I mean you seem to be arguing that conditions the developing world make "idealistic" projects like NASA offensive but that just openly selfish shit -- spending billions a year on the purely idle amusements of rich Americans -- is less offensive It feels perverse
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
Sony spent quite a bit more money in less time developing the PS5 than the Perseverance project will take And the asking price for a PS5 is substantially more than 1/3 of the world's population makes in a year (the global poverty line is $370/yr or "a dollar a day")
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
I mean, why is there a PS5? Did we actually need one? Was the PS4 just not good enough? Is the benefit of having one even in the same ballpark of importance as curing cancer?
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I mean I was being glib with my PS5 comment but considering that we're all basically on hospice and there's very little hope for anyone, I do think that it's better to invest in bread and circuses than, say, real estate development
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And maybe science is circus enough for some people?
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If we're comparing the "circuses" of "pure science" professions and the mainstream entertainment sector than the amount of good provided by the former is, particularly for its cost, exponentially less effective at its job
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Enh I dunno about that A lot of movies just suck and no one sees them Like a LOT
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The typical Cold War-era criticism of the West from the East of consumer capitalism wasn't even just that the things the West adored were in and of themselves unworthy pleasures to enjoy But that there was so much WASTE involved in making them
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
I mean it's not a bad argument, it's impossible not to see the argument just walking around a store They make so many brands of junk food no one even likes, just to see if someone might like it, or they can trick you into starting a fad around it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
The SNL sketch about "Pandemic Sales" The stuff you CAN still find at the supermarket (back when the supply chain was shuddering with stress in April/May)
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"I can't buy cooking oil, flour, ground beef or lettuce But I can go to the frozen aisle and buy a ton of Frozen Buffalo Chicken-Flavored Breakfast Sausages Wrapped In Chocolate Chip Pancakes on a Stick"
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"Plenty of off-brand Gluten-Free Vegan Cheesesteak Hot Pockets -- wonder why the vegans didn't go for it Oh here's a bargain bin full of SpongeBob tea cozies and Blu-Rays of Dracula Untold (2014) The first entry in Universal's Dark Universe!"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
Well the first first entry in the Dark Universe. The Mummy was the second first entry
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