Subnostr

After several days witnessing the state of Austin's downtown, with junkies shooting in plain sight literally at the door of hotels and restaurants at lunch time, it's retarded cycling lanes and the variety of clear mental conditions most of the young people I've seen, especially in cafes and eateries... I kind of understand the appeal the city seems to have on Californians.

Moon 2y ago

Austin is Corporate Memphis

#Plebchain

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hh 2y ago

Haven't visited Memphis yet. Is it as bad as this, or California?

Moon 2y ago

Nah, I mean “Corporate Memphis” as in that shit brain design style that every company pushes on us to signify that something is “Millennial.” See below.

Everyone and everything in Austin looks like the an AI’s live action take on the C.M. Design standard

hh 2y ago

Fuck me, I had never even been aware of it. Thanks for making me look into it and what it means. Reminded me of 1984's Newspeak and its aim at simplifying expression to simplify the range of thought and thus maximize obedience.

Moon 2y ago

Yes, on the new standard everyone becomes a ridiculous, genderless, amorphous, misshapen pastel colored cartoon.

Certainly nothing like this going on in real life society already…

hh 2y ago

One of the things that cracked me up the most when reading about it is the justification that people (?) should feel more "represented" and "included" by the figures because they often have unnatural skin colors like blue or fucsia.