Hyperreality

I hope that at least the BBC still have them, even if they're not always available to stream.

Given the BBC's history of getting rid of stuff, it'd be nice to archive stuff so it never gets lost.

Also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis

A lot of psychology and psychiarty is not proper science. I'm not saying it doesn't have value, but people should be sceptical. Of course, don't go the other way and join scientology.

I think a lot of mental health problems are due to SLS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit_life_syndrome

If suspect that if we gave the mentally ill 2k and told them to go on a nice holiday, buy some healthy food, take care of their most urgent bills, many of them would be better off than after a mandatory hold in an underfunded mental health ward or a prescription of xanax from an overworked general practicioner.

High quality mental health care is probably far better, but that's not what most people have access to.

Heard similarly bad stories from Scandinavia, of all places. If you're vulnerable, it's very easy to fall between the cracks, with doctors who abuse their power or make bad mistakes.

Also, the replication crisis really undermines psychology's claims to scientific knowledge.

Of course, I'm not a scientologist, so I'm not going to claim that people shouldn't go to see a mental health professional. Anti-depressants do work, therapy can and often does work, but as you say you really need to do your resaerch beforehand, and preferably have family or friends to defend your interests. Otherwise you'll fall between the cracks just when you're at your most vulnerable.

Same goes for elderly homes. Personally, I think I'll kill myself before I ever get that far. If you don't have family to check up on you, you're quite likely to be neglected, exploited or abused.

When diplomacy fails, there's only one alternative. Violence. Force must be applied without apology. It's the Starfleet way.

Hush now. It will be over soon. The gas will make you sleep.

You say that, but now I've been electronically tagged for hanging around a train station toilet naming people's penises.

You don't know that. This might be a double of Putin which was caught out by AI Putin, rather than actual Putin being caught out by AI Putin.

It's shit because it is.

You should host the internet.

Ugh.

I was thinking of reinstalling skyrim, a game I've paid for multiple times, but I won't now. This will almost certainly break some of the mods I usually use. I mean, fucking hell. The game's over 10 years old now. Plenty of people have bought it more than once.

And yes, I know that you can prevent updates, but I've had the thing update anyway even when I disabled that. Forget about verifying file integrity.

Can't we just enjoy the game we paid for, without Bethesda trying to fuck us over again?

Imagine if you bought a car, and the car company came over to your house without your permission, and started fiddling with rims so that the tyres you bought no longer fit.

That doesn't look like America. Not enough roads and car parks.