CmdrShepard42
@CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
- Comment on The “De” In “Decentralization” Stands For “Democracy” 15 hours ago:
So it means “democracy centralization?” That doesn’t really sound like a good thing either.
- Comment on Chipotle offering a discount, while warning they may also inflate prices and delivery fees simultaneously 2 weeks ago:
So is Chipotle and 90% of your burrito/bowl is now rice.
- Comment on "LEDVANCE" is just a trademark. This is just a plain old fluorescent tube. 2 weeks ago:
It doesn’t even look like “LEDVANCE” to me. More like “LEOVANCE”
- Comment on T-Mobile Shows Users the Names, Pictures, and Exact Locations of Random Children 2 weeks ago:
why would this app even need to include their names and pictures?
How else are parents supposed to remember who their kids are?
- Comment on Lithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it 2 weeks ago:
Imagine that, your previous images were pulled from an article claiming these are being sold in Thailand by Chinese companies just like I thought, so your argument is that vapes should be banned in the US because of what may or may not be happening in Thailand?
or the illusion that your country is the only one in the world.
How convenient for you and your argument since that means you only need to find one example of a bad thing happening in the world and can then apply that bad example to millions of other unrelated products sold elsewhere in the world. What happened to your argument claiming that these were being stopped by US Customs? That so quickly morphed into “it doesn’t matter if these products were actually shipped and sold here because Thailand!”
Your other article, from the rag that is the Daily Mail, claims that Squid Games is a children’s TV show, and only lists one western company receiving a notice (which they incorrectly called a “Canadian” company rather than a California based company in true Daily Mail fashion) for having a vape that resembles a banana. How convincing since we all know how crazy and insaitiable children get when they see something that slightly resembles a banana. They gotta have it!
I’m not going to discuss …
Didn’t you already say that when you claimed you “didn’t get those images from a quick Google search” and “wouldn’t bother to verify the legitimacy of these products” even though you just now claimed to do a quick Google search to find the very articles that your images came from? Why such inconsistencies?
- Comment on Lithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it 2 weeks ago:
You aren’t going to look for them because you just grabbed whatever image you found from a Google search and have no clue what you’re even talking about.
If these even exist, the only reason why a black market would exist for vapes is because of the idiotic bans that created it by killing the legitimate market further proving my point. Furthermore your argument that they’re “stopped at customs” contradicts your previous argument that they’re being marketed and sold to kids since they aren’t being sold at all.
- Comment on Lithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it 2 weeks ago:
How convenient that none of the manufacturer or product names are listed for any of these devices except the “Moti Pop” which appears to be a black market disposable from China. It’s almost as if someone just either fabricated a bunch of items or cherry picked a bunch of already illegal devices in order to push the FUD angle. Can you provide any listings or images showing that any of these were ever sold in a vape shop anywhere in the western world because I’ve been vaping for 13 years now and have never once seen anything even remotely resembling anything like these sold in any store. It’s just more bullshit propaganda.
- Comment on Lithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it 2 weeks ago:
This is literally the argument they used and it’s complete bullshit propaganda. Can you elaborate in detail on what makes it “toy shaped?” Do you consume fruit and or fruit-flavored things as an adult? I’m surprised you didn’t also mention “bright colors” as another draw being so appealing to children as well. I guess I never got the memo as an adult that I should only be consuming and enjoying drab colored, unflavored oatmeal for all my meals as color and flavor are no longer appealing to me.
I suppose I should be forced to smoke cancer-causing cigarettes produced by big tobacco for my crime of enjoying nicotine and flavors as an adult all so some shitty parents can be absolved of their duty as parents. While we’re at it let’s also ban things like D&D and rock music because those lure children into worshipping the devil which leads to things like talking back and human sacrifice.
- Comment on Lithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it 2 weeks ago:
I’ve been vaping since around 2012 and ran through a ton of disappointing eGo clones and mods and got a GeekVape Zeus about a year or two ago and it’s been rock solid. It is a dual battery but that just means it lasts a day or more depending on how often you’re using it.
- Comment on Lithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it 2 weeks ago:
They literally only exist because of all the government regulations that decimated the industry “because of the children.”
- Comment on The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area 4 weeks ago:
Well, I hadn’t seen that mentioned anywhere, so if that’s the case I agree it’s not a big deal to pack your trash back to the cafe.
- Comment on The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area 4 weeks ago:
I can see taking things that I brought with me like granola bar wrappers and water bottles, but if you have a cafe selling cheeseburgers, fountain drinks, and coffee, it seems dumb to expect people to carry all that home rather than allowing them to throw it away at the same place they bought and consumed it.
- Comment on "You should probably just throw it away" 4 weeks ago:
We just got this on all our Win 10 work PCs, too, from IT.
- Comment on Influencers people are finding their way to the Fediverse 4 weeks ago:
I don’t and I just tried different search terms but couldn’t locate it.
- Comment on Receipt checkers trigger me 5 weeks ago:
Walmart receipt checkers infuriate me but Costco receipt checkers do not because Walmart is a predatory shithole while Costco is the opposite of that. It’s the same reason why I don’t give a shit if people steal from Walmart.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I’ve gotten 3 or 4 separate PMs from different alts of this account (same username but different instances) over at least a month now.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
This makes sense to me because why else would they keep creating the same exact account on every instance and sending the exact same message?
- Comment on Influencers people are finding their way to the Fediverse 5 weeks ago:
From “Nicole?”
This is someone that keeps creating new alts and spamming everyone with PMs. Someone noticed on a previous iteration where they posted a separate photo (of a buttplug) that the reflection in the photo was of an old, bald white guy. After being called out they immediately deleted the photo.
I don’t think it’s an influencer. I think it’s just a plain old scammer.
- Comment on MS new captcha: Why did it have to be that hard!?!? 3 months ago:
It means you’re not human.
- Comment on Should you bother with... mini PCs? 3 months ago:
Find a brother in law that works in IT. I changed his brakes and he gave me three Optiplex micros that were e-wasted from his work.
- Comment on Plumbing Subreddit that locks anyone that is "new", even after everyone has commented 3 months ago:
By locking new posts?
- Comment on The latest box set of the Breaking Bad series doesn't have closed captioning. 3 months ago:
Mainly because insurance paid for it but also because I don’t have the skills to replicate their software even though it’s essentially just text-to-speech software with what might as well be considered clipart images.
- Comment on it's big with all the kids, they're calling it "Karting" 3 months ago:
I do think that’s the right strategy after seeing how effective it is for people like Trump to use, but there’s a lot of catch-up to do along with battling against state-sponsored propaganda from countries like Russia and China.
- Comment on it's big with all the kids, they're calling it "Karting" 3 months ago:
It’s definitely a funny thing to joke about but this is exactly how the media and ruling class manipulate people into falling in line with whatever agenda they’re trying to push. It’s quite scary how effective it is and how difficult it can be to combat.
- Comment on The latest box set of the Breaking Bad series doesn't have closed captioning. 3 months ago:
$700 is a bargain. My kid got a speech tablet which is just a small Samsung tablet with a speaker mounted on the back and they billed our insurance $3500 for it.
- Comment on TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal 4 months ago:
I get the joke but it still doesn’t exist for anyone that matters. You see free markets, you attack violently
- Comment on TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal 4 months ago:
“Free markets” is a complete farce. The only free markets are in places where no government exists like Somalia. In a true free market, anyone could take over a business by sheer force since no laws would be there to protect them.
- Comment on European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X 4 months ago:
Of course it’s real easy to make this statement when it’s someone else making the sacrifice.
- Comment on I can't imagine being paid to act like I enjoy working in the office 4 months ago:
Did ya get that memo, Bob?
- Comment on Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the support - Ars Technica 5 months ago:
