Nice! I wish Ed and SANS were here more, this is literally the first I've heard of HHC this year!

My husband, who's autistic with sensory issues, is very happy that they've been upgraded from the kid's menu

Let me know when you get to the part about plugging it into the Internet - that's when it gets good!

I actually thought this was going to be a "just kidding, it's the US prank"

That graph makes it look like human usage is going down, but it's a proportional graph.. are the raw numbers for humans changing?

I'm not an expert, but I think that over time, more people growing up with it get somewhat inoculated and are more prepared for the psychological attacks. Fads / addictions change over time.

But it's also a treadmill and there'll be a next thing.

Small, cynically ironic (usually I use it in response to shrinkflation)

I've been meaning to reread the King in Yellow, right next to it.. maybe I should do a yellow-themed reading list!

If you notice early enough it can be a lot of fun

Good point! I'm going to add that as a level 5 feature request

"Oh look, a megacorp is testing beta software in a place that might kill people, but nobody's willing to regulate it"

Maybe I should finish up a 10 year streak then call it good, it's not like I'm really learning much from it anymore

Ugh

I haven't seen that, thankfully!

They said, "I believe it was Lucretius who said, 'Nothing human disgusts me.'" on King of the Hill, but I'm pretty sure that was intentionally incorrect