just_an_average_joe

@just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If someone is involved in illegal stuff... like say you built a drug empire... do they every get like... therapy for all the times they have to murder someone or almost get murdered?⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Based on what i know, they have their own set of morals where they justify these things. And surprisingly, they are very strict about their “laws” and “honour”.

  Source: i am from a third world country, was kinda friends with those type of people (or atleast their siblings) during school.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you actually tax the ultra wealthy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  5% wealth tax, and no loans for corpos or other orgs, only for humans and even then it would be considered a charity (meaning if they default money goes puff), this would mostly be coming from tax that was collected earlier.

  Also no patents, only open source research. So people can set up bussinesses easily and anywhere, buyers will pay for labour.

  We already know how to grow food and build houses, let’s end these issues first and only then focus on advancing science and tech, and any advancement should be for betterment of all humanity, not for individualistic gains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨h8ers gonna h8⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t division of labour a capitalistic thing? That ultimately leads to alienation?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im pan so anyone can apply⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its easier to sell things if you are horny. In the free market of ideas, ofcourse horny posting serves the platforms that sell things. And eventually it has to leak in niche platforms too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im pan so anyone can apply⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes their application is redundantly over-constrained, rejected!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Im pan so anyone can apply⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Except this may be someone trying to sell things

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CW: Picture of a severe vaccine injury, NSFL⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In Pakistan and Afghanistan CIA used vaccine drives as a cover up to collect information like DNA to look for bin laden. This is why these 2 countries are the only places where polio still exists. This also created mistrusts worldwide as well.

  And the most outragious part is, some people raised the concerns in the admin that this would happen, but this was CIA and national security trumps everything sso they went with it anyways.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coffee ☕⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, found a non dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So why are Indian curries so popular in the UK? (interest in culinary perspectives).⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The biggest minority group in UK are pakistanis. And pakistani food is also “indian curry” so is other countries/culture’s food i bet.

  India of today and “indian” are kinda different concept imo. Even today’s india has a ton of different ethnic groups.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why is the beginning on the left and the end on the right?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you know why arabic languages are right to left?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE is 30 minutes late again. I'm really pissed about that.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Bro be happy it was only 30 mins. I have travelled with db to munich once. It got delayed 2 hours to munich and then 2 hours back as well. Always take flixbus if going to munich from west side

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Miss me yet?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Atleast it doesn’t use ram… this might become our future

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With what's happening in Gaza, what can we as socialists (and non-socialists) do to fix Gaza?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Organizing communities. Unity is strength, if we can do anything for gaza we will need communities and solidarity

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I feel comfortable/safe going outside by myself after being so used to have parent(s) be with me outside most of my life?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also don’t have autism but do have OCD. Although my psychiatrist did say I met the threashold for a formal diagnosis for autism but I declined.

  Also OCD is way way more than just germophobia, for me i am a lot more obsessive than I have compulsions. I just to watch so many lectures and read books on body language, but in the end they didn’t really helped me as much as just forcing myself to have more exposure

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I feel comfortable/safe going outside by myself after being so used to have parent(s) be with me outside most of my life?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That sounds like me at 23. Do you by any chance have OCD? Or maybe autism? I would try asking for a diagnosis from a psychiatrist.

  Just so you have hope. I am funtioning member of the society as in I can go out for groceries/doctor’s appointment etc. So don’t lose hope.

  As for how, the hard truth is you will need exposure. It kinda never goes away (atleast for me) but it gets managable. I would recommend asking a friend to accompany you first few times and then try going out alone and slowly and gradually it will get better.

  Another piece of advice that was kinda profound moment for me during my therapy. Try not to look for what went wrong in your past, I remember I was listing things to my psychiatrist about how my mom did this and my dad did that and she said: don’t dwel in past because you can never change it, instead think about what you can do today to make it better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Someone, I'm thinking with multiple accounts, is downvoting EVERY comment I make. Mildly aggravating, mostly sad for someone like that. Can I find out who and just block them?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If they gather enough evidence, im sure instance mods could block the abuser’s accounts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humans are part of the ecosystem.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I propose killing bottom 6-7.5 billions of humans. Or better yet, let’s create a system that marginalizes bottom 6 billion so they die anyways. And just to speed things up, throw in a couple global wars…

  oh wait, we are already on track for this plan

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What common American habits do people find quietly annoying?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Invading other countries, ignoring international law, supporting palestinian genocide, toppling foreign governments… i find them kinda annoying you know?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a uBlock Origin filter or extension for LLM slop in search results⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yay! Capitalism saved the day

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The vowels in her name have a secret message...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  (In case someone does not get it)

  Me: old macdonald had a farm. Vowels in celine dion’s name: exists

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't NASA have a go fund me page or kickstarter? Really don't know how they work but would donate. 380 million in the US if everyone gave a dollar would do good?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, its worse. 1$ is worth far more in a poor person’s pocket than a rich one. Taxation atleast tries to be more fair by taxing based on income.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a fact checker⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What are stats on suicide rate for men? Or depression? Wouldn’t those be much better indicator than whether or not they had sex or marriage?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨womp womp⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it is because we humans are not rational.

  In a free market society, over time, every seller would charge for their service as much as they can. And the service they themselves use, will in turn charge them as much as they can.

  This would be an optimal system, if only humans were rational creatures. When prices for a service increase too much, we should stop using it and go for alternatives, which would create more incentives for competition to grow and prices to come down etc.

  But i think, we don’t think rationally. Sometimes, even when we know something is bad for us, we still do it cuz of lack of self control or other reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Select a tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Your whole point is “you don’t know” without actually providing anything. I may be wrong but at least im saying something. Please try and at least say something, otherwise what’s the point of your comment? Gain upvotes/give down votes on lemmy?

  And at least for me, I actually live in EU and many of my friends have worked and many acquaintances are still working as servers so at least my opinion has some worth.

  Where are you from btw?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Select a tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol, what?

  I am literally talking about how much suffering it would cause if we keep trying to “fix capitalism” with bandage after bandage and how each and everything would need fixing which will turn into something not capitalistic anyways.

  I don’t want to be rude but people should have better reading comprehension and learn to read between the lines or just read i guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Select a tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure tipping for things may not be applicable in eu. But here’s another example: imagine the first person who got a loan cuz they wanted to buy a house but didn’t have the money at the time.

  The bank who lent the money did a nice thing. Other banks and people started doing the same. And because people had access to more money, the price of houses increased to match with it.

  Despite the fact that those people don’t actually have that money and now it is a requirement. Nobody can afford to buy a house unless they go into debt. Again this is capitalism and the free market in action.

  The reason tipping so “people can have livable wage” is not a thing in the EU is because the EU does have a livable minimum wage.

  The concept of minimum wage is inherently anti-capitalistic. It is against the principles of free market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Select a tip⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The issue with tipping is an issue with capitalism.

  It is capitalism that has ruined nice things. Imagine the first person who tipped someone because their service was good and it was a nice thing to do. Next other people started doing it as well, which makes the profession with tipping more favorable.

  This leads to a higher supply of workers and lower demand and the market adjusts which means lower pay because “they will receive tips”.

  Also it is easy to vilify the shop owners for doing something that the system encourages and even demands them. We don’t know how or in what ways the shop owners are suffering because of the system.

  Also to acknowledge their suffering is not to say that their suffering is equal to the suffering of their workers but rather we need to identify that everybody suffers in capitalism (except the very rich/elites).

  The way to fix this is to stop tipping altogether. This will hurt the workers for sure but their suffering is necessary in order for things to change, at least under the current system.

  Or alternatively, we can try and abolish the system altogether.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Greens are far-right? Bitch I'm Far-ting.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember germany having to start coal plants after the russian attack on ukraine. No? Am i misremembering things?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choosing pink is chaotic evil?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, what else did he expect to happen when eating shit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey thanks so much for taking the time to answer in detail. I really appreciate it.

  It is a bit strange that even though society at large has made so much progress in gender equality, there are still cases that stump me like this. Cuz I don’t remember playing any game with a female protagonist that also had a romance element, but then again I haven’t played that many games in general.