We're techy enough nerds to know there's another way to be free of billionaire influence while still keeping some resemblance of modern communication: self-hosting.
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2025
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That last panel hit me like a truck because... yeah, that's what people think happens when they do their little personal choice things to pretend they matter.
They really buy like a paper book once and go "ah, yes, Bezos is fuming right now" while he makes another billion.
We have lost all sense of how to influence society and all ability to gauge scale. For all the folksy traditionalism in this (which includes driving a gas guzzler from the 70s, apparently?) the Internet has created this entirely disproportionate sense of our footprint on the world and this strip is as much a result of the hyperconnected dystopia as everything it's complaining about.
In my experience this is extra bad for Americans who, frankly, didn't need that much of a push to go from their individualist, self-centered perception of society to this vision of sitting on a couch listening to a walkman as activism.
I’ll buy something other than a ‘gas guzzler’ the second I’m not required to trade away my privacy to go electric, and can disable every single last beep, ding, screech and other unnecessary sound some stupid fuck thought was a good idea.
Oh how I long for the day someone invents a car without a touchscreen.
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We have lost all sense of how to influence the world and all ability to gauge scale.
Absolutely correct!
I believe in "voting with your wallet" and I do little sacrifices to respect my ideas, but I'm conscious that I'm just one step above people clicking on petitions online in terms of impact.
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That’s exactly what is so nice about FOSS based systems. You can use technology but without the tech bros and the corporate enshittification.
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or, you know, you can have best of both worlds with open technologies. tech that you own and control.
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pre-computerised car
No one want to fiddle with carburetor anymore thank you very much.
And tbh, 2010-2015 is comfortable enough and less bullshit.
Pretty sure they mean computerized interiors like infotainment systems. Probably not talking about ECU and internal computerized parts.
But all displayed item from bottom panel is item from the 80s and 90s though, so precomputerised kinda either mean carburetor or primitive ecu that only control very limited function and can't scanned with a scanner tool, which is still imo bad. As an automechanic I certainly doesn't want to go back to scratching my head trying to figure out what's wrong.
Edit: not to be too pedantic about it, but that's what i get from this comic.
Pre-telemetry cars from the naughties are the sweet spot. No cell connection either. New cars are icky.
On one hand, firmware update sound really nice so lemon isn't as sour. On the other hand, good, reliable car have absolutely 0 chance of getting enshittified by car maker, and they have to make sure the thing is good from the get go or risk getting forced to recall.
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I think that's more aimed at Internet connected vehicles than those with an ECU.
My favourite cars to own were made between 2003 to 2011. They’re so peaceful to drive compared to modern cars that constantly fucking screech and ding at you just for starting the damn thing.
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Pre-computer cars sucked. Anyone that’s worked on mechanical fuel injection will tell you so.
i think these a microprocessors though? no internet access for them.
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I’d like to add to the third panel: go see live entertainment. Local, not Live Nation. Support local bands, artists, thespians, and comics.
help desk -> sysadmin -> CISO -> goat farmer
I'm going back in a lot of areas, yeah.
When you make a wrong turn, sometimes you need to go backwards to correct and go forward again