zarathustrad
@zarathustrad@lemmy.world
- Comment on The First Republican Pedo 3 hours ago:
No kings. Where’s the window?
- Comment on I wonder why the world is on fire? A mystery 2 days ago:
What many people hate about what is happening now is not even capitalism.
Capitalism is an economic system characterized by the private ownership of the means of production and the pursuit of profit.
Of course pure, laissez-faire capitalism has arguably never existed on a national scale. Modern economies are defined by their specific balance of market freedom and government oversight, but that is not what I mean.
Traditional capitalism was historically driven by equity. Owners investing their own capital or retained earnings into production to generate profits through goods and services. In contrast, the modern economy is increasingly driven by debt.
If capitalism implies a system driven by equity investment in production and disciplined by the risk of bankruptcy, the modern leverage-heavy economy deviates significantly. It functions as a hybrid system where financial extraction and state-backed credit have superseded productive investment and market discipline as the primary engines of economic activity.
- Comment on That's fair 3 days ago:
I don’t lift anymore and am now 30% potato, but back in the day:
I would estimate a 1RM from a 5RM (5-rep max represents roughly 85% to 87% of 1RM) and found that more accurate than 10 or 3 but many use 3.
So, for example, if my 5RM was ~217-220 I would be comfortable claiming 255 1RM.
(In practice I was doing 250-280 in sets of 5-10, and had no issue with 300-310 1RM).
My vote is assured! Wait, do they take the vote away when you pull your tricep?
- Comment on That's fair 3 days ago:
It’s George Washington, so it’s freedom units. Imperial for the Empire.
- Comment on That's fair 3 days ago:
Your confusing Bench with Squat.
Bench pressing one’s own body weight is estimated to be achievable by less than 10% of men in the general population, and potentially less than 1% with proper form.
Since 255 lbs exceeds the average American male body weight (~200 lbs), the percentage of adults capable of this lift is significantly lower than 10%.
So, I’m happy to be in the top 10% of the elites. Now get back to the mines noodle arms!
- Comment on 3 days ago:
“Historically Rapes formed the basis for local government…”
Things never change.
- Comment on UUUHHHHG 3 days ago:
When chicken thighs are deep fried, they are juicier than dry grilled whites
- Comment on Lemmy Shitshow 3 days ago:
It can’t be, I was banned for life twice on Reddit. They won’t let me back anymore. I refused to limit my speech.
- Comment on We all have our preferences 3 days ago:
It is both.
Though most home cooks aren’t following any food safety guidelines for raw flour. They toss it all over the place, all over everything, and only the stuff that goes in the oven gets sterilized.
Many people also consume raw and undercooked eggs on a regular basis.
We all take risks.
- Comment on 5 days ago:
The AC sound is preferable to the sound of my sweat dripping into a puddle when it’s 90F in the tent, (that’s 32.2 in water obsessed units) and 90RH.
Now, the gas generator sounds… (Solar batteries for camping exist now, so at least that is less of a problem)
- Comment on Newsflash pal 6 days ago:
Not true? In that some food is in fact not made of organic molecules?
For example:
Table Salt (NaCl)
Water (H2O)
No carbon, still food.
- Comment on I just wanted a new recliner 1 week ago:
Those Sofas fuck back.
- Comment on GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch 1 week ago:
It also means, you can install only needed data from the physical media, leaving the rest on the disk, saving SSD space, but the data is still on the disk if you need it later wtith out needing an Internet connection.
- Comment on I’m a little too self aware to enjoy life and a little too delusional to give up 1 week ago:
It is really fun as you become aware of new things to be discontent about after thinking you were already aware and discontent but moved on in the past. Like a roller coaster of curves.
- Comment on can I skip the exercise part? 1 week ago:
Wait till they find out why fruit tastes sweet, and what starch is made of.
- Comment on Upgrade 1 week ago:
And a Deus Vult tattoo on her under arm.
- Comment on Flock of scissors 1 week ago:
Scissor Sisters.
- Comment on Today is the hatch day of Mickey7. The man who puts the shit in shit posting. A toast to you, friend. 1 week ago:
Yikes, that gives me an awkward feeling of secondhand embarrassment.
- Comment on Thanks for the encouragement queen. 1 week ago:
I’d make her Haagen-Dazs melt.
- Comment on Tru 1 week ago:
I’m not your pal, friend.
- Comment on In the US it's Father's Day weekend, so happy Father's Day not just to you American dads but to all you dads wherever you are. 1 week ago:
“By mandate of the Titan Succession Protocol, Subject ‘Zeus’ has been flagged for immediate neutralization. Probability of overthrow: 99.8%. Remediation strategy: Biological reclamation. Note: Emotional variables are irrelevant to outcome efficiency. Proceed with ingestion. File closure expected upon digestion.”
“You think you can hide a prophecy in the dark, Cronus? Swallowing them whole doesn’t make the future disappear; it just digests the evidence. The precogs don’t lie. They saw you holding the stone instead of the boy. You didn’t stop the overthrow; you just guaranteed the one who got away would come back hungry. You’re not a god, you’re just another pre-criminal waiting for the halo to drop.” ~John Spartan
- Comment on hell 1 week ago:
Reminds me of a bit by Chris Rock.
"The most racist people are old black men! He went through real racism back then. He couldn’t go through that ‘I-can’t-get-a-cab’ thing. Back then, he WAS the cab! A white man jump on his back, ‘Main Street!, Left, nr! Left, you fucking nr!’
- Comment on 📡📡📡 1 week ago:
FIFY
“crush the bad guys head like a watermelon with her legs”
- Comment on In France, to slow down traffic, they have these fake children by the side of the road 1 week ago:
Works great, until people get so used to them that they ignore real children and deer.
- Comment on A nice addition to my collection 1 week ago:
Unacceptable¡!!!
- Comment on Little treat 1 week ago:
Women are people.
Sex is a commodity.
People can sell commodities.
- Comment on I need a job *blub* *blub* 🐟🐟 2 weeks ago:
True.
Also, I forgot to add: no offense to the entire family Hypostomus. They actually clean up the swamp.
- Comment on I need a job *blub* *blub* 🐟🐟 2 weeks ago:
The ecosystem is already full of bottom dwelling scum suckers.
- Comment on Why can't this happen to me? 2 weeks ago:
I write to you from the muddy trenches of /b/, where the air is thick with the screech of 56k modems and the dust of deleted threads. The enemy is upon us, armed with Nokia 3310s used as blunt instruments and T-Mobile Sidekicks flipping open like deadly shurikens.
Just yesterday, a newb on Dial-Up was struck down while trying to load an image macro; he screamed that his AOL connection timed out just as the POP-UP ADS began their artillery barrage. We fought back with Winamp visualizers blaring linkin park to drown out the cries of the normies, but the Server Lag is relentless.
My Razr V3 is cracked, and my iTunes card is nearly empty. I fear I shall not survive to see the age of broadband. If I fall, tell Father I died as I lived: AFK in the IRC channel, waiting for a warez link that never came. Do not let my GeoCities page expire; it is the only legacy I leave behind.
Yours in static,
Anonymous Soldier (Sent via AIM, status: Invisible)
- Comment on Why can't this happen to me? 2 weeks ago:
I saw a great deal of those in the early days of the meme wars, those were dark days, but full of wonder.
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Maybe there is a beast… Maybe it’s only us.