Holy shit and I thought millennials and Gen X had it bad with how corporate our toys were.

I hate to be that person that’s like “omg what kids like these days is poisoning them!” Especially because I come from the Mortal Kombat generation, but between Mr Beast, social media and shit like Roblox turning every hobby into a hussle I have to wonder what effect this will have on them.

Capitalism preying on kids was bad enough when I was a kid in the 90s and 00s (and from what I’ve seen from 80s cartoons, the generation before mine was pretty bad too), but it’s a whole other level now.

Collapse is hitting hard and is only going to get worse though, so it is possible they’ll go left.

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    The slop isn’t for Uber drivers, it’s for the people sending ride requests. The drivers get to go home to their single bedroom apartment with six room-mates and try to catch some sleep between their other job at Amazon.

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      2 months ago

      That’s what I was getting at because I already see it happening on some Lyft rides that I’ve taken: some deal where the driver is compelled to feel it is a bargain to stream mr-beast trash to the passenger during the ride from a screen affixed to the rear of the front seat.

      Well it wasn’t specifically mr-beast yet but it was a lot of bazinga brainworms I didn’t ask for and didn’t want.