I think I remember learning that it was to save on printing (newspapers, etc.), but I haven’t fact checked that.

I like how they also promptly stopped cutting off candidates by muting mics. Several times both talked over.

I thought that the introduction going over the rules reminded me of some kind of sports coverage, like ESPN8 covering Dodgeball, and that it reminded more of how close that would be to Idiocracy.

I then joked that I half expected a woman in a red, white, and blue bikini holding up the round number between each question.

I exclusively do this while on the phone. I don’t typically do it otherwise.

That’s true and still quite possibly why this photo is black and white, though regardless, that’s a trend I don’t care for.

I realize I’m probably in a gray area, no pun intended, but I just think it’s used as a tactic to make certain past events feel longer ago in an attempt to make it seem like a different time with problems that no longer affect us.

I guess I was just briefly triggered and realize it doesn’t really apply here.

I really dislike this trend of making not so old photos black and white in an effort to make them seem older. It seems disingenuous and misleads people into thinking it was longer ago than it actually was.

That’s fair. It fits with their MO of taking advantage of those with disabilities or in already dire situations

I think what we’re getting at is there is a very fine line right now between a far right conspiracy theorist that’s in too deep (think QAnon) and full blown psychosis. The minor difference being one is caused by indoctrination while the other is actual mental illness.

And while this case may be due to mental illness, I was simply saying that we shouldn’t allow the other cases the easy out excuse of a mental illness as they need to be held accountable. Obviously this man will be held accountable but a mental illness lessens that by some degree.

True, but still only a few steps up from “someone just needs to put a bullet in Biden” which is a not too uncommon of a phrase in red districts.

As easy as it would be to dismiss a lot of people like this as having mental illnesses, he just sounds like you’re typical conspiracy believing, far right, Trump supporter. The mental illness may have come into play when he actually decided to act on it, but make no mistake, many, many others are believing and repeating the same rhetoric and just not demented enough to act (yet), and they don’t deserve the easy out of “mental illness.”

They said dumb ideas.

So malware wasn’t enough, Windows wants to be a ransomware too?

Edit: I can already see it now. “Locked out of your files? For a small fee or our premium subscription, you can restore encrypted files that we lost.”

Right???

Sorry if I’m unable to muster up any sympathy.

Also the phrase ‘getting tired of fatigue’ tickles me.