Without any facts to back this up: I would assume the barrier to entry is so low because, without it, no one with any amount of intelligence or empathy would apply.

PKD predicted this in the late 60s in Ubik.

Dirk Gently is so good!

Halt and Catch Fire

The Leftovers

Station 11

No shit

It’s like 2 bullies against one weak kid. One bully stands by and watches the other nearly beat the kid to death. The one standing by thinks himself a humanitarian when he says “Hey, that’s enough. You kill him and we’ll both be in big trouble.”

Anon obviously has never been to Costco. No way you can leave that place without parting with $100

I’m pretty sure the UAW doesn’t represent workers in American Hyundai plants and they’ve been trying to. This sounds all too familiar.

Cooking

It took me 6 tries to quit a 30 year habit. In the end you have to want to quit. Realizing that quitting is the smart move is not the same as wanting to quit. I finally wanted to quit when I just didn’t want to go to the fucking store again and smoke in a parking lot because I can’t really smoke anywhere else. I decided that I was just done with that shit.

Spent another year on lozenges and quit those for the same reasons.