sugarfoot00

@sugarfoot00@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨History Channel⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Boy, you coulda just said that you don’t subscribe to any philosophy that doesn’t fit on a bumper sticker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨History Channel⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Canada, most of Western Europe, Scandinavia- All have a greater blend of public and private responsibilities. Because there are some areas of interest that *benefit *from monopolies. Single payer health care. Industries vital to national security (resource ownership like Norway or Mexico as an example). Canada’s government-created Telsat celecommunications put the first commercial telecommunications satellite in orbit in the 70s, and now as a former crown corporation is set to have a better high-speed competitor to Starlink operational by 2026. Fire departments. Policing. Schooling. There are lots of examples where a socialist approach is preferable to unfettered capitalism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨History Channel⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wealth inequality is gaining traction. The standard of living of the average poor American is better today than it was in the 1960s. What has changed is how we feel about it. Wealth inequality makes us mad, but it has not resulted in worse overall living standards on an absolute scale.

  How you can manage to speak with your head so far up your own ass is an amazing magic trick. Wealth has been decoupled from productivity for more than 50 years now. That’s just facts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The clueless people are out there among us⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Like the way California people say their O’s

  As a Canadian, it’s all I can hear when they speak.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Use a different email and a different browser. Turn off IP tracking in settings. You may even need to use a VPN.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely. I lost my 15 year account for using the phrase ‘burn it all down’ entirely metaphorically. They really, really didn’t like Canadians pushing back. Fuck those guys.

  I hope Reddit dies in a fire, and not a metaphorical one. One with the ownership group literally aflame. And I’d like to roast marshmallows over that fire.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are some FOSS programs that are objectively better than their proprietary counterparts?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with all of this, but I do have a bit of pushback- The account creation process, with the steps of create, verify, provide username to host, wait for invite, accept invite, pin to sidebar is enough of a barrier that it stops some people. I have a handful of guest accounts already setup and sorted that I toss out to interested people, and if they find it useful only then do I have them jump through the hoops of creating their own account.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh Best Buy, if only it were that simple.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Memory Express is your friend, especially in western Canada.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Genius⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, I’ve heard jokes about quebecios being snobby with their French but that seems excessive

  It’s not snobby. From an anglo perspective, here’s how it plays out in reality:

  WAITER: Qu’est-ce que vous voudrais? ME: Huh? WAITER: What would you like? ME: {proceeds to order}

  …And life goes on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're still on Reddit...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Welcome to the club. Fuck that place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're still on Reddit...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  After a decade there I also got permabanned. And then I got permabanned 3 more times with alt accounts for saying some pretty innocuous shit, but almost always political.

  I finally got the message. Fuck you Reddit.