DarkCloud

@DarkCloud@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yep, you did.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t feel like Orwell or Huxley are even close.

  Orwell was about the party, we have a problem with Capitalist nihilists who aren’t party specific. They’d be doing the same thing if Trump were a corrupt Dem (and he was for a while).

  …as for Huxley, we live in a sexually repressed society nothing like Brave New World. The outlets aren’t done collectively in church like structures, and there’s no wild-man sanctuaries to escape to.

  So no, neither of them present the model for the current circumstances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Think twice if once isn't working⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He just can’t see what he’s doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨nature be freaky like that⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I vote that we test whether this works with billionaires too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who wants to learn some Klingon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Oui.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨bernie on 21⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oof, kid being raised in an abusive manner.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Potash⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I survived the nuclear apocalypse - thanks to potash!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How This Billionaire Couple STOLE California's Water Supply | The Class Room ft. ‪@SecondThought‬ [08:08 | DEC 20 2022 | More Perfect Union]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There needs to he a general strike, or a left wing Trumpesque figure willing to run on the “make billionaires illegal” ticket.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am unobservant⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, are we the next generation of Boomers imagining bad directions we gave before smartphones solved that issue almost completely?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's totally unfair⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Image looks AI generated, and not related to the words really

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk wants the U.S. to “Liberate the people Britain from their tyrannical government”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile he’s fine with Putin, even has chats over the phone with him.

  …never seen him tweet anything vad about gim infact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New social experiment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  gpj.norP

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Battle like MEN⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “We’re just innocent men”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨National Film Registry Adds Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I liked undiscovered country.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Acquire⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Got tier lights coming from head:

  I made better decisions, have more realistic beliefs, and understand the complexities of the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Che Mangione⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Trolololo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Che Mangione⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The irony here is that Che Guavara was a medical doctor AND in charge of torture for Castro… So that’s kinda similar to United Healthcare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can the public expect to get to see Luigi Mangione's 3 page manifesto in its entirety in a reasonable timeframe?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  People keep saying the family is so wealthy, but if that’s true; even they couldn’t keep up with the medical bills.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greyhound racing to be banned in New Zealand⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Meanwhile Australia found mass graves of dogs and kept it legal for the sake of big corporations who produce nothing but poverty for addicts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm having second thoughts about quitting my current position, I'm scared and I don't understand myself. What's happening to me?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, it should always be a surprise attack. Your employer is NEVER your friend. You will always have competing interests.

  Their aim is to exploit you, your aim is to be well paid for doing very little (eg. The fabled “cushy job” scenario).

  There’s no room for a friendship, it’s adversarial. You’re cordial to get long until there’s a viable move to make.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are examples of things that would get you banned on reddit, but is okay on most major instances of Lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve had multiple comments deleted on Lemmy about the UHC shooting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone else think the NYPD photos of the UHC CEO shooting suspect don’t match?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Feel free to upload more pictures claiming to be him that aren’t, post them to Reddit, send them to the news claiming to be from an official source.

  Protect your folk heros America.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk Backed Trump With Over $250 Million, Fueling the Unusual ‘RBG PAC’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Peter Thiel funded a two year career in politics for one of his lackies then introduced that man (JD Vance) to Trump as a VP candidate in exchange for money and analytics (Thiel did the analytic algorithms for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and has since done them for the CIA, FBI, and Mossad).

  …so yeah, JD Vance’s political career is only two years old. Imagine that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How embarrassing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s embarrassing was seeing lemny try to cebsor commentary and discussion of events whilst reddit just let things rip.

  I thought this was the free speech platform but reddit put this place to shame. What a let down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How embarrassing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Turns out mainstream journalism, news agencies, and even forums that deliver “the news” are actually there to force a particular culyural interpretation of the news whilst preventing others. We can see this in the sane washing of Trump.

  It’s another aspect of Cultural Class Warfare - The Frankfurt School pointed it out in this essay. They called it "The Culture Industry, and Marcuse said it was an inescapable part of the reproduction of culture in the age of “mechanical reproduction”… Which is what Marcuse’ book “One Dimensional Man” is about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Still better than the real thing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Russia is getting really low on vehicles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California lawmakers to begin special session to 'Trump-proof' state laws⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They should also consider creating networks of sub unions and commonwealths that pool different kinds of resources that are beyond the clutches of The Federal Government. Perhaps holding them in trusts which are obligated to share them as forms of mutual aid under specific rules and conditions.

  Distributing parallel forms of government might be a way to keep Trump’s power in check. If certain networks or interstate agreement/trusts/commonwealths get large enough, they might even develop internationally recognized travel documents, and welfare systems.

  The point would be to try to remain stealthy though, and avoid conflicts or the appearance of competing with the Federal government. So all Federal obligations would still have to be met.

  A new European Union might be a model to follow, it would just be…an American States Union.

  …a distributed American States Union. DASU, rather than USA.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Smug Viruses⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bats use heat to fly off their viruses, they get pretty bad ones, but when they’re flying Bats get really hot. So it burns them off.

  Also, some viruses have evolved into us and ended up serving functions in the human bawdy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, Vlad⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Butcher bird

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA before one freezes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A quick firebombing or grenade dropped by drone will warm them right up!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sniffin Poop⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Scatology is a legitimate area of scientific research. They’re the ones who tell us what dinosaurs ate.