Tinidril
@Tinidril@midwest.social
- Comment on Greens are far-right? Bitch I'm Far-ting. 2 weeks ago:
Just read the whole thread again. No guilt trips, or anything that could be interpreted as guilt trips. Nothing even close really. Persecution complex much?
- Comment on Greens are far-right? Bitch I'm Far-ting. 2 weeks ago:
LOL
- Comment on Greens are far-right? Bitch I'm Far-ting. 2 weeks ago:
If you say so. My strategy has gotten a hell of a lot closer to hurting the establishment than any of yours though.
- Comment on Greens are far-right? Bitch I'm Far-ting. 2 weeks ago:
Did you see me guilt trip anyone? I’m just mocking your unbelievably self-unaware rant attacking people who did vote for a candidate that had a chance. I don’t do guilt trips, but stupid is as stupid does.
- Comment on Greens are far-right? Bitch I'm Far-ting. 2 weeks ago:
Than other third parties… Exactly what percentage of elected offices in the US are held by third parties?
Keep working on that third party strategy. It sure worked for you guys this past election… And in 2016… and in every other damn year.
- Comment on If investing in the S&P 500 is such a surefire way to make money, then why isn't everyone doing it? 4 weeks ago:
If you are currently in the process of saving instead of withdrawing in retirement, then falling stock prices are just buying opportunities. If the grocery store puts eggs on sale, you wouldn’t fret that the eggs currently in your fridge aren’t worth as much.
When you think of it that way, it gets a lot easier to hang on after a crash, and you might start looking for ways to buy even more at bargain prices.
- Comment on Do linux users have wives? 5 weeks ago:
Nah bro
- Comment on Do linux users have wives? 5 weeks ago:
Um sure? As long as she is up for it. I love her, I don’t own her. Keep it safe, sane, and consensual, then who am I to argue.
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg's Meta donates $1m to U.S. President-elect Trump fund 5 weeks ago:
Down payment on a bribe.
- Comment on Will Republicans try another Federal Right to Work attempt? 5 weeks ago:
It’s an orwellian term for a package of anti-worker and anti-union laws. The centerpiece where the name comes from is making it illegal for a union shop to require workers to pay union dues.
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 1 month ago:
If not for the fact that a felon is about to become President again, I would want some form of justice in the law for the assassin.
Maybe we should run him in 2028. I think it would be a landslide.
“Deny, Defend, Depose 2028!”
- Comment on Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted? 1 month ago:
Making exceptions is never a good idea.
Why not? The whole reason we have judicial discretion is that every crime departs from the platonic ideal in one way or another.
The working class has been losing a class war for decades without ever properly noticing that it was happening. Working Americans have been dying in that war, and now someone struck back.
I’ll be sold on the “no exceptions” ideal when we haul in the corporate murderers alongside the people who fought back.
Jury nullification is the other acceptable option.
- Comment on *Everyone liked that* 1 month ago:
Where should he have been gunned down then? The footage was pretty good, but better lighting and sound would be nice.
Getting gunned down is exactly what should happen to mass murderers. That is exactly what this guy was. When the system fails as consistently as ours has, people are going to take care of justice themselves. The fact that it hasn’t happened at scale is the result of remarkable restraint on the part of the working class.
This isn’t a Lemmy thing. This response has been nearly universal in every space where public comments can be found.
- Comment on Damn, "Thoughts and Prayers!" 1 month ago:
True. The’re probably secretly happy to see the asshole gone too.
- Comment on what a moment to live 1 month ago:
They can trace the credit card. Whether or not that leads to the actual shooter is a different matter.
- Comment on Damn, "Thoughts and Prayers!" 1 month ago:
Thoughts and prayers for him and his family have been determined to be out of network.
- Comment on BACK IT UP 1 month ago:
Disinformation coming out of the FDA is a real issue though, it’s just that RFK isn’t exactly the person we should want trying to fix it. His list covers the entire spread from significant real issues to batshit crazy conspiracy theory, leaning heavily towards the latter.
It’s notable that the areas in most need of reform were all broken by conservative politicians.
- Comment on Be happy if you woke up today and your throat didn’t hurt. 2 months ago:
Me too. I’ve had a sinus headache for over 10 years straight. I don’t even remember what it’s like to not be congested. Three surgeries and more drugs than I ever knew existed have done nothing. Good health is definitely underappreciated.
- Comment on Relationship goals 2 months ago:
There are bidet attachments for standard toilets that take up almost no space at all.
- Comment on If Trump loses the election and flees to another country to avoid his sentencing in his (multiple) lawsuits, does the Secret Service have to go with him? 3 months ago:
That’s an accurate summation for my understanding as well. Things that the judge should look at when considering a minimum sentence are defendant cooperation, displays of genuine remourse, and indications that the defendant is unlikely to continue breaking the law. If the judge can find any of that, it’s beyond me how.
- Comment on If Trump loses the election and flees to another country to avoid his sentencing in his (multiple) lawsuits, does the Secret Service have to go with him? 3 months ago:
None of his current convictions are expected to come with a custodial sentence
Strict adherence to sentencing guidelines actually would see him jailed on his current convictions. If he isn’t given some kind of imprisonment it will be because the judge was afraid of the aftermath.
- Comment on If Trump loses the election and flees to another country to avoid his sentencing in his (multiple) lawsuits, does the Secret Service have to go with him? 3 months ago:
I’m not so sure he’s much of a security risk, unless he is still in possession of sensitive documents. I sincerely doubt he is capable of remembering anything in the way of valuable secrets. Anyways, even if he did, any adversary would be daft to trust he remembered correctly.
- Comment on Marvel’s Most Exciting Franchise Could Be in Big Trouble 4 months ago:
After End Game they stopped being Marvel movies and started being Disney movies.
- Comment on Democracies can learn lessons from Taiwan to counter cognitive influence operations, according to a new research 7 months ago:
Their interests aren’t generally all that aligned, so that helps. It’s pretty obvious that the garbage coming out of the cable news networks is at a minimum deeply sympathetic to American corporate interests, if not straight up misinformation.
- Comment on Democracies can learn lessons from Taiwan to counter cognitive influence operations, according to a new research 7 months ago:
From a US perspective, I see these tactics being used far more extensively by wealthy individuals and corporate interests than I do Chinese interests. Unfortunately, our government and especially our politicians are often directly involved in spreading misinformation and suppressing the truth. We need strategies that function outside of government to close the gaps between reality and public perception.
- Comment on Opinion | Jamie Raskin: How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases 7 months ago:
Jamie Raskin is a prominent Democrat in the same way AOC is a prominent Democrat - not because of his influence over the party, but because he stands out for having a backbone and some integrity. He is sadly not representative of the party as a whole.
- Comment on Opinion | Jamie Raskin: How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Cases 7 months ago:
This sounds like exactly the sort of thing that the Democrats are too spineless to ever do.
- Comment on Volcel says what? 7 months ago:
Name one example of a serious problem being faced by humanity that isn’t solidly rooted in undue respect for unchallenged ideas. I think that any philosophy that inherently encourages that kind of behavior is dangerous. I know full well that some people think that makes me an asshole, but I also know they will never try to actually support that belief.
- Comment on Volcel says what? 7 months ago:
Why would anyone respect an opinion? I respect your right to have an opinion. I respect your right to advocate for an opinion. Opinions themselves should have to earn respect.
This is a perfect example of the kind of harm that magical thinking must do to society in order to preserve itself. Your words sound egalitarian, but they make you an asshole without your even noticing it.
- Comment on Volcel says what? 7 months ago:
Not really. Detaching one’s self from reality is inherently hostile to humanity’s future. It’s an asshole thing to do.
To be fair, we’re all assholes far more than we like to admit, religious or not. Being “spiritual” is not especially worse than a whole lot of other behaviors.