyz)
Yeap, it is (lemmy.world)
After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them (kotaku.com)
Polyamorule (files.catbox.moe)
Gonna need to be a full on poly commune at this rate if prices keep going up.
Google employees question execs over 'decline in morale' after blowout earnings (www.cnbc.com)
At an all-hands meeting last week, Google executives responded to employee questions about declining morale even with financial performance improving.
Any Volunteers (programming.dev)
You can't just throw that out there... (lemmy.world)
Hi, Edwin (lemmy.world)
party poopers (mander.xyz)
What animated film or tv show is this? (i.imgur.com)
For me the first thing that comes to mind is Tales from Earthsea. I don’t think it’s excellent or anything and has plenty of problems but people act like it killed their dog. While it has its problems that have been covered extensively, I think it has a beautiful atmosphere and art....
Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles (arstechnica.com)
After a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify it (boingboing.net)
Nothing but truth (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
"I want to live forever in AI" (lemmy.ml)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14869314...