Best rant on PC I have seen for awhile...long, but worth it.

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73. What does this have to do with PC?

"PC" is just right-wing for "I want to use the n-word with no consequences".

The old days weren't great for everyone. My grandmother's brother died from an easily treatable infection when he was 3, for example. This was the 1920's, so it was before antibiotics were widely available. If you were a woman then, you had few options for career, if any. Jackie Robinson in 1947 couldn't stay in the same hotels his team stayed in. Etc. Etc. And of course, DDT and the "silent spring" engendered by that. Awareness of environmental issues is certainly a positive development, even though it is so depressing.

I do agree with the TV everywhere thing though. Why are there so many TVs in restaurants, for instance? It's pretty annoying.

And then, there's the whole "green" thing. Yes, people used to return milk bottles for reuse. Then plastics became ubiquitous, but it's not the tattooed clerk's fault. That happened long before. "Planned obsolescence" was a thing for decades, where companies deliberately wanted to shorten the life span of products so you'd have to buy another one. Apple does the same thing now (along with every other gadget maker), making incremental changes so you are enticed to buy a new one. This is truly a reprehensible development, for sure.