DarrinBrunner
@DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
- Comment on Twitch: "Hey, come back! This commercial break can't play while you're away." 6 hours ago:
Why do they keep shooting themselves in the foot? Will enough people put up with this shit to keep them in business?
I dunno, I haven’t looked at the site in probably five years or longer, but maybe they think they can hold out long enough that the next generation will just accept this is how it is? Is that the plan?
- Comment on Only 21% of Americans Support the United States Initiating an Attack on Iran 6 hours ago:
Finally, some decent poll numbers. But, what sort of mental gymnastics did the 21% perform to continue the “No new wars” President?
Oh, wait, that’s not why the supported him in the first place. I get it. It was probably that thing they’re always pointing at with a flat open hand, and extended arm.
- Comment on A joyful reminder 8 hours ago:
I dunno how many people have watched Undone, but it’s very good, and that much better for his performance.
- Comment on Is toothpaste supposed to be sealed or is this how shitty the products just are now? 1 day ago:
Prolly using AI and cameras instead of people to check quality now.
- Comment on The script is mysterious and important. 2 days ago:
Well, hindsight is 20/20, but he also doesn’t have the best history of choosing hits. Maybe it’s his manager? Maybe he’s dumb.
He’s definitely an asshole, though.
- Comment on prudish mom 2 days ago:
But, what did your dad think?
(I’ll see myself out)
- Comment on Is spreading. 2 days ago:
I suppose they just want commiseration?
We’re just trying to help, but whatever.
- Comment on Ouch 4 days ago:
I wondered about “California’s UPS with apartments above it”, so I searched. And, I found that Costco is building apartments above one of their stores.
Capitalism getting back to roots with indentured servitude just around the corner.
- Comment on USA: Federal minimum wage remains unchanged for 16 years, forcing many workers to survive on $7.25 an hour - Business and Human Rights Centre 4 days ago:
Federal minimum wage should be $30 per hour, with yearly raises to account for inflation.
But, the filthy rich know that money is power, and they want us to be powerless.
Many, many years ago, when Bill Gates first became filthy rich he said in an article, I’m paraphrasing, “Things only get so good, once you can afford to have the best of everything, the rest of the money is just for keeping score.” And, the game they’re tracking is who is most powerful.
Trump bankrupted two casinos, and is a notoriously bad businessman, which is why he jumped at the chance to run for President. Because, the President of the U.S. is “the most powerful man in the world”, at least on paper. It’s also why he’s wielding that power so ruthlessly–it’s his bruised ego. He couldn’t hack it in the private sector, he never got anywhere near the top and the top kept rising, getting further out of reach. Why don’t more billionaires run for office? Easy, they don’t want the responsibility. They want power without consequences.
“Everything is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.” But, really everything is about power, including sex, and money.
The disparity in power is what gets them off. That explains why they flocked to Epstein. There’s no greater disparity in power for humans than between a billionaire and a young girl.
- Comment on Employa destroya 🫵😫 4 days ago:
This is what I’ve done. I haven’t been out to eat since before the pandemic. I got used to making my meals at home.
- Comment on Beast Mode 4 days ago:
Power corrupts. Always.
- Comment on "Being vegan is unnatural" 5 days ago:
Veganism is unnatural because we’re all omnivores, and evolved eating both plants and animals.
Impregnating cows this way is also unnatural.
Both can be true.
- Comment on Human Nature never changes 5 days ago:
This is how to store data for millennia.
Let’s move ahead 3000 years and take a peek at how all of our digital data from today has survived.
- Comment on 👀 🐟 6 days ago:
Is that really his brain and not-spinal cord?
- Comment on I don't know the reason why. 1 week ago:
The Red Pistachio mold plague spread with surprising speed. Horticulturalists were caught flatfooted, but pulled a rabbit out of their hat with the current strain of green pistachios, saving the sector. It was quite a wild ride.
I guess you had to be there.
- Comment on lmao 1 week ago:
Remember when they fired the guy from Google because he claimed AI was sentient?
- Comment on This MF is quadrupling down and dropping Alien files before dropping the full, unredacted Epstein Files. GODDAMN. 1 week ago:
Makes me think the worst of what we’ve heard is not only true, but far from the worst.
- Comment on Find what you like and stick with it 1 week ago:
I don’t think I’m on the spectrum, but maybe?
Anyway, for the past four years or so, I’ve been eating nearly the same meals every day, and I’m fine with it. I know exactly what I’ll buy for the week’s groceries, and I waste zero food. My trip to the grocery store takes just over one hour every Sunday morning, including driving time. I take the same path through the store, and grab the same items off the shelves each time, and the store is practically empty at that time, so I just slow down to grab the item. However, on the rare occasion I decide to change an ingredient, I can spend a long time trying to decide on a replacement.
Last year, I wanted to stop using packaged picante sauce, which I used for eggs, and as a replacement for ranch salad dressing for about a year previous. The packaged has too much salt, also I’ve been reducing the processed foods I buy. First, I looked for one that had lower salt, and the few they had were too expensive. So, I decided to try to make my own. That meant I had to buy several ingredients I didn’t before. I did it for about six months, but really didn’t like it, and it was more work every Sunday after I got home from shopping. So, instead, I just dropped it altogether. That meant I dropped the salad with chicken, because I couldn’t find a suitable dressing replacement with low salt. So, now I’m down to my hot meal with chicken and vegetables all the time. I thought it would be rough having the hot meal during the summer, but I did it all last summer and it was fine. Also, it’s one less aisle I go down during shopping.
- Comment on Shit, I'd pay $9 1 week ago:
If they’re not in my very short contact list, it goes to voicemail. Isn’t that how everyone does it?
It’s not like anyone calls me anymore, anyway. Any.
- Comment on Bacterial strain from 5,000-year-old cave ice shows resistance against 10 modern antibiotics 1 week ago:
Yea.
- Comment on we're all a little gay inside 1 week ago:
If everyone is special, then no one is.
A rainbow is a participation award.
- Comment on Not gonna lie, I kind like it 1 week ago:
I’ll take getting older over the alternative every time.
I’m not happy I’m sixty. But, I am happy I’m not dead.
- Comment on Hopefully, he will be 6 underground by that time. 1 week ago:
Slightly better than fascist is a very low bar, and most of them aren’t clearing it.
- Comment on A how-to 1 week ago:
In the U.S., stand with your back to the hinge side of the door, and swing your arm as if it is a door to determine a “right-hand swing” door from a left-hand swing. This makes sense to me. But, because humans, in Europe, you stand on the latch side. So, U.S. and European designations for door swing are opposite each other.
- Comment on Harm production 1 week ago:
- Comment on One of the most interesting things that happens when you are old 1 week ago:
I’m sixty and haven’t had this yet. But, then, I don’t talk to anyone, either, so…
- Comment on Tune a fish 1 week ago:
You can twist knobs on a guitar, but you can’t make it drink.
- Comment on The ultimate "flex" 1 week ago:
- Comment on The ultimate "flex" 1 week ago:
- Comment on happy valentines day❤️ 2 weeks ago:
Oh! Right. It’s Valentine’s Day.
I currently have no reason to track that, and probably won’t for the foreseeable future.
