Too many “aha but i secretly can slow my heart rate!” tricks. Cut off the head. Granted, the plot could still pull some “it was a clone” nonsense.

Related: Leaving the bad guy injured or “probably dead”

Cut the head off and make sure they’re for-real dead.

I use phrases like “sorry this was an express train” when I realize I didn’t fully vocalize every step and the person I’m talking to is lost.

Reminded of when Thanos says “you should have gone for the head”

Modern social networks are pretty trash, but I don’t have an iPhone so this is a non starter.

Even so, I’d rather just… text my friends.

Read.

Hang out with partner or friend. That usually means reading, watching something, playing a game. Sometimes just lounging near each other.

Play video games.

…what? Poor joke or failure at math?

Jury nullification is still a thing. If someone smashed up some waymo property, find them not guilty.

I really would prefer our laws had teeth and the leadership of Airbnb and uber had had their lives ruined.

Windows is pretty bad and their management are soulless husks.

They could rip out all the AI garbage and I wouldn’t trust that they learned anything. Fuck 'em.

Linux is free and meet all my needs.

You’d think more libertarian types would be more in favor of walkable cities, biking, and such.

Break up Google, Facebook, and the other big platforms that let disinformation run rampant.

Hold decision makers at those organizations personally accountable.

Half your age plus 7 is an okay rule for finding the floor. Don’t aim for the floor. Plus 10 is less eyebrow raising.

The rich are whiney babies, so this isn’t surprising.

If I’m not playing something fun in a few minutes, I’m probably going to bounce off. I’m not here to watch a movie.

I don’t want to watch a long intro. I don’t want a lot of cut scenes and exposition up front.

The dark souls games have a little cut scene that you can skip, and then you’re off to playing. Perfect.

I would be surprised if there were a lot of indie games that didn’t run via proton or wine on Linux.

Evangelicals aren’t known for being smart, critical thinkers well versed in theology (theirs or otherwise).

People make money on it. People don’t care enough to organize around stopping it.

This is the only penny arcade comic I remember, but I liked it.

I tried to use it as a clue and prop in a tabletop RPG once, and one of the players unironically said “I’m not reading all of that”. She was not a great player.

I don’t understand how some of my friends don’t use adblock. One of them always just seems overwhelmed, and I don’t think the ads are helping. But they also have no brain energy to change anything.