LovableSidekick
@LovableSidekick@lemmy.world
- Comment on It's great to see a politician that's progressive and Not a Millionaire. 6 days ago:
Speaking of wealth and politicians, by the time Trump’s tax records were finally released after years of court battles, the public had moved on to other things and paid virtually no attention to the masses of inconsistencies - which would be prosecuted as tax fraud if other people did them.
- Comment on How to deal with people who obtusely miss your point on Lemmy? 6 days ago:
And so began yet another thread where people take the opportunity to reveal they’re smarter or more neurodivergent (i.e. better) than everybody else.
- Comment on Does Israel have a right to your tax dollars? 2 weeks ago:
They can word it any way they like, but in the US “permanent” requires a constitutional amendment, and even those aren’t necessarily permanent.
- Comment on Does Israel have a right to your tax dollars? 2 weeks ago:
Israel has no right to anything of mine, but my senators and reps in Congress do have the right to decide to give Israel money (or not) since making those decisions is their job. It might not always go the way I want, but it doesn’t involve Israel having “rights”.
- Comment on Is there a reason why toilets are made out of one of the most resonating materials possible while also being made in a shape that makes a small fart sound like a damn trombone? 2 weeks ago:
Yes they’re made of pure trombonium.
factoid: Three toilet improvements were invented in the late 1800s by Thomas Crapper, including the floating ballcock.
- Comment on Trump implemented tariffs illegally, creating over $100 billion of profit for corporations selling foreign products, at the expense of American consumers. Your refund: $0.00 2 weeks ago:
And he did it all without making the Epstein files go away.
- Comment on Peter Lynch killed himself after being accused of racist comments, says inquest jury 2 weeks ago:
Srsly? I’ve heard of being sensitive to criticism but jeeez
- Comment on AOC vs Graham on Social Security. 2 weeks ago:
Thinking also of when Warren Buffet said his secretary paid a higher tax rate than he did.
- Comment on A simpler time 2 weeks ago:
Coolidge Jr got the blister playing tennis barefoot, and probably ignored it until the ensuing staph infection was well underway. People of that time (1924) who paid attention to their little injuries - wash with soap and water, hit it with some alcohol, cover it (i.e. don’t keep going barefoot on it) didn’t tend to die from them.
- Comment on A simpler time 2 weeks ago:
Mortality rate was higher than today but life wasn’t anywhere near that extreme. Most people don’t die from minor untreated infections - that’s what our immune system is for.
- Comment on Hypocrisy is their default setting 2 weeks ago:
Make it so, Number One.
- Comment on Hypocrisy is their default setting 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think they do these things as dry runs, but when somebody pushes an envelope all eyes are definitely on them because it redefines the envelope.
- Comment on Hypocrisy is their default setting 2 weeks ago:
For a moment he really believed he saw five ghosts.
- Comment on Hypocrisy is their default setting 2 weeks ago:
“Fuck 'em, I got mine.”
- Comment on If everyone in power is racist, a pedophile, and just all-around hates poor people, happiness, and everything that's good, then how do we keep winning? 3 weeks ago:
Exactly! If you offer even a hint of varying from locally accepted gospel, the teeming masses immediately click the down arrow to do their bit for social justice without bothering to read further. OP might have done better with something like, “In a system that’s undeniably evil, how do occasional good things slip through the cracks?”
- Comment on If everyone in power is racist, a pedophile, and just all-around hates poor people, happiness, and everything that's good, then how do we keep winning? 3 weeks ago:
There’s an early-60s stage play I was in once called Marat Sade, set in a mental asylum in 1808. The central theme is essentially that authority only exists because we let it. I think that show is ripe for a revival.
- Comment on This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead. 3 weeks ago:
Looks like he’s teaching them civics by example LOL
- Comment on Why is AOC a big deal? She just speaks common sense and calls out absurdity. Have we really gone that far off the rails where we don't do it ourselves? 3 weeks ago:
If you only define AOC in MAGA’s terms then neither have you.
- Comment on Utopia 🌈 3 weeks ago:
“People” whining doesn’t change the fact that what we call modern conservatism is no longer conservative. If you aren’t going to make an actual point I’m done.
- Comment on Utopia 🌈 3 weeks ago:
Absolutely not splitting hairs - MAGA successfully posing as “conservative” is a big deal.
- Comment on Why is AOC a big deal? She just speaks common sense and calls out absurdity. Have we really gone that far off the rails where we don't do it ourselves? 3 weeks ago:
Chalking it up to racism etc. is typical superficial social media thinking that doesn’t give her credit for what she does. AOC is a lot more than a young Latina.
- Comment on Why is AOC a big deal? She just speaks common sense and calls out absurdity. Have we really gone that far off the rails where we don't do it ourselves? 3 weeks ago:
The US Congress certainly has gone that far.
- Comment on Utopia 🌈 3 weeks ago:
If he voted for Trump he’s not conservative, and neither is MAGA.
- Comment on Utopia 🌈 3 weeks ago:
Or just think back to the mid-90s Internet, when conservatives still had 12:00 blinking on their VCRs.
- Comment on I have come across this personally. Why does this happen and why is this so common? 4 weeks ago:
404 Not Found just means the server can’t find the page you’re looking for.
- Comment on Man or Bear 🥩 4 weeks ago:
Manbearpig: half man, half bear, half pig
- Comment on How can AI act without initial human input? Does this show AI can have freewill or am I deceived? 4 weeks ago:
You are deceived.
- Comment on Russians turn to cash putting more strain on slowing wartime economy 4 weeks ago:
No wheelbarrows yet?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Different design priorities - MS devs aim to make the OS a marketing tool for other products, which are continuously obsoleted to encourage repeated re-buying. Linux devs aim to make stuff work.
- Comment on Alternative medicine 4 weeks ago:
They could be trying to get rid of worms or some other parasites, since that’s the only prescribed use of ivermectin and mebendezol in humans. But it’s given in careful doses, not DIY from a bottle from a “wellness company”. So who knows what they’re trying to do.