My unified theory is the internet allowed marginalized groups to challenge institutions that were previously able to ignore them, but many of these institutions just got better at talking the talk rather than making the changes sought by those groups, allowing them to easily be pulled to the right.

He keeps eating my shoes

You do not know the power of the Dark Side

Based on that description, it sounds like you're in Seattle.

2000: maybe the future will be flying cars 2023: every time you drink coffee, the mug sends your mouthprints to the police

Will I lose my clearance if I get picked?

To be clear: Chat GPT is really good at reflecting out institutional biases in its output. It’s so good at this that DEI groups should use the fucking thing to audit those values through training the algorithm on the institution. Unlike human agents, ChatGPT won’t lie about it’s values.

I don’t have student debt but I believe in student debt forgiveness. I can’t get pregnant but I believe abortion should be legal. I’m straight and cis but I am pro same-sex marriage and trans rights. Welcome to It’s Not Always About You 101.

"Logorrhea" is my new favorite word.

one milkshake to bring all the boys to the yard and in the darkness bind them