twochillin

were they not always this way?

https://www.project2025.observer/en

fully expected this to be about nadella

They're not objectively amazing. Friction is not inherently a bad thing when we have models telling humans that their ideas are flawless (unless asked to point out flaws). Great that it made you smile, but there's quite a few arguments that paint your optimism as dangerously naive.

The stock market increase and crypto spike all happened a long time before any sort of pandemic-related stimulus took effect

why was this flagged?

Yeah would love to play with a couple PRs on this

Since there's a question mark about brutalism, here's a link or two to read up on. tl;dr Brutalism in graphic design today has two distinct in popular usage meanings:

1. Bare bones. Pure utility, any styling is simply for readability. Craigslist style.

2. Big, garish, bold; sometimes called Nu-brutalism or Sportsbrut.

I should note that each of these has very little, if anything, to do with the 20th century architectural trend, which focused on applying usage of basic shapes and raw materials at a large scale. On the web, the "raw materials" part is the only real connection to the origins of the term, with the first one focused on lofi design with basic tooling, and the second highlighting garish things you can do with basic forms.

Neo-brutalism is another trend to note; think of it as a focus on raw shapes with some niceties added on top to make things more interesting.

Links:

1. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/01/split-personality-b...

2. https://medium.com/@sepidy/how-can-i-design-in-the-neo-bruta...

This model was pioneered in Oakland by Steve Aoki's "Pizzaoki" location, also known as Lorenzo's, Thick & Tasty, Happy Slice Pizza, Gabriella’s New York City Pizza, Chubby Pie and each of other pizza joints listed at 536 Lake Park Ave. They used DBAs to surface under different keyword searches on various delivery apps and cycle out poorly rated brand names. Pizza was pretty mid too.

I'm sorry to hear, that sucks. Having never been, I'm curious to hear about how the BM ethos of RSR/gift economy are showing up on the playa right now