If I don't own it, it doesn't exist. I haven't played since cafés 20 years ago. I would love to play like the old days, but never will I pay for a subscription, stalkerware account, or play any game with micro transactions. Theft, bank account skimming, and exploitive psychology extortion are all the norm. – mBoomer out.
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2025
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The bank owns my house and money is just a contract with the economy. I carry my gold on my person at all times and my calves look amazing.
It exists because you fund and support it. You cannot fix others, but your vote matters. All you can do is have a higher standard and tell others in hopes of a collectively better world for all. In the end, you are either a part of the problem, or a part of a solution. No one is irrelevant as that reflects a lack of ethics of personal responsibility. Therein is the main cultural problem. If you are unwilling to go without, or take the high ground – when such things are easy, profitable, or nominalized – you are not just a sailor on the ship, you are a pirate as well. The ethics of others are ultimately irrelevant when defining your true self. If such things do not matter to you, why the hell are you a peasant pirate sailor instead of the captain of a fleet?
What exists because I support it? I'm not sure if this is directed at me or society as a whole.
If it's me, I'm firmly on the side of revolution. Opting out isn't viable because the labyrinth is infinite and well funded.
If it's society? Also revolution.
It is an abstraction. It applies to both. I personally disagree with your self complacency, but not in an adversarial or confrontational way. The abstraction is a disassociated philosophical postulate, and is open to similar respectful, disconnected conjunction in the framework of democratic liberalism and information sharing, where skepticism and the right to be wrong are fundamental unalienable rights.
Storytelling, metaphor and jokes are great ways to convey meaning and vibe test in a casual space. The ability to extract fact from nuance and condense it quickly and relatably takes more skill and effort than simply saying what is.
All words are abstractions.