I think some of yall need to remember the word “transphobe,” because “terf” actually only refers to one specific kind of transphobe, and I guarantee you that elon musk is not even a pretend feminist.
like that time someone called putin a terf. please look me in the eyes and tell me you think vladimir vladimirovich putin is a radical feminist
Every household appliance should follow the same philosophy as GNU software: one thing well.
A toaster should toast things, without breaking down due to thermal cycling.
It should not make a table of what was toasted and when.
A refrigerator should maintain a low temperature, without burning out its motor.
It should not build an inventory and communicate it to a corporation.
An oven should maintain a user-specified high temperature, without starting a fire.
It should not measure the weight of its contents and give dietary advice.
But most of all, none of these things should connect to the internet [of things]. They should be as dumb and robust as possible. They should be future proof by virtue of having no compatibility requirements beyond
energy source and
physical dimensions.
There’s a sewing machine in front of me that was built in the mid fifties. Its only compatibility requirements are the physical dimensions of needle and bobbin, and a 230VAC power supply. It is perfectly reliable after more than sixty years and should still be in another sixty. It’s solid metal and might well be operable for centuries with very little maintenance. I doubt that the same could be said of modern machines full of plastic and microprocessors.
tl;dr I’m a tech person and I endorse OP’s message.
also absolutely hate when people say “this is set a million years from now and there’s still racism and homophobia? #problematic” and then you read it and it’s a scathing and concise yet meticulous examination of our current views on race and gender and sexuality. you don’t understand what the point of science fiction is. escapism is not the pinnacle of the written form that all genre fiction should aspire to. you’re annoying me
the fantastical setting allows for the writer to make our current day issues larger than life and therefore more easily examined and deconstructed. in genre fiction fantasy is often used as a microscope and through it we can try to better understand what’s gone so wrong with us in the modern day, we can try to point to the cancer in the cells. it’s natural to want to escape sometimes (i love a good romcom for example) but you do need to confront a mirror every once in a while. the solution to your pain is not to bury your head in squeecore. sorry i said squeecore
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