https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-obligation

The previous one was also a good read.

I loved this article. Pretty sure it has html only so not sure why everyone complains.

Amen, brother.

I'll also point out, in my sandwich-board-wearing way, that the entire mental illness industry is based on a similar dynamic. Rational responses to societal failures are blamed on the individual and treated individually at great cost and, not surprisingly, poor effectiveness.

That fact that this is one of the most grossly over-engineered websites I've ever seen really undercuts the point of the article for me.

It's a fucking blog post. Not everything needs to have animated UI and fancy scrolling and interactive elements. Just let me read, Jesus Christ...

Your thermostat has opinions now. Your television requires a login. Your car updates itself overnight, and sometimes when you start it in the morning, the interface has rearranged itself, as if someone broke in and reorganized your dashboard while you slept.

Your earbuds won't play music until they've updated their firmware. Your refrigerator wants to be on your Wi-Fi.

a little repetitive but ⅓ of it was fun to read.

⅔ was better not read 🤷