On the other hand, there are also loud religious voices still claiming that human caused climate change is impossible because people can’t break things their God made.

And others who are seeing climate change as another sign of the apocalypse that their sect has been eagerly anticipating. Anticipating to the point that they’re willing to nudge things along to bring on that apocalypse downer- ideally during their lifetime.

8 years on an internal combustion engine is nothing if you preventative maintenance properly.

Also depends on the type and amount of driving you do.

because hype is an ever moving goal post.

That’s it exactly.

Nothing ever lives up to its hype because the hype is setting unachievable expectations.

My solution is to just watch less in general.

Not like there’s a ton of new stuff worth watching at any given time anyway.

That was one of the main factors in my cutting the cord in the first place.

Penguin therapy for the win

If I can do my job entirely from the comfort of my own living room, there’s nothing that would prevent the company from hiring someone to do my job from the comfort of their own living room, in India or the Philippines."

That’s one of the reasons I went into a field of technology where the work is mostly hands-on.

Hardware maintenence, troubleshooting, installation and repair isn’t something that can effectively be done remotely.