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- Comment on If the UK government proposed to increase tax by 1% and make trains free would you be in favour? 4 days ago:
The tax raise should be graduated, not flat. It should be something like 0 percent on the lowest earners, .02 percent on the middle earners, and .2 percent on the highest earners
- Comment on Not trying to disparage first responders on 911. Why aren't nurses included with fire and police departments? Did we not take care of people on the backend of the rescuing? 6 days ago:
The difference is that first responders willingly put themselves at risk when trying to save people, and in fact hundreds of them were killed while performing their first responder duties on 9/11. No nurses (or doctors for that matter) were killed performing duties at the scene.
- Comment on Fall of Western civilization 2 weeks ago:
The burgers and everything else on their menu have all changed significantly many times over the years.
https://www.mashed.com/139926/mcdonalds-recipe-changes-you-might-have-missed/
- Comment on Fall of Western civilization 2 weeks ago:
The burgers have changed multiple times over the years, along with every single other item they sell
https://www.mashed.com/139926/mcdonalds-recipe-changes-you-might-have-missed/
- Comment on Fall of Western civilization 2 weeks ago:
Pervs
- Comment on Emoji Recently Added 2 weeks ago:
Is it? The squirt at least seems 'fresh', the splatter seems like what's left after the act is done
- Comment on Emoji Recently Added 2 weeks ago:
Splatter - oh no. Oh no no
- Comment on Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company? 2 weeks ago:
But that's not the situation in this scenario. OP's brother hired this firm to perform a service, and thus this law should apply
- Comment on Don't be suspicious 2 weeks ago:
🎶🎵 don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious 🎵 🎶
- Comment on My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks? 2 weeks ago:
No, absolutely not. None of your arguments hold any water. There are reasonable arguments that convictions should be public information, but not arrests. If anything, your arguments further prove that arrests SHOULDN'T be public information
- Comment on My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks? 2 weeks ago:
In no way is that a good thing. A person should be able to acquire and publish their OWN arrest record, but absolutely no one else should be able to without their permission
- Comment on Makegg gregg eggain 2 weeks ago:
This was one of the first ai images that really got big in the meme world
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Yeah I'm from nyc and honestly i don't know a single thing about Albania other than the name and that it's in Europe
- Comment on 4chan refuses to pay UK Online Safety Act fines, asks Trump admin to intervene 3 weeks ago:
Is this real life?
- Comment on Anon drinks milk 1 year ago:
- Comment on 4 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (DRAFT!) 1 year ago:
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My argument is you can't tell the demographic identity of ANY person who posts on lemmy. Even when they supposedly self-identify.
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Again, what you're saying here is radically different than what OP is saying in the 4 points they posted. There was nothing limiting it to "on discussions about being black".
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- Comment on 4 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (DRAFT!) 1 year ago:
Again, total nonsense. I'll repeat exactly what i said in one of the comments you deleted, and YOU can tell me why it's wrong. On lemmy there's no way to know what race/gender/sexuality a person is. So, you tell me, how is any of this stuff applicable here? If OP was just talking about mastodon, then their title is completely wrong.
- Comment on 4 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (DRAFT!) 1 year ago:
Absolute nonsense. The comments you removed weren't saying anything wrong. They were discussing why the OPs draft is unworkable.
- Comment on 4 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people (DRAFT!) 1 year ago:
That doesn't apply to online forums. There is LITERALLY no way to determine someone's race from what they write. Unless you're suggesting we open every discussion by asking what a person's race is before we start talking to them? Better yet we can skip that and simply put demographic badges next to people's username, like a yellow star for Jewish people, a pink triangle for homosexuals, and... hm, that sounds familiar, where has that happened before?
- Comment on What is the secret to making LED light bulbs last as long as the package says? 1 year ago:
My oldest LED is about 7 years old at this point, so that makes sense
- Comment on What is the secret to making LED light bulbs last as long as the package says? 1 year ago:
I've never had to replace an LED bulb, ever. They last forever if there isn't a problem with your installation, like poor electrical wiring or poor ventilation
- Comment on Anon visits his dealer 1 year ago:
Seriously. Just because he didn't know the type of gun doesn't mean it was a threat. It sounds like he was just saying "just fyi there's a gun out", because lots of people will freak the fuck out if they see a gun.
- Comment on What do to if I survive a nuclear blast in my city? 1 year ago:
I'm far from an expert on this, but I would guess the safety of being outdoors heavily depends on additional factors, like for example wind direction and speed.
- Comment on What do to if I survive a nuclear blast in my city? 1 year ago:
A very fit athletic person who has done endurance training can do 30 miles in a day, but that's not typical. Most people could do around 10+ if their life literally depended on it like in the aftermath of a nuke
