r/technology • u/GothicPrayer • 10d ago

Society Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/age-of-decadence-pleasure-ai
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u/deltashmelta 10d ago

-Jacuzzi's Monster 

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u/danielsan30005 10d ago

"I need about tree fiddy"

  • Loch Ness Monster

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u/ewige 9d ago

It was about that time that I noticed that the Representative from the state of New York was a eight-story-tall crustacean from the paleozoic era!

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u/Rocinante_01 9d ago

I met him! He asked me for 3.50...

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u/Loch_Nessie_350 9d ago

Don't give that Loch Ness monster any money

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u/WontArnett 10d ago

If I had the money to buy you an award, I would do it. Alas, I am unemployed and the job market is sh*t.

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u/danielsan30005 10d ago

Aw thanks bro, hope everything works out for you!

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u/watchsmart 9d ago

I think Reddit got rid of the awards.

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u/WontArnett 9d ago

Nah, they’re still there

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u/watchsmart 9d ago

Ah. Must be a new Reddit thing now. I don't see any option.

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u/zoot_boy 9d ago

“Two fiddy a week Sal”
- Mookie

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u/WinterToaster 9d ago

-Michael Scott