For me that is much more than a pet peeve.

In Future Shock,

Alvin Toffler argued that society is undergoing an enormous structural change, a revolution from an industrial society to a “super-industrial society”. This change, he states, overwhelms people. He argues that the accelerated rate of technological and social change leaves people disconnected and suffering from “shattering stress and disorientation”—future shocked. -from WP

This was published in 1970

Should work. Just try it out and see if you get what you want. I tried:

alias llaa='pwd && ll'

then ran llaa and it did what I expected, current directory and the output of ls -al which is aliased.

Who watches the watchers?

I don’t know who y’all hang out with, but my friends for decades have given each other shit for anything we can possibly think of. It’s a form of male bonding.

I’ve heard “over yonder as the crow flies”, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard “over yonder as the crow the flies”.

I love that saying. And I’ve known that for a long time.

I’m going to go with you being crazy. Although based on your mention of “deja vu” and the number “4”, I did see dfview4. I don’t think that’s what you wanted though.

Humanity. I know it’s kind of self-defeating or something, but humanity just scares the shit out of me.

If I found out someone bugged my bathroom, I think I’d apologize for what they heard.

Patriarchy has been around a lot longer than capitalism.

Sounds like a bug that would burrow into your ear canal.

Browsing responses here, you aren’t wrong.

This was my first thought. Being pretty poor most of my life, I’ve had that “oh-shit” gut-punch when going out to eat a lot of times. Money problems suck.

I can’t remember the last time I bought a PC. I just incrementally upgrade over the years. I would be disappointed if they came out with a PC that only ran with their flavor though.

Here’s a tip I picked up somewhere. Make a playlist. An hour or two worth of music. ONLY listen to it when you’re studying. I’ve found my brain just blocks it out after a few times through, but it triggers my subconscious or something. As in, if I’m not feeling like studying, I put it on and my brain just goes,“OK, it’s time to study.” I change it up when I’m starting a new long task (writting a new book, starting a new semester, whatever). At first, I find myself listening to it, but it doesn’t take much repetition for it to fade into the background.

“Influencers”, advertisers, and just about every Wall Street job.

The Tao of Pooh. If you are someone who has trouble taking a deep breath and being in the moment, slowing things down, this can be a helpful read. That and Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance helped me.

“OK, you’ve finished your first play through. Now go back a handful of decades and don’t do the same fuck-ups.”

Caddyshack. I can’t believe it hasn’t been mentioned.