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veloxization ,
@veloxization@yiffit.net avatar

Now we just need companies to have their own militaries and then for someone to nuke one of their towers. We’d have the whole nine yards.

Manifish_Destiny ,

No thanks.

RegularGoose ,

Too bad. There’s no chance this doesn’t happen after the agricultural collapse. Well, the first bit, anyway.

dill ,
@dill@lemmy.one avatar

“He burned down half the city just to prove he was right and burned the other half just for fun.”

Dagwood222 ,

Source? Please.

orrk ,

He burned down half the city just to prove he was right and burned the other half just for fun.

Cyberpunk

Dagwood222 ,

Thanks.

Resonosity ,

Wake up Samurai…

Zink ,

I could absolutely see a not-too-distant future where competitors of megacorps have their assets attacked by the government’s military.

Mpeach45 ,
@Mpeach45@lemmy.world avatar

This has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.”

Zink ,

Sad upvote.

I was thinking more as a mundane mechanism to gain market share though, not necessarily punishment or collateral damage.

…but I guess it applies even then. Sigh.

oldGregg ,

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    chatokun ,

    You should snopes check that one. They did acquire non working ships as payment, but they scrapped em. What you said is technically correct, but oversells it.

    ShaggySnacks ,

    Does killing union activists on the behalf of Coca-Cola count?

    The United Fruit Company aka Chiquita Brands International Sàrl asking the CIA to overthrow the Guatemala government, also count?

    Edit: Fix links

    dejected_warp_core ,

    Amazon is a standing military or armed navy away from beating the all-time high score.

    spudwart ,

    Microsoft was way ahead of everyone.

    KATTTEETH ,

    Dude “X corp” totally sounds dystopian lmfao

    beeng ,

    Wait for the AI corps!

    thecam ,
    @thecam@lemmy.world avatar

    The meta rebranding made my skin craw. The X rebranding is dumb on Elon Musk’s part. However you make a good point.

    I believe Apple got its name from the biblical term of the forbidden fruit. Microsoft has a megacorp sounding name. Will Amazon rename itself to something dystopian?

    beeng ,

    AFAIK Microsoft came from the Neuromancer novel. A microsoft is a tool in the book.

    Could be wrong though, but I feel Ike that book was written before Microsoft was a company.

    archchan ,

    Pretty much. Welcome to the fucking future I guess. There’s no flying cars and green cities and happiness or bloody universal healthcare, instead we have corpos trying to turn us into their consumer slaves and governments turning authoritarian. Just do what you’re told and buy more. Don’t ask questions don’t think just browse TikTok, improve your social credit score, and imprint more ads into your psyche until WW3.

    We’re walking into hell with our eyes wide open fuck me it hurts.

    Fais ,

    I read this with the voice of Johnny Silverhand

    PraiseTheSoup ,

    Who is just another product of a shitty corporation

    Comment105 , (edited )

    There are flying quadcopter taxis testing in Dubai

    The only thing really keeping them from flying rich people in from their gated community and landing in the street in front of a restaurant is regulation.

    With better battery life they’d be more flexible, but they’re already technically capable, and compact enough.

    aidan ,

    It’s definitely not all the utopia some thought it would be, but it’s also definitely a lot better than the dystopia some predicted. Also, I personally prefer the internet to flying cars.

    efrique ,

    or bloody universal healthcare

    I guess it depends on where you live. It’s not true of the whole world.

    UndefinedIsNotAFunction ,

    Murica. Yeehaw.

    reksas ,

    Also when you try to speak against all this shit people ridicule you and ignore you. If they cant do that easily then its always just apathy and “it is what it is” whining.

    vsg ,

    Real life is getting closer to cyberpunk but without the cool tech.

    nayminlwin ,

    There’s also E Corp from Mr. Robot.

    poudlardo ,
    @poudlardo@jlai.lu avatar

    That one was clealy google, not the other way around

    vis4valentine ,
    @vis4valentine@lemmy.ml avatar

    Is more Tencent or Samsung that Google.

    poudlardo ,
    @poudlardo@jlai.lu avatar

    Yeah but samsung in nowhere near Google’s influence in US and worldwide. But I agree these companies are HUGE in Asia.

    vis4valentine ,
    @vis4valentine@lemmy.ml avatar

    Samsung is EVERYTHING in Korea. Not so much in the west beyond phones and smart tv’s, and Laundry machines or whatever, but in Korea, Samsung does EVERYTHING.

    poudlardo ,
    @poudlardo@jlai.lu avatar

    Yes chaebol is a concept in itself

    iturnedintoanewt ,
    @iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee avatar

    TVs, Phones, Washing Machines? Samsung! Cars, trucks? Also, Samsung! Heavy machine equipment, cranes, etc? Believe or not, also Samsung! The Chaebol that does it all!

    nayminlwin ,

    There was even a scandal involving cancer causing work environments with Samsung like in the show.

    vis4valentine ,
    @vis4valentine@lemmy.ml avatar

    Oh shit

    fsxylo ,

    And the characters called it evil corp anyways so it might as well have been the name.

    Tzig ,

    Not exactly, most of the characters seem to call the company E Corp but the main character (who’s also the narrator) “corrects it” in his head.

    csolisr ,

    Oh and don’t forget the cheeky suckers that explicitly named their nutritional supplement company Soylent Nutrition, Inc.

    commie ,

    i do like soylent tho. i’m gonna go shake one up rn

    utopianrevolt ,

    is it better than Huel? Huel tasted awful

    commie ,

    i drank a lot of huel. none of the flavors were great (for me).

    i switched to soylent this month. the “original” flavor is just completely inoffensive. it reminds me of milk. i just hit 1080 kcal on soylent today.

    i did get some of the strawberry flavor that mixes into it. that was very good, but i don’t need it every day. i’m happy just to drink the original.

    Zetta ,

    Soylent is way better than Huel. I’ve been consuming at least a serving of Soylent a day for the past four or five years, I’ve tried a few different brands including huel and they were all significantly worse than Soylent ready to drink or Soylent powder.

    Letto ,

    In my experience none of them taste great, but if you make them part of your daily flow you get over it pretty quickly. I’ve heard good things about the newer pre-mixed and flavored ones, but I got to a good place with my nutrition a few years ago and stopped using pretty much all meal replacements.

    utopianrevolt ,

    so I’m curious, do you just not eat any actual food anymore other than Soylent?

    commie ,

    personally i want to get at least 1000 kcal a day in soylent, so that i’m sure i get SOME of my rdas. otherwise i eat a lot of bean and cheese burritos. they are maybe 1/3 of what i eat besides soylent. the rest is like… whatever my wife makes or fast food.

    Letto ,

    Exact opposite! I know the language was flowery there but I basically never eat Huel/Soylent anymore

    adrian783 ,

    its an option, but most ppl do eat food still. simply because they enjoy the taste more.

    creditCrazy ,
    @creditCrazy@lemmy.world avatar

    Honestly I never really got meal replacements like it’s basically a drink so you are still eating your just not chewing so what’s the point is the point to not cook is it that you just don’t want to move your jaw is this just something I can’t comprehend because I’m autistic what

    Getawombatupya ,

    It varies from person to person

    boeman ,

    You shouldn’t shake it if it’s made from babies.

    Zetta ,

    Gotta tenderize them somehow ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    PersnickityPenguin ,

    Now you know what happened to all those immigrant kids at the border

    ToyDork ,
    @ToyDork@lemmy.zip avatar

    That’s not funny. Seriously. I’m getting so fucking sick of “dark comedy” or especially “deep chararacters in an engaging story” that abuses shock factor by dead dropping child death.

    Jax ,

    Good for you.

    dylanTheDeveloper ,
    @dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world avatar

    Dead people should be shot at birth

    Zetta ,

    https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/b199b186-e341-40f1-aea5-4f5c9659f38c.jpeg

    Odd_so_Star_so_Odd ,

    It’s like whoever is offering up these names and convincing them to use them is trying to tell consumers and workers something in the countries they work and operate. That a rental service is literally named Hertz is pretty on the nose even without all the movie culture references.

    AngryCommieKender ,

    Hail Avis!

    csolisr ,

    I’m not too versed on movie references but certainly know about Hertz Rent-a-car, what’s the joke here?

    Pons_Aelius ,

    When Weyland corp announce a merger with Yutani industries it's time to worry.

    DontTreadOnBigfoot ,
    @DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world avatar

    Or when Arisaka starts moving in on Militech turf.

    clearedtoland ,

    Ngl I wouldn’t mind being chromed

    Zron ,

    That’s the worst part, we’re rapidly approaching the corporate dystopia of cyberpunk, without any of the crazy drugs or body mods.

    Give me gorilla arms, damnit

    Xariphon ,

    I just want to live forever as a semi-coherent cloud of nanites. Is that really too much to ask?

    intensely_human ,

    We’ve got the crazy drugs and body mods coming, don’t you worry. Haven’t you seen the videos of people who make designer prosthetics and robotic hands for themselves?

    Soon somebody’s gonna put roller skates in their feet and then it’s all over. That’s how you’ll know it’s the singularity.

    neutron ,

    Realistically speaking, we really need to start differenciating between restoring human functions (like artificial eye for the blind) and enhancements augmenting abilities normal human limits (that same eye having x-ray and nightvision).

    Restoring functions, at least, should be treated as universal medicine and healthcare and be available for whoever needs it.

    intensely_human ,

    That requires defining normal function which is mega dangerous. Especially as we move away from default humanity.

    neutron ,

    Hope you don’t mind being billed for the whole surgery, including amputation of limbs you never asked for in the first place. Shiny stuff with soul crushing debt - sounds like American colleges.

    Phoonzang ,

    I never asked for this. Wrong game, I know :)

    neutron ,

    Mankind Divided had a very abrupt cliffhanger. Adam needs a proper closure to his story.

    Nioxic ,

    Amazon web services

    Doesnt sound so evil…

    DNOS , (edited )

    Maybe not yet … I bet they will soon catch up … Btw in italian Ammazzo means to kill can u see some similarities… 😉

    reverendsteveii ,

    Amazon comes from the Greek meaning ‘breastless’. Trans agenda confirmed 💯💯💯

    someguy3 ,

    Don’t forget Truth Social. Straight out of ministry of truth.

    Wogi ,

    And Taco Bell already exists so there’s that

    RizzRustbolt ,

    u/Wogi has been fined three credits for violation of the verbal decency act.

    Daft_ish ,

    Oh good, I needed some toilet paper. This three shells thing is bullshit.

    aidan ,

    That’s not new, it’s just new to English. I lot of Soviet countries had pravda.

    Ultraviolet ,

    Especially when their main selling point is that they don’t do fact checking.

    PostalDude ,
    @PostalDude@lemmy.basedcount.com avatar

    We live in the world where Mr robot failed and gave up.

    CocaineShark ,

    If you think about it, all sorts of fucked up things that are happening now have been portrayed as a bad thing in past media: Virtual words, virtual-fuckin’ land (not 100% sure this one is real, still really hoping its not), misuse of AI, smart houses, where everything is controlled by a remote (which relies on electricity / wi-fi), even stuff like alexa, which is listening to every word you say, at your home…

    olutukko ,

    Haha yeah the virtual land was true thing. it was a crypto scam if I recall correctly. Everything nowadays is just crypto scam

    echodot ,

    You can just call it crypto. The scam bit is implied.

    vox ,
    @vox@sopuli.xyz avatar

    what’s the point of selling “virtual land” if it’s practically unlimited anyway? (artificial scarcity?)

    RoyalEngineering ,

    Yes absolutely. Virtual land = Yet another NFT

    WhoRoger ,
    @WhoRoger@lemmy.world avatar

    Yes

    clearedtoland ,

    I’m just waiting for Omni Consumer Products (OCP) to open in Detroit.

    Actaeon ,

    Or Allied Commercial-Media Enterprises

    clearedtoland ,

    Or E-Corp

    Xariphon ,

    Or Wayland-Yutani

    intensely_human ,

    DaVinci Crater

    drbluefall ,
    @drbluefall@toast.ooo avatar

    Union Aerospace Corporation

    steakmeout ,

    *Areospacy

    ObviouslyNotBanana ,
    @ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

    Exxon Mobile

    ObviouslyNotBanana ,
    @ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world avatar

    Omni is actually a Swedish news aggregator. They just need to expand and change a bit.

    KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX ,
    @KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@lemmy.ml avatar

    Corporate Consumer Products already makes everything in China… hmm

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