reminders of encroaching dystopia

[Brutus Frank]

Easy fix: just move to either of the Twin Paradises that are NY and California

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[Hunter]

Wendy's Is Introducing Uber-Style 'Surge Pricing'

Not their fault if you can't afford to eat lunch at lunchtime any longer, maybe try 3pm instead.

[Brutus Frank]

If you are eating Wendy's maybe you deserve what you get.

(Laughs in meal prep and 12ft deep freeze)

[Brutus Frank]

Man gang-raped in jail because AI misidentified him, charges dropped immediately after release

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akekk/ ... it-alleges

Edit: even if this has already been posted, it deserves a second post

[Brutus Frank]

https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/08/ai-robot ... -20428880/

AI robot sparks outrage after ‘groping’ reporter during live interview

They named the fucking robot Mohammad

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[Brutus Frank]

Easy fix: tax social media out of existence

[Necrometer]

the audio is how you really know there's no hope for humanity

you can buy this thing for like $10k - saved you a click, ray

[Brutus Frank]

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/nypd-start-u ... 00757.html

[Necrometer]

this is interminable but it’s so awesome

you’ve gotta be about as smart/informed as a 3rd grader to think this could work

but I’m sure there are billionaires dumb (or demented!) enough to pony up the cash

[Brutus Frank]

[featherboa]

who thought ripping off head animations and gross sounds would be good in an ad?

[featherboa]

oh neat they rip off your face too

[Geeheeb]

I recently worked on a project at work to automate notifications of patient cardiac death to Gift of Life, which will hopefully increase the ease and speed of organ donation which can ideally help more people. One organ donor can save up to 8 lives ... or I guess one rich asshole now...

[Brutus Frank]

Ah yes, the organ donor list: the DNR for people who can't afford a lawyer to draw up a DNR and best way to have the ambulance take the long way back to the hospital. Rich people sure need those organs because they want to live forever regardless of their personal choices.

Fucking ghoulish

[Eight Bit Alien]

I'm an organ donor but all of mine are so bad now that ethically i should probably remove myself from the list

I'm a bag full of booby traps

[Geeheeb]

Ah yes, the organ donor list: the DNR for people who can't afford a lawyer to draw up a DNR and best way to have the ambulance take the long way back to the hospital. Rich people sure need those organs because they want to live forever regardless of their personal choices.

Fucking ghoulish

I’m not exactly certain of what you are trying to say here but patients do not need a lawyer to express their preference against lifesaving measures. It’s simple conversation that happens after you are admitted to the hospital not something that happens before the ambulance ride.

EMTs responding to a call don’t check for organ donation status, and hospital staff absolutely don’t know or take that into account when providing care.

Some of my patients are convicted felons, and even that didn’t change the way I would care for them … there is a spot in the health record to tell me their preferred pronouns, which is relevant for care - but no spot to show organ donor status because that only becomes relevant after they are pronounced and per law gift of life is notified.

[Eight Bit Alien]

What if the pronouns are DNR/Him

[postaddiction]

I'm an organ donor but all of mine are so bad now that ethically i should probably remove myself from the list

I'm a bag full of booby traps

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