Hello,

I was with my brother and his group of friends, and one of his friends was talking about various drugs. My brother told him, “Shut up, you’re going to put us on a watchlist,” and he said it in a serious tone. It felt pretty dystopian when he said that; honestly, it was a bit eerie, mostly because he’s being controlled and self-censoring without anyone there, and he seems to be aware of the freedom he’s giving up, yet he continues to act this way. I’ve talked to my brother about privacy and why it’s important many times, but he would rather live this type of controlled life and doesn’t care because “they already know everything about me anyway.” He’s in his early 20s.

Has anyone else had moments like this?

  • @weeeeum
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    64 days ago

    When packaging on food specifies that it has REAL ingredients , like REAL CHEESE and REAL HONEY.

    We’ve gotten so good at producing fake, artificial flavors that we need to specify when our food is real.

    Also new facial scanners at airports

    • @[email protected]
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      24 days ago

      Also new facial scanners at airports

      Yes, what the actual fuck?! Saw one in Frankfurt on a layover

      • @weeeeum
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        13 days ago

        Yeah, I saw these on my way to, and out of London.

        • @[email protected]
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          13 days ago

          In frankfurt you could at least choose to get the one gate without scanner. I read in London they habe a no-fly policy if you refuse to get scanned. I hate this timeline

    • thermal_shock
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      14 days ago

      I think REAL CHEESE was a trademark so they could use it, it’s FAR from real cheese, but a loophole to put that phrase on the package.