Hey, I just watched the video on youtube last night. He started off with the good things such as the physical design of the device, or the interesting way it can project a laser image on your hand, but after that, it was all downhill.

It's exactly what you think it is. Just because the man keeps trying to say he's liberal, doesn't mean he actually is. He keeps throwing out old and tired and debunked maga talking points such as the 'covid's a bioweapon' lie, or the Hunter Biden laptop lie, and then attacks DEI as some boogie man without actually showing any real harm being done by the initiative except to act like older white men's views (read: his views) aren't getting more respect. He also makes the same old tired accusation that NPR and of course "liberal media" is hiding information when in reality, it's only reporting information that it can confirm as factual. It isn't "Steve Inskeep said that covid isn't a bioweapon" it's "XYZ Scientists say covid is not a bioweapon".

In other words, he wants NPR to report on MAGA conspiracy theories like conservative media does. His complaints boil down to claiming that NPR's integrity in journalism isn't fair to conservatives who want to hear unsubstantiated claims that make them feel good, and that's why they lost conservative listeners. He keeps referring to 'viewpoint diversity' as a coded phrase to really mean conservative viewpoints. He keeps trying to act like diversity means having to let nazi's take over the conversation, and to not let them do so makes the organization a hypocrite. Again, that's a tired and old conservative talking point. And of course like every white guy surrounded by diversity initiatives, he thinks he's the only rational person in the room and must call out the insanity of diversity initiatives as some secret evil that only his eyes can see.

Dude should go work at Fox. He'd do great there.

You know what's cool? Piracy. Piracy is cool.

You're just describing the horrors of capitalism. The difference is that the guy with the gold under a system of UBI can be voted out if they don't follow the will of the people.

If they're starving for bread, then why don't they eat cake?

Those three things may not be magic bullets, but pretending that there's nothing we can do is just lazy thinking. Obviously we don't have a time machine, so the next best is housing, healthcare, and rehab. All things that many homeless people would take advantage of if it existed. You are correct that not all will, but many, many will.

Don't let perfection become the enemy of progress.

It's such a forceful word that's lost all meaning in this day and age. Every time I see the word 'slam' in a headline I know literally nothing has been done about the problem.

Like, thanks Mozilla. You pointed a finger. What now?

Calling a method of execution barbaric in it's practice isn't the same as saying the executed is a hero. If you're not willing to engage with this subject, then please don't make one up to get angry at others over.

Yeah, there was only one right that was in question. The average confederate soldier was there because he wanted to protect the white mans ability to own slaves because he thought he was going to get rich doing it once the war was over.

Tell me you know jack shit about prepping without telling me you know jack shit about prepping.

I guess it's fun to cosplay as a poor, but they keep bribing politicians to prevent that. Their wealth can make that happen if they actually wanted that.

So I guess the answer is yes, the media made it a story by writing this very story.