Sci-fi & horror author, UXD, software dev, composer/engraver, gamer, seamstress/tailor, nerd, etc; she/her. Aroace.

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  • Why would he? Nothing to hide, etc.

    As the prosecutor during a nonfascist stint of the government, he was doing his actual job. That sounds ludicrous to these fascist weasels, but weirdly, he wasn’t doing politics. He was a prosecutor for The Hague, IIRC. A by-the-book career man. He literally has nothing to hide here.

    It’s so annoying that so many people think everything is intrigue and spycraft when most government jobs are very boring just do-your-job monotony. Stop thinking everything is like movies and learn some real life shit, please. The world is far more boring than you think.


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    That’s not an issue with the medium, though.

    And I really appreciate being able to watch hours of content with no adverts now. Back in the day, nearly everything had unskippable ads. There was no adblock; you had to watch everything on someone else’s schedule, and the only way to not watch ads was to pee or make a sandwich.

    I haven’t seen an ad in years and, my god, it’s awesome.


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    Another fun fact I learnt during research for my previous novel: the Polish have more ways to say ‘fuck’ than any other language.

    Apparently variations of ‘fuck’ exploded there during and shortly after WWII.

    Also, in Denmark, ‘fuck’ was adopted as a mild expletive after roughly 1960, when western movies containing the word were imported. It was especially interesting because there never were any strong expletives there (most ‘curses’ were actual curses, like ‘let the devil take you!’), so the word didn’t have the same impact as in other cultures. This resulted in young children just casually saying ‘fuck’ in public, to the bemusement and sometimes consternation of English-speaking tourists.

    Language is funny.


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    Counterpoint: I’m old and don’t miss any of that. Fewer devices is very, very nice. And fewer physical pieces of media is even nicer for the environment.

    I actually don’t miss having to be kind and rewind, or spending 15 minutes with a pencil spooling my music back into a listenable format after being a bit careless with my tapes, only to have Glenn Frey sound like he’s eating marbles next time.

    Less waste and less hassle. Nostalgia is overrated.