Asklemmy

My current favorite is the federal reserve making policy to intentionally weaken the labor market. I am currently paying the fuckwads scheming to keep labor weak, docile, and dependent. What a blast.

Modern devices not using USB-C.

Homelessness.

Billionaires.

War.

Magic, aka science and technology.

This is the thread that made me make an account and what a pain it was to find without having saved it anywhere. I've been holding out for someone to say it, but havwn't seen it specifically.

Single use plastics. I still remember the weird feeling of doom when learning the world population and making the quick relation to disposable plastics, constantly being told "but it's only a little bit." A little bit for several thousand years, per billions, is too many bits.

Expensive wedding
Jewels
Gold

Religion

Tobacco smoking.

Having to wear clothes in public.

Compulsory "bless you" when someone sneezes

Copyright

Green grass lawns.

iPhone prices.

Capitalism and billionaires

Offices of all types (medical, billing, tech support, etc.) only doing business on a callback basis. Customers and clients are expected to be continuously available to receive a call at the office's convenience.

We have all become unwilling, unpaid, on-call employees of most every company we deal with.

Speed traps in the US. I had to explain to my son that the reason why we have to drive 45 mph for half a mile on an interstate is because there is a convenient side street in the middle of that stretch of road where the police can wait.

Gasoline.

Here’s a toxic and highly volatile liquid. Rather than transferring it in specialized canisters with safety seals, we just let you dump it out of a hose. There is absolutely no safety training on how to handle it, and all you need is some cash to obtain a lot of it. It’s something of a right of passage for children to dispense it for their parents.

And despite the fact that the vehicles that use it spend 90% of their time parked in one place, you can’t have it delivered to that place like you can with other utilities like water, electricity, and natural gas. You have to go to special stores and comparison shop.

And even the stores you buy it from have it delivered by truck. They don’t even get it piped in.

Oh, and even when used correctly, it'll kill you if you use it in an enclosed space.

And it's killing the planet too.

Hate. Every iteration of society in history has normized hatred of some "other" and its bonkers.

Circus politics