#fuck smartphones

[uncanny-tranny]

It is my sincerest and unironic belief that we must invest in preserving "old technology." The more we move to a hegemonic, easily-surveilled way of living, the worse we will find this world to be.

Letters, public phones and transport, cash, and so much more are key to ensuring both freedom of movement and information, but also to combat the surveillance state. We need to preserve the ability to both access the world but also to be untraceable. I truly hope more people start to recognize this. It isn't about nostalgia for the past. It is about ensuring that we are actually afforded freedom, from the richest person to the person who lives on the sidewalk.

[dnd-smash-pass-vs]

I've been gathering all the elligible creatures for next tournament, double checking my work. And I hit the retriever.

AND THIS FUCKING THING.

This thing stopped me for hours. Because they keep changing what it IS. Because look at it, cool spider robot, right? oh, and it knows languages, that means it's either a mindless automaton (fine because it's like a toy) or it's an intelligent creature, right? Wrong? Turns out it's NEAR mindless. Red flag, especially given it has 3 int. Usually sentient creatures don't go below 5, so it's likely either a smart automaton like your phone or animal, right? Well turns out it's made from an imprisoned bebelith that had most of its intelligence removed. MOST? Is it animal level or not, because that's down to the usual animal range but it apparently still understands language. Does it even matter, does being made from an imprisoned spirit that follows orders mean it couldn't consent anyways? I made an argument for that with golems, and we know that spirits imprisoned spirits cannot fight even if they want to as long as the vessel's durable metal. But then you look at the MPMM, this new book we're going into. and hey look, they removed the "imprisoned bebelith" part that's been in every description for decades. But it is gone because it's not true anymore, or is it gone because the MPMM shortened nearly every description? Some PLAYER RACES got reduced to 3 sentences, so is that no longer canon, or is it just not included in this summarized version of it because they assume you know from Tome of Foes?

ultimately, sorry, not including it in next tournament. 14 foot spider droid with paralysis and restraint powers would've done numbers. But I am really unsure if this is sentient and if it could consent even if it was (since the ritual seems to override its free will). And I can't in good conscious include an option unless I'm confident it can consent. I'll take "I can't think of a scenario in which it would want to, but it technically could." but not "incapable of consent."

[captialluke]

Low-to-Mid effort ultrakill shitposts.

if gabe could text you via whatsapp the game would've been 0,3% better, imagine walking into the 6-1 hall and bro pulls up google maps.

[felsicveins]

Can you draw Leo with a flip phone

He proceeded to do this 4 more times

[danidoesathing]

"Welcome back to the LH Shopping Network, your most amazing products in the universe."

Products of the Universe

[robotpussy]

smartphones getting weaker each year, losing headphone jacks and now sd card slots like omg

[watermelinoe]

my niece once got upset w my dad bc he wouldn't buy her some overpriced drunk elephant skincare product. she was freaked out about getting wrinkles. at age eight. i wish her mom had never bought her that damn smartphone

[desastreus]

What in the fuck is this new windows update........

[daemonhxckergrrl]

one of the easiest ways to demonstrate the inherent wastefulness of capitalism is the plethora of high-tech appliances/tools/devices w/ shoddy implementations, unnecessary features and limited lifespan.

[real-live-human]

i know this isn't an original observation at all, but padds will always be the funniest instance of star trek making a surprisingly good guess about the technology of the future. because like on the one hand, everyone using these little handheld computers is actually a pretty good prediction. but also the way they're used more analogously to pads of paper than to modern phones is funny and it will never not be hilarious to me imagining people using modern phones/tablets like they use padds in star trek. it's a busy day at the office and you've got a stack of like 20 ipads on your desk. "hey boss here's that report you asked for" and you just give him your phone. unreasonably hilarious shit to me