BigMikeInAustin
@BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world
- Comment on Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be? 2 weeks ago:
The big, well reported protests were the result of decades, nay centuries, of protests.
Sit-in protests were common.
Rosa Parks was, by far, not the first Black person to be arrested for keeping her seat.
Hundreds of thousands of workers died or were hurt in preventable dangerous workplaces and labor protests.
It is hard and costly to go against the government.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I don’t know of anyone “transracial,” much less know of people who are against the “transracial.”
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Like Steve Martin in “The Jerk?”
- Comment on What was life like for the "average" person living in Nazi Germany 4 weeks ago:
Ah, good insight about the Nazi party men with power, not soldiers everywhere. Thanks.
- Comment on What was life like for the "average" person living in Nazi Germany 4 weeks ago:
Thanks for sharing.
I’m guessing it felt a lot like the video games and books describe living in a fascist regime
Soldiers are everywhere, and you do your best to not stand out for any reason.
You are always worried about someone turning you in on false accusations.
You have to hide your joy, and save it for only the deepest parts of your home.
- Comment on What was life like for the "average" person living in Nazi Germany 4 weeks ago:
You make it appear you have knowledge, but you don’t want to share on the social network. Hmm.
How should we address you so you feel like we are worthy of learning from you?
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 5 weeks ago:
Who are you?
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 5 weeks ago:
You’re grilling OP on something they already said they have little experience with. OP is asking questions to learn, and the grilling is detrimental to that.
- Comment on I don't know if I'm getting the most profitable SRI / climate change ETF, can you help? 5 weeks ago:
Getting yourself involved in a local charity will do more good for the world than what a normal person’s amount of money can do in any type of ETF.
- Comment on I don't know if I'm getting the most profitable SRI / climate change ETF, can you help? 5 weeks ago:
I understand the moral desire to choose responsible companies.
I “interviewed” some advisors before I knew of ETFs. They asked if I had brand preferences, like Coke vs Pepsi, or McD vs Taco Bell, so that I could avoid investing in companies that I didn’t like. From that I realized those types of investors just cared about getting me into any stock to turn commissions and not about my personal income growth. I was way too small to affect anything, but I could lose out on income based on my personal flavor preference.
So I would say the same about picking socially responsible ETFs. What is socially responsible is completely up to some person and will likely not align with your preferences.
And after participating in many studies in college, and just life, I’ve learned that at large scales, when it comes to your pocketbook, the large majority of the time, the non-ultra-rich person should assume the system will go to selfish people over good-for-the-group people.
So, unless you are investing billions and trying to create the change yourself single handedly, just choose the ETF that works best for your pocketbook.
The amount of ownership, responsibility, and promotion you get of the evil a large corporation is doing through an ETF is basically non-existent, at the average human scale.
- Comment on Why are you here and not on Reddit? 5 weeks ago:
Ah, so that means you don’t live in Russia or North Korea. The toddler has thrown a lot of tantrums.
- Comment on Can you put a ship inside a Klein bottle? 1 month ago:
Well, there’s also this: Can You Fill a Shape That Has No Inside? - The Action Lab www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdHd8yWyysE&ab_channel=Th…
- Comment on Why is the NFL draft day so "special"? 2 months ago:
What else is there for people to do?
Read, learn something new, show empathy to other humans, glance at what politicians are doing (regardless of MAGA)
- Comment on Metro 2033 Redux is free to claim on GOG for the next two days 2 months ago:
Um, that’s pretty awesome!
- Comment on Do you use your blinker in a car? 2 months ago:
Hey, it’s your life. If you want to use your blinker so that it is easier to get an opening, and so people are more likely to avoid hitting you, well, that’s your choice.
Also, the results in here will be survivor biased. The people in wrecks because they didn’t use their blinker are too busy dealing with insurance and repair times and rental cars to be on Lemmy. They are also busy having to remind people that they are the most important person on the road.
- Comment on James Cameron Says Blockbuster Movies Can Only Survive If We ‘Cut the Cost in Half’; He’s Exploring How AI Can Help Without ‘Laying Off the Staff’ 2 months ago:
Yes. Use AI to replace the CEO and suddenly more works gets done without having to capitulate to whinny people, and it is a whole lot cheaper.
- Comment on How wil people react if Trump is right about Tariffs? 3 months ago:
Probably MAGAs will feel so vindicated they will literally start murdering people opposed to Trump.
We’ve already seen quite a few shooting, and attacking the Capitol, and most of the people getting off mostly free.
So we’ll see even more of it.
- Comment on Seeing a lot of copium but am I fucking crazy? The market would have to do more than just recover for people to recoup their losses? 3 months ago:
Some people already sold off at the lower price before it gets lower.
Companies already had to make equipment orders and revenue predictions, which caused suppliers to fire extra people.
And confidence has already been shaken since this could happen again at any time.
Companies are now increasing plans to downsize to deal with the uncertainty.
And the ultra rich are ready to start buying at the lower price. So that if the prices returned to last week, the percentage of differences of wealth from the ultra wealthy to the regular will be even higher.
- Comment on Physical Nintendo Switch 2 Edition games are reportedly Switch 1 carts with codes in the box 3 months ago:
As an early buyer of the Nintendo Switch, it’s nice to know I don’t need to budget to save up to buy the Switch 2, since I won’t be because of this.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Maybe switch to official French?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Just 3 hours ago you complained Lemmy has too much liberal content, and here you are talking about prostitution. Prostitution is not liberal, but it’s something many conservatives won’t talk about.
Maybe it’s time to step away and take a nap.
- Comment on Is there a non leftist version of this website? 3 months ago:
You might find Truth Social to be a safe space.
- Comment on Short attention span 3 months ago:
I’m working on writing down lists on paper by hand, not typing into a device. I can copy over to a device, but the writing by hand is helpful.
And sometimes I’ll write down tasks that I did finish already. For me, seeing the number of completed tasks doesn’t matter much, but just the break to reflect on what has been done is grounding.
Sometimes even break the list into multiple lists, such as one where you move all the yard tasks to, and kitchen tasks, and cleaning tasks…, if the main list gets too long.
- Comment on Short attention span 3 months ago:
Sounds like you made changes to get better. The TDLR glosses over all that work and makes it seem like you are saying for OP to just sit and wait for it to resolve on its own.
- Comment on Can someone recommend me a wireless headset? 3 months ago:
Lol. Guess you’re just cursed. Lol. I have multiple styles, wired and wireless, and work perfectly on multiple computers. Lol.
- Comment on Can someone recommend me a wireless headset? 3 months ago:
I really like Steelseries. Pick whichever fits your budget for the features you want. I’ve even bought used ones and they’ve been great.
I changed the foam ear pads to leatherette pads for a little better sound isolation.
- Comment on Can someone recommend me a wireless headset? 3 months ago:
Sounds like there was something wrong with your audio jack. I’ve had stellar comments about all of my Steelseries.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
If you ever see little kids with different skin tones playing together, they are clearly not bothered by skin color, and it has no bearing on their play. The racism in America is completely learned. It is not natural. Sometimes consciously, but many times unconsciously.
Loosely similar is how men in most places are fine walking around alone at night. While women consciously try to move in groups, even during the daytime. Many men have no idea how different it is for many women.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
It happened for so long, at all levels of society, that it is still affecting us today. It has shaped the cities we currently live in. It has shaped our language. It has shaped our laws.
The first girl Black girl to go to a school that was all white is only 71 years old. And that was barely the start of the end of segregation.
A bad example, because I’m only American, but anyone in the European Union could move anywhere in the European Union. Some places just have depressing weather, or are very isolated. But it would still take a great effort for the people who even want to move to actually move.
- Comment on At what point in the friendship does dating become awkward? 4 months ago:
It gets awkward, almost always, about 2 longrows after the hippodust. Sometimes you can go an extra towelspot.
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