It is frustrating that these are often monikers of overly for-profit or scam (AI gen slop) sites that should naturally be avoided. But google has fucked itself up so royally since the death of pageranks that you cannot even find real sites anymore. 2000’s me would hate using cell phones however lol

I think like most public services and infrastructure that gets converted into a privatized industry; it immediately feels worse and grimy. Like someone both wastes money and also somehow has none. The internet is so shallow and useless now. Social media is fake, web searching is useless, why bother?

Take this page for example. I just want to know how to make caffeinated eggnog and I’m fighting for my life here just to read the directions between three fucking ads?? How is this worth it? I’m either getting an ad blocker or buying a book instead lol

It probably feels easier to swallow when you were born into this hell than having lived before it. Ads used to be real limited. Relegated to to the top or sides only of a page, and often only one or two max for fear of making people avoid you. Shit was way more tolerable back then.

But right now it’s better than anything else the average person uses. You want a recipe? Every paragraph is broken up by a video ad or some full screen graphic. It’s fucking annoying and shit. Oh use an app instead? Nope, that has a subscription now. Every inch of the internet costs something.

Why wouldn’t I use this nice clean ad free chatbot? Sure in like a year it will be no different; companies paying for the AI to shill their shit inappropriately when asking how to grieve your dead dog by telling you chewy has a sale on treats or something.

The US economy watching republicans pass their budget bill to help working class Americans:

How can one engage with horror when it requires I truly believe that what’s happening on the screen is somehow unnerving or even unsettling? Even if I try to earnestly engage I still don’t empathize with the people.

This isn’t an indictment of the genre or Weapons itself for anyone confused.

11. Why was she crouched in the basement hiding like that when she had an armed police officer under her control as well as two grown adults and a meth addicted teen?

10. Is the child being the narrator supposed to be an indication to the audience that they are an unreliable narrator and that none of these events should be taken as “factual”?

9. What was the witches goal? She wanted to heal her sickness but how was she doing that and why did it only work in this town/home vs anywhere else?

8. Why kidnap 17 children at one time vs doing it slowly? What was the goal in having them all there at all?

7. Why did the pathing for the Principle work when he was chasing after the teacher while she was driving to the gas station but it didn’t work when she drove away?

6. Can you control people without them turning into ‘resting’ mode?

5. Where did the magic tree come from? Can you replant it? How long has this tree been in the family?

4. How did the police not notice the father was ‘resting’ when he lost all ability to communicate verbally or non-verbally?