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1. user_7832 · 1789989751 · focus · HN ↗

   I... don't know how I feel about this. I mean, the concept, sure, good idea. Is it reliable? Perhaps. But... I get a "buy merch" popup the moment I open the page, and there seems to be a pro option for what seems to be a very much LLM-aided app? ...IDK, rubs off a bit wrong IMO. Just my personal opinion.

   1. bwnkl · 1789989900 · focus · HN ↗

      I like the idea of this type of merch that normalizes anti big tech sentiment. But I personally would also opt for something more dramatic, possibly involving a guillotine...on the t shirt I mean

      1. joenot443 · 1789991953 · focus · HN ↗

         I think that'd be a pretty weird thing to wear, personally.

         1. GaryBluto · 1789992878 · focus · HN ↗

            Social media has tuned people to be unable to think in non-hyperbolic ways. To these constantly wound-up people, every problem, no matter how big or small, can only be solved by brutal violence and savagery.

            1. mschuster91 · 1789994931 · focus · HN ↗

               > To these constantly wound-up people, every problem, no matter how big or small, can only be solved by brutal violence and savagery.

               well, the idea of democracy was to offer a viable path for people's discontent to be heard and remediated.

               Unfortunately in most Western countries, dysfunctionality and corporatism have taken it over, and that is why you're seeing authoritarians on the rise across the world. They paint democracy and "legacy" figures as the scapegoat and themselves (plus handing them allllllll the power) as the only solution - just look at Milei and the chainsaw.

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