Yea I'm trying to get a house here the lower the value the better. Of course then I have to deal with the banks that just raise their interest rates in response, the greedy cunts

If you ever feel useless, remember the UN is concerned about this situation

I understand that they don't want a war that calls upon the allies, but I fear we are far past negotiations when they let countries invade our neighbours

u are allowed to dress like a weird old grandma even if its not ironic even if its not waifishly oversized

The concept of doing anything ironic makes no sense to my undiagnosed autistic brain.

How would anyone know unless you told them?

When you try to talk about enshittification, it sounds like conspiracy theories. (I'm not crazy)

Amazon made their service worse, to force people to pay for Prime.

Nowadays, if you order from Amazon, there is a week long delay before your package is shipped. (on purpose)

I remember when orders would ship out the same day. (I remember - it was real)

YouTube didn't used to have ads. Now, ads play in the middle of videos. (it's worse than TV ever was)

The best can opener I have owned is over 40 years old. Modern ones just don't hold up as well. (The ones I bought new broke ages ago)

The bread machine my mom got for her wedding lasted 30 years. It's been replaced twice in the last 5 years. (How can you fuck this up?)

The cardboard tubes in the middle of toilet paper rolls have gotten larger. (This too?) Companies increasing the price of the product while selling you less. (REALLY?)

It sounds crazy. (it's the truth) When you talk about it, YOU sound crazy. (it's true)

Even when people believe you (do they really), all they can say is "it sucks". (it's too big) Because the problem is so big, so pervasive, what can we even DO about it???

To get the necessary laws written and passed, we need politicians, to get the politicians elected we need information campaigns, to fund campaigns we need money, and all the money is being hoarded by the people profiting from enshittification. (it sounds so fake)

So I talk about enshittification (it sounds crazy), so people don't forget that things have been made worse on purpose (it's true), even though I sound crazy. (maybe I am)

I too remember. I remember a specific brand of ice-cream to be bigger, but maybe it's just because I was smaller. But, no because I looked it up and actually found an old article where the company said they were shrinking the ice creams for "consumer health" reasons. But, those ice creams are still the most expensive in the box.

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Day 11/365 of listing something good I saw today:

Another brisk, beautiful bright snowy day. Saw some guy ice fishing at the river.

I'm gonna start doing this, it might be late in the year to start but

We're not even two weeks in yet, and there's 52 weeks in a year. That's not late at all.

A year can be from any starting point it doesn't have to lign up with the gregorian calendar

This is going to actually be a thing, isn't it. A chatgpjesus is going to catch on and cause some fucking cult movement in our lifetimes.

Actually why the hell not. Train some LMM on the new testament and make an artificial Jesus.

Would be even funnier if the model actually "got it" and kept giving Christian bigots advice contrary to their beliefs.

"How do I best show a homosexual the error of his ways?"

AI Jesus: you love him unconditionally. All are welcome in god's kingdom no matter who they love.

Or something like that

[<-] Discworld [->]

Brilliant absolutely brilliant

I like how here you can suggest ideas that are absolutely horrible and finish your argument with "this will cause insurmountable damage and benefit nobody" and people are like yeah. Nobody will start trying to explain it to you with common sense how that would be an idiotic idea, we can all just accept that people will throw stupid bullshit out here for fun.

I want humanity to shrink to about one billion and I want people to qualify for getting a child.

Neither of these things have an answer that won't be horrible or stand at the risk of being turned horrible.

predictions are locked in. 2026 is going to be a good one

Just so I have a chance of finding this again

i dont want 22 episode seasons back. i dont want 8 episode seasons. i dont actually want a prescriptive number of episodes per season

its the era of streaming. we dont need to fil x number of timeslots.

i want tv shows to be able to determine for themselves what their optimal number of episodes per season to tell the story they want at the pace they want. maybe thats a 3 episode season. maybe thats a 50 episode season. i dont care, i just want the decision to be made for practical and artistic reasons rather than corporate ones

I want shows to run for as long as the story needs regardless of how many are watching it.

And for anthologies streaming is actually the perfect medium for them.

But also, fuck streaming. I wanted to pay for an online library not a rotating selection

I dislike veggietales because the first time i saw it i merely thought "oh another mediocre children's show that's entertaining, but otherwise inoffensive" and then they started singing and thanking god out of nowhere.

I prefer my religion subtle, hidden, and private thank you very much

You're stuck in a timeloop but can't tell because you're on a train going through the great plains

Travelers log: I regret buying this ticket, it has been 73 hours of corn, I feel as though I may never see my wife again, The wind mills turn and yet nothing ever seems to move with the wind, this is a forsaken place. I am yet to see the river and despite the speed of this train, I have come to doubt it shall ever arrive

Travelers Log: the faces all seem the same, nobody seems to age or sleep and the sun never sets, I believe this place may be hell, if the letter somehow gets off this train, tell my wife I'm sorry

Travelers Log: I finally saw a new face, I feel as though this hell may be ending after 382 long long hours, the new man had slick jet black hair, pale hollow skin and eyes the color of amber. He was beautiful, he seemed trustworthy

Travelers Log: I have all but lost count of the hours and days, but that doesn't matter I saw the doves today, the strange man told me the secrets of the world

Travelers Log: His name is Lucile Fur and I find myself in love, I feel that he won't leave me like those before him did

Travelers Log: His lips were warm but my energy feels drained, I have not aged and yet I am less able and strong than I was before, but that doesn't matter now

Travelers Log: The radio has stopped broadcasting, it is finally twilight, I am nearing freedom, Lucile's skin seems to glow in the hazy dusk light

Travelers Log: He told me his dreams, he is beginning to scare me and yet I can stop my love of him

Travelers Log: Night Approaches, I found a mirror in the woman's bag, my face has become pale and my eyes are the same shade as his when he arrived

Travelers Log: This shall be my final entry, I am free and the sun has set, I no longer need live this sham identity

Researchers Log #5:

Researchers Log #7:

Researchers Log #16:

Researchers Log #18:

Researchers Log D-1:

Undisclosed Astrology Blog:

In San Francisco the stars shall align tonight for the perfect constellations to be visible as the lunar eclipse arrives, The best place to see the stars is in the North where there is less light Pollution

Cable News Report:

A pair of strange bodies of light have been seen moving over the rockies tonight, The US Airforce has stated they are just Jet Tests but many on the ground believe different saying they have seen humanoid figures in the light

Researchers Log D-4:

Researchers Log S-1:

Independent Researchers Log:

News has reached me of what Donovan has done in California, I hope the catastrophe has lead the foundation to abandon their hunt for me and the journal, nothing good can come from investigating these entities, I keep the journal to figure out about the crash, once I have that figured out, I plan to burn it. It's what Delilah would have wanted. I must move soon, they are going to find me soon if I don't, New York sounds nice

Excerpt from the audio logs of the director:

Copy of the Map of locations that the journal could be located in according to the beliefs of the institute

Red is a high likelihood of it being hidden there, The places marked in red on the map are Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Cape May and New York City

Blue is a low likelihood but still enough to merit investigation. The locales marked in Blue are Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Omaha, Baltimore and Philadelphia

Independent Researchers Log:

I have been able to get set up with a cheap apartment in Chelsea with the help of an old friend from before the institute was founded, she was one of the five of us who saw what happened when the seal broke in Istanbul and she urged me not to work with them, she was right of course, as always, but I think I will be safe in New York, there are so many people here that the Institute could never find me. I have begin reading the Journal one last time, I think I have it all figured out, I just need to head to the library to check one last thing about the citadel

Special News report:

An accident at the New York Public Library's Library has caused a bookshelf to fall over onto a local man, permanently paralyzing him from the waist down, thankfully he was able to survive as if he had been standing just a few feet closer to the center of the bookshelf it would have killed him

Independent Researchers Log:

With my legs immobilized, I am no longer able to continue running, I fear they have already found me, it is sooner than I would have liked, but I won't let them get the best of me, before I die, I shall burn the journal and all my photographs and notes. They won't get anything back, this power can not be allowed to fall into his hands and if my last act was to stop him then it was worth it, and with these final words, I strike the match

Researchers Log S-27:

Cable News Report:

The Hagia Sophia in Instanbul has collapsed in on itself killing over 20 tourists and locals, the building built by Emperor Justinian in the 600s was an icon of the city for centuries and is considered an architectural masterpiece by millions. The mayor of Istanbul has called its collapse the greatest tragedy to hit Istanbul in decades, there is no word as to whether the structure will be rebuilt. At the time of collapse 3 beams of green light were films erupting from the mosque

Researchers Log S-29:

Journal of the young boy:

I saw the Americans enter the cistern in the early morning, I heard the rumour of what they planned to do, and so I followed, they entered a hidden passage way and when they opened the door, there stood a man, he floated in the air and had a blueish tint to his skin, one of the Americans found a blade and broke three urns in the room with it, suddenly the cistern shook and I began to run, I saw a flask of green light as I ran, I fear for what may have happened down there

The Journal of Sylvia Renne

Paris, May Day, 2026

Inscription on the wall within the secret Tomb, photographed by a member of the institute during the Hagia Sophia Expedition

A second photograph shows the inscription that appeared on a different wall when the wall was touched

A final grainer photo of yet another wall reads as follows

The Librarian's Log:

The institute has returned to Istanbul, the researcher is presumed dead, we must leave new york with haste, the fire will be coming soon, I have bought 4 tickets to Philadelphia, there should be safe for a time

Researchers Log S-35:

Librarians Travel Log:

Wow the Acela is fucking expensive, why on earth did I buy 4 tickets for it, I know that need to get there with haste but how did she convince me of this. At least they have a fucking Cafe car

Librarians Travel Log:

I got the cheese and fruit plate, I love gouda cheese like any normal person and upon seeing it on the menu I had to order it, the food was good, I enjoyed the cheeses but I wonder why they still had the lunch menu at this hour, something feels off about this train

Librarians Travel Log,

The snow is frozen in the air, it will not move, the snow on the glass does not melt, the train is moving but it almost feels as though the snow storm is following us from New York

Librarians Travel Log,

The train has come to a stop in some wooded area in New Jersey, I heard the doors open and now 2 men are sitting behind me that weren't there before. The other 3 are still in the seating, I am alone in this car, luckily I have a silver dagger in my pocket, I may, need it this time...

Oh god, what had this world come to...

Librarians Travel Log,

I stabbed one of the men...

he seems unkillable...

the train has crashed...

I fear they're dead...

I fear she's dead

only my car was remained on the track...

I had to run, I had no other choice...

I didn't cause this, I don't deserve this...

I can't write any longer, the future doesn't deserve to hear these thoughts

The Librarians Log,

I have gotten a smaller apartment than expected and will be going at this project solo for now

Journal belonging to a summer tourist

Cape May, June of 2029

The beach was less enjoyable than previous years, the waves seemed harsher and there was a constant clicking sound, I may have been on edge from the lighthouse fire but I really feel that I may not come back again. There was some sort of librarian convention happening as well so the beach was full and the hotels were expensive. I also bumped into a middle aged man in a wheelchair, he was kinda rude so that sours my day even more. I am probably going to splurge and head to Florida next year, see Marie and all that jazz

The Librarians Log,

I stood alone in the rain tonight, I thought I saw her in University City, but it was some other girl, I know she's gone but I can't help but see her face on every woman I see in this city, we were going to do this together, she was the smart one, all I can do is read some stupid books and remember some silly incantations, she could make use of that nonsense, far more than me, if anyone should have made it to Philadelphia, it should have been her. I have found a job at the library in University city, but it's hard to do this without her

I could start a business where any straight guy who doesn't understand why women don't like him can hire me to follow him around and every time he does something annoying I can point it out like "see, this is why women don't like you."

I had a friend who served that purpose when I was younger. She'd call me out whenever I was being too chauvinistic