• Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I’m reminded of the guy I saw who couldn’t get out of the courthouse parking garage because he didn’t have a smartphone to pay for the parking.

    I’d still rather break a gate than get an implant.

  • dhork@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I won’t even get contact lenses, I ain’t letting them putting a chip in my brain.

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    I believe David Icke predicted this way back in the late 80’s, early 90’s. Who would have thought that fruitcake would be right about something?

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    1 hour ago

    I’m not sure why the tone is so negative in this article given that the plan being discussed is to make the technology so useful that most people want it despite the disadvantages. That’s not coercion.

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        56 minutes ago

        Very occasionally I run into something that used to be doable without a smartphone but requires a smartphone now, but that’s quite rare. Not having a smartphone now would be very inconvenient, but generally not more inconvenient than living without a smartphone was before they existed. I expect the same with this technology, if it ever arrives.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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    16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

    17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.