Not everything is that bad. My instance just works, for instance ;)

That’s not uplifting. That’s ageism, censorship, authoritarian control, etc, with just a small side of tech panic

We should not have UBI as that implicitly continues the need for money. Instead we should work towards a world with Universal Basic Resources, or even not so basic resources, if it can be automated.

Not quick though

I’m actually a fair way from a river, like at least half an hour.

Gender is not a binary anyway

Crash Bandicoot 2

Just the outside of your body

I guess so

You constantly glow with a dim yellow-green light, just bright enough to read in

Magical. You are perfectly healthy in each case

It’s like a sponge. It takes several hours to get to your maximum size.

No, only the outside of your body

You stop emitting photons while invisible. This does not have any unpleasant aide effects.

People with penises get hard because of blood flow to the penis, so I imagine absorbing water might have a similar effect 💀

Yeah, like a dim yellowish greenish light that you can just about read by

Yes, to a maximum size about 3 times your regular size.

By absorbing water

I think an ASI aligned with this would create immense harm.

Continued life is not always good, preventing suffering is good.

UBI shoehorns in the continued existence of money and capitalism, instead we should have Universal Basic (or not so basic, if we have an ASI) Resources. No need for money if you have an ASI.

Eurasia? But that’s two that should be lumped together.

Also, ‘The The’?