frezik

@frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Why I change my own oil. Not because I save money–generally don’t even before your time is factored in–but because I know how to put on an oil pan bolt without cross threading it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Car⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  It just needs to be clear and set close to the max fill line. If it’s low and/or dark, it wasn’t done right.

  Alternatively, if you’re in a place dedicated to oil changes, you can assume it wasn’t done right.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sign me up⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The future conservatives want is the same except it’s men in fashy uniforms. We don’t even have to speculate or joke; it’s exactly how mines are run in countries without worker protections.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sign me up⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Conservatives don’t make that distinction. Though OP does lean into Poe’s Law.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A secret, never-mentioned fact is that the people who voted for Zohran are also taxpayers.⁩ ⁨⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  So I’m aware there is a right-libertarian argument at work here that frames all taxes, always, as “stealing”. However, there’s an argument that can be used along more democratic socialist lines.

  Taxation in representative democracy is legitimate when the democracy itself lives up to the terms. We have come to some kind of consensus as a society on the level of taxation and where that money should go. When we do that, and we say the road is “our road”, we mean that in a literal way.

  The US is not a democracy that lives up to the term. “Taxation is theft” is correct in this context.