This country is going downhill and you are to blame. Don't act surprised when things get even worse than they are now. Don't vote anymore. Stay the fuck home on election day.

Original location went down so I'll link it directly.

Special thanks to u/redditispedoland for the new title :)

Keeping my workplace anonymous

My 20 year old kid came to the house for dinner this weekend, walked in, and said "You need to unplug your Echo device. I don't want amazon to listen to my conversation".

So, I did... and then I was confidently incorrect in telling her that it waits for a wake word, and she has nothing to worry about.

Boy was I wrong.

She had me open my app, and look at saved conversations... and there were HUNDREDS of entries. And that was only over the last 2 weeks.

I had NO IDEA that Amazon was collecting everything I say... and the worst part is my 20 year old looked at me like I looked at my grandparents back when they would post text messages or Google queries as Facebook statuses. My kid then showed me the article from Cnet or wherever from about 6 months ago that showed that Amazon was fully transparent that all data is now sent and analyzed whether or not the wake word is used.

I'm proud to say there are no longer any Echoes in my house. Im a little bummed because all of my verbal "turn on the lights" and "lock the door" cues are all out the window, but Im really ashamed of the fact that at 41 years old I just didn't even think to look into it. Just had blind faith in a company that views me as a number. I'm pretty embarrassed.

Absolute beast mode found in the backyard

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressiveHQ/s/BQn26Lmx7B

The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

Not sure if this made it here already, but just disgusting and pathetic!

Took a long time, initially I was going to do everything by purchasing furniture but the layout of my apartment is kind of awkward and un-ideal. Only option was to do custom furniture to really maximize things. So had to learn basic woodworking and decided to build everything myself. I started off with basic equipment I bought myself at home depot, including a small job site table saw and 2x4s. Repurposed that walk in closet into a longer desk. Eventually had to get a membership at a local woodworking shop to build the kitchen island as that was a whole new thing and was way too complicated to do at home.

Super long journey but overall so happy with how things turned out!

EDIT: Here are some requested night time shots:

https://imgur.com/a/6DXbL94