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- Comment on Which way? 5 days ago:
Yeah the science is above my head but I believe usually after they rip out the nail (be it whole nail or a strip), they will apply a cotton ball of phenol to the bed and that is supposed to stop the nail from coming back. It failed to do so 3 times in my case, albeit on two different toes.
- Comment on Which way? 5 days ago:
Fair, edited to bring the final choice back to podiatrist.
- Comment on Which way? 5 days ago:
To anyone who gets this: do not let the podiatrist convince you to do the partial removal. Ie, removing a tiny strip from one or both sides of the nail. It is HIGHLY likely it will get bad again. Have them do a full phenol cauterization and remove the entire nail. You dont need it, and you’ll be better off without it. However, I’m no doctor.
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 1 week ago:
Which has nothing to do with the myth of a social credit score…
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 1 week ago:
- Comment on So glad I suck dick 1 week ago:
So, what are the facts relating to China’s Social Credit System (SoCS)? First, a system does exist, but it is very different from what is imagined by many critics outside China. The biggest disconnect is around the notion of scores. Some commentators seem to imagine that a magic algorithm draws from AI cameras and internet surveillance all over the country to calculate a score that determines everyone’s place in society. In reality, the SoCS is not the techno-dystopian nightmare we fear: it is lowly digitalized, highly fragmented, and primarily focuses on businesses. Most importantly, such a score simply does not exist.
merics.org/…/chinas-social-credit-score-untanglin…
Classic lib move: dunking on nonexistent “ebil ccp” systems that started off as rumors mere days after the west decided it would clamp down on any semblance of internet freedom - upon a backdrop of rapidly burgeoning fascism and concentration camps. The US State Department has effortlessly oriented you.
- Comment on Off topic 3 weeks ago:
Turning up the center channel gives you more dialog. But that assumes you’ve got surround sound set up… Producers don’t give as much love to stereo setups these days.
- Comment on Off topic 3 weeks ago:
*Laughs in Dolby 5.1 with high quality Remuxes that have a center channel.
Seriously though, you can’t blame them. Audio production these days is engineered for theaters and surround sound. Most of Gen z is watching this content in stereo - either through phone speakers or shitty TV speakers.
- Comment on Peak male form 2 months ago:
That’d be the horrendous AI upscaling. Peep the fingers.
- Comment on WaaaaAAALLLEEEeee 2 months ago:
Pretty much every component in a car these days has some sort of microcontroller. They use software to lock you out of repairing things that have no business being locked behind software. In your example, even suspension tuning is locked behind software for Teslas.
- Comment on Be sure to count your turns 3 months ago:
There’s a remote risk of this catastrophic failure happening due to bad maintenance, installation, or building, but there’s no risk of this happening due to normal rotation/swing. In other words, assuming the machine is in good working order and used for realistic applications, this will never happen.
Here’s a video that explains how excavators achieve infinite swing angle without tangling the hydraulic hoses that go to the motors in the tracks. The dude in the video knows his stuff.
- Comment on Put him on the cart. 3 months ago:
Same. I had to look it up. In doing my deep research, I learned that they used an EKG on Jonny P II to confirm his expiration. That shit’s hilarious. It was someone’s job to EKG that OBVIOUSLY dead corpse, lol.
- Comment on A bit of salt makes it taste more savory 3 months ago:
Do you think there has been an ongoing genocide in Gaza since Oct 7?
The way you poke fun at the term is psychotic, frankly. I.e. “HolOCauST”
- Comment on A bit of salt makes it taste more savory 3 months ago:
Fascists are not empowered by political apathy. If that were the case, you’d be able to provide evidence that states or nations with low voter turnout always turn fascist. 80% of voters turned out in 1932 when the Nazis became the most powerful party. Political apathy can be a result of burgeoning fascism - among other things. How do you think fascism arose in Germany? People being lazy?
Chalking up fascism to poltical apathy is what happens when you fail to look at fascism as a function of class dynamics and class conflict - and furthermore, fail to see the generations-old pattern of regulatory agencies being captured, special interests dominating political commentary, rampant lobbying, decaying education, wages being suppressed, healthcare being denied, transportation services rendered useless, etc…
If, at the end of this devolution into fascism, your only takeaway is “Damn lazy tankies and russian spies destroyed America!”, then you haven’t learned your lesson, and you’ve fallen in perfect lockstep with your liberal forerunners who made the exact same mistakes.
It’s telling that you folks never engage when leftists point out that when the democrats had a choice between slowing fascism and committing genocide on Palestinians, they chose to do genocide all for sweet AIPAC dollars.
The simple fact is that Biden’s and Kamala’s constituents wanted an end to genocide. Biden and Kamala ignored these constituents. Biden and Kamala lost. That couldn’t be a more democratic outcome; it’s more American than Apple pie. If you say “fuck you” to your constituents, it’s a safe bet you’ll lose them, and if this is a calculus that some dumb ass like me can make, you know that higher levels of democratic leadership were aware of the risks and chose to take them anyway. The democrats are controlled opposition.
If you are a liberal reading this thread and are starting to see holes pop up in the logic and reasoning of your colleagues, or have correctly identified that the liberals are ill-equipped to deal with this devolution, I’d encourage you to learn what Marxism really is - beyond the spark notes you got from your conservative history teacher in high school.
- Comment on Why didn't *I* think of that? 4 months ago:
I’ll give my shiniest nickel to whoever can tell me if and when a land tax started being enforced.
- Comment on Realistically, how feasible is it to 100% boycott a massive corporation (such as Amazon) for an extended period of time? 5 months ago:
From the DSA instagram 6 days ago:
Why didn’t the “economic blackout” change anything?
Stocks rose Friday instead of falling, and there was no sign that the “economic boycott” that spread across social media had any impact whatsoever, other than maybe being a promotional tool for smaller businesses.
Why didn’t it work and what would work instead?
We don’t have power as “consumers”.
Working people are always going to need to buy things. And even if a large portion of workers stopped buying everyday goods from Target or Starbucks, we’d still need to pay rent, pay the mortgage, pay utilities, and ultimately depend on a larger supply chain. You can’t “opt-out” of capitalism.
Boycotts that work are focused on a clear target and have with a specific demand, and are built on long-term, deep organizing. But even then, as a tactic, a boycott isn’t going to be what brings the economy to a halt to stop the Trump agenda.
We have power as workers.
In January 2019, a 35 day shutdown of the federal government came to an end after the flight attendants union announced their intention to strike. Such a strike would have grounded a large percentage of air travel, which even if just for a short period of time would have had a devastating impact on the US economy.
If we want to hit the ruling class where it hurts we need to organize as workers, not as consumers. Our power is in collectively withholding our labor, not withholding our dollars (which we only have in the first place by selling our labor).
Strikes are organized, not mobilized.
Strikes don’t happen because someone made an Instagram post calling for it and then everyone thought it was a good idea.
Strikes are the result of long-term organizing that builds tightly structured organization through a series of escalating actions that show the level of support for the union, which if successful leave workers confident and the boss afraid.
A strike can’t work if only a minority of workers walk out either. Strikes require a supermajority of workers to be effective.
So what can you do?
Join an organization like DSA that is working to build the kind working class power necessary not just to beat back Trump’s attacks but to win a better world.
Join the labor movement. Organize at work, in your union if you have one, and get trained on the secrets of successful organizing through organizations like Labor Notes. Looking for a new job? Consider taking a job in a “strategic sector” like healthcare, education, or logistics.
Stop scrolling and start talking to your coworkers, your neighbors, friends, and family. The revolution will not be posted. Revolutions are made through organizing.
- Comment on Please answer. 5 months ago:
And on top of that, a pointless Twitter comment.
I swear, every meme nowadays is three levels of reaction deep.
- Comment on Sotomayor Says Presidents Are Not Monarchs and Must Obey Rulings 5 months ago:
Sotomayor: "pretty please Mr. Trump, follow our guidance :( "
This doesn’t mean jack shit. SCOTUS does not enforce policy - it interprets it.
So many stories of pundits saying “But but but… Trump cant do that 😡. That goes against established norms and precedent!”
News flash: he can, and he is, and he will. It’s as out of touch as someone saying “I think Mueller is still going to bring Donny down!”
- Comment on What are your favorite games for killing nazis? 6 months ago:
It also has that one dude on the street in saint denis who
minor side character spoiler
is pushing his eugenics book.
- Comment on I don't think they understand. We're interviewing them too. 6 months ago:
Yup. It’s an interview. Not a viewing.
- Comment on Steam Winter Sale 2024 Has Begun! 7 months ago:
Right, I cannot access my wishlist on the mobile app or mobile website.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Agreed. I am becoming increasingly more skeptical of psychiatry since it seems like a means of downloading society’s problems onto individuals.
- Comment on flouride 8 months ago:
Yup, same with PFAS and forever chemicals. Maybe I’m ignorant because I’m not a doctor, but I don’t know if this line of thinking holds water - pun not intended.
- Comment on Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary 8 months ago:
Sheeiit I absolutely loved the first one, even only having played it for the first time last year. I was blown away at how well it holds up. I do recommend trying it if you have even a morsel of interest. Just my personal 2 cents tho.
- Comment on Tiny pp 9 months ago:
You seem like the type who’d start dropping N bombs if you saw a person of color driving a car you deemed too loud.
Or maybe getting ableist as fuck if you saw a wheelchair-bound person rolling coal.
Sure, these are shitty things to do, but body shaming is the weapon of the enemy.
Seeing deplorable behavior doesn’t give you a free pass to body shame, be racist, ableist, or misogynistic.
- Comment on Tiny pp 9 months ago:
Good meme, but we really ought to end small-penis hatred.
- Comment on "surrounded by water but not a drop to drink" or smth 9 months ago:
I always thought Venice looked like a handshake.
- Comment on Absolutely nothing happened June 1989 10 months ago:
You know those tanks were trying to leave the square, right?
- Comment on Anon goes to dinner with coworkers 10 months ago:
And my point is that this kind of thinking is what contributes to our abysmal rate of people speaking up due to harassment.
- Comment on Anon goes to dinner with coworkers 10 months ago:
The fact that some event happened outside of work hours by no means disqualifies it as legitimate harassment. We should absolutely not be disparaging people for invoking this protection. Think of all the vulnerable groups who may be less likely to speak up after some shitty behavior if we start shitting on people for invoking this protection.
A hostile work environment claim may include conduct that occurs in a work-related context outside an employee’s regular workplace.[219] For instance, harassment directed at an employee during the course of offsite employer-required training occurs within the “work environment,” even if the training is not conducted at the employer’s facility.[220]
Example 53: Harassment During Off-Site Employer-Hosted Party Was Within Work Environment. Fatima’s employer hosts its annual holiday party in a private restaurant. One of her coworkers, Tony, drinks to excess, and at the end of the evening attempts to grope and kiss Fatima. Although Tony’s behavior occurred outside Fatima’s regular workplace and at a private restaurant unaffiliated with her employer, it occurred in a work-related context, the company-sponsored holiday party. Therefore, based on these facts, the harassment occurred in Fatima’s work environment for purposes of a Title VII sexual harassment claim.
