I can only conclude that Gristle is your grandmother

You just sound like a fool.

You are talking about a cruel, right-leaning, corporate-owned, opportunistic narcissist with no ethics. If you understood what "progressive politics" are, you'd see that Newsom is a key player in their destruction. Why would anyone think the US needs a meaner, meme-posting Mitt Romney?

Are all rich people tasteless?

I'm totally with you on two of those.

I kept an "emergency" pack that wasn't my regular brand in a drawer for a week, because I found that if there were no cigarettes in the house at all, then I couldn't think about anything else. After a week I was able to throw that pack away, unopened.

it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago