Can you point me to the part of the post you replied to that says he's in the left lane? Doesn't say that anywhere that I can see, but what he describes is stuff I experience just cruising along in the RIGHT lane.

I am yet to see a post from you that actually confirms your username.

Imagine a world where it wasn't, though.

Obviously businesses need to be profitable or they stop existing, but imagine if there was a point where they said "Profitable enough" and started focusing on other things as well.

Why would it mean that? I can buy games on Steam a-la-carte despite Game Pass existing. Why would the same kind of system not work for movies and TV shows?

Sure, not everyone will lose their jobs. But consider the people who five-ten years ago were told to forget all the skills they went to school for and learn to code instead; they're the ones most likely to now lose their jobs and AGAIN have to forget everything and redefine who they are. How often do you think a human can do that in a lifetime without suffering severe diminishing returns on the next thing they try to learn?

You ask why the internet doesn't provide you with friends as if you're just sitting there in front of the screen waiting for them to materialize.

I've tried that. It doesn't work. Just like in real life you need to put in effort to find people and get to know them.

Lovely to see how well you wrote it.

I think it'd be more telling to look at the newest computer that can't run Windows 11.

Isn't the whole POINT of the current AI craze to have computers understand natural language as it's used rather than memorizing specific commands?

The age of Windows 10 isn't really the defining factor. People didn't buy their computers on the day Windows 10 released.

The age of Windows 11 is what's important. When was it actually possible to buy a new computer that came with the newest version of Windows? Anyone who bought their current computer a day before that date (and quite possibly some months after) are being told to trash machines that are only about three and a half years old.

The amount of electronic waste being generated by this is obscene.

Because once you've done your time or paid your fine you're supposed to be a free man again. Lifetime punishments, which this would be, are supposed to be reserved for the really horrible crimes.

Are we ... starting to root for RIAA and MPAA?

What juicy gossip did I miss about Chris Pratt?

Then it falls under 'other drivers'.

Alcohol is not an external factor to the 'drive safely' advice. Pure and simple - if you drink, don't drive.