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Wild literary theory: The Catcher in the Rye is about a WWII soldier describing how he was discharged and went wandering in the nearest city rather than heading home, told via a story in which he positions himself as a prep schooler back home in Manhattan.

Wanted to share the good news

Now I have a job where I make as much in one day as I used to in one week.

But it still sucked and it sounds like it's gotten even worse!

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/01/amazon-mechanical-turk/551192/

No, but actually, I did get most of my income from mTurk for several years, because I had a hard time finding paying work as a entry-level graphics designer straight out of college.

It was awful, but if I worked fast, I could make 60 dollars a day!

I want a cyberpunk game where you're a broke urban gig worker completing minigames for money on a cheap portable computer. You have to wander the city looking for free wifi, while avoiding irate managers. I would call it, "Amazon Mechanical Turk". And it would be real life and suck ass.

I watched the trailer for Red Strings Club, and at the end, the video called me "m'lady" and starting vaping right there. The actual video.

I only play games that have an eye-searing, neon aesthetic

"I hate Trump but I repeat every ridiculous thing his professed supporters believe, as if they are considered and thoughtful opinions. How do you do, fellow kids?"

Trolls that are like, "I'm anti-left and anti-right, pro-critical thinking, I hate Trump blah blah blah" and then just, like, regurgitate every racist and sexist talking point.

"Ohhhh I just don't think it's fair to knock over these Confederate statues...how dare you call me racist! I'm pro-critical thinking and I have considered this from every possible angle!"

I caught my first shiny but it's stats are the most useless piece of shit