birdwing

@birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We need to ban money in politics⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll defer to the Jacobins in the French revolution.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do americans living in Red States really despise american living in Blue States?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of Der Fuehrer’s Face, a WW2 US film. It showcases how people are brainwashed from young up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do americans living in Red States really despise american living in Blue States?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  The source of the fascist indoctrination, as always, has to be combatted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s a reasonable tip for a barber? (America)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  0% because everyone should have decent wages. Tips are a way for bosses to avoid properly paying their employees.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Martians Stay Mad _💪_⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s a nice twofold question: what is the closest stable orbit that could produce a total eclipse on Mars? And how small would an object in that orbit then need to be, to produce that eclipse?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Utopia 🌈⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Or that Garfield comic where on one side you got the grey Garfield toxically arguing a lot with people on Shitter, versus Garfield simply blocking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Utopia 🌈⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  fascist*

  conservative are christian democrats (in the US a close equivalent would be Rockefeller Reps, à la Charlie Baker. Those are the real Reps.

  a conservative is interested in keeping things as is, stable, favouring democracy (even if imperfect).

  a fascist opposes both; they above all break down labour rights and align with the reactionary, irresponsible bourgeoise, rather than the proletariat whose labour they employ. Fascism favours militarism to enforce their will, rather than building bridges through dialogue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with Tesseract and why are people upset?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not just that, but he also blacklisted a lot of instances that were not batshit insane enough. Lots of users were even included. He went so far to put up individual regex blocks against thousands of useds 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is starlink internet worth it or shit for gaming?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  /thread. Don’t finance fascists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon notices a problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There also was that one billionnaire that died in a Titanic exploration accident. Poor son though, he didn’t want to go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible to construct a self reproducing mechanical device?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oops, thanks, corrected!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it theoretically possible to construct a self reproducing mechanical device?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They kind of already exist, xenobots

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the worst ever city street layouts? (U.S. perspective) Charlottesville VA and Lexington KY⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most of Houston is parking spots. Unwalkable and unbicycleable, little greenery. Gets scorching hot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is an imposter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  fuck off, i’m not going to use aislop

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is an imposter⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ngl this got me wondering what kinda jobs are fairly easy to enter (not too difficult or not too few availability), have good job prospects (salary, labour terms and conditions)… like how do i even learn how to do front/backend, etc., if i am bad at math?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does death with a mechanical/artificial heart work?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wondering if ever in the future we’ll be able to reverse brain death…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Terrorbird⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “would you rather-”

  “Bear.”

  “But I didn’t even finish-”

  “Did I stutter? Bear. I love the hairy, cuddley gay ones.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being poor is expensive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Again, that is a policy failure. Do not blame the public transit & pro-walkability/bicycleability organisations, but the car lobbies.

  Also, c’mon, a car is more expensive to maintain - it impoverishes you more. You have to pay for petrol/electricity/hydrogen, have to face traffic jams and still focus during travel, find parking spots, waste a ton of your local currency on paying it off, and so on.

  No fucking thanks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being poor is expensive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And there it hits again: the core of the issue is not the bus agency, but the lack of support for excellent public transit.

  Build another car lane, it gets filled up immediately.

  Build a bus lane, have buses drive regularly between areas of cities, connect cities with each other by train, and you’ll see it’s much better. Lack of bus lanes, bicycle lanes and paths, trains, is a policy failure caused by RINOs like those MAGAhats of Trump, who vote for bootlicking the petrolobby.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being poor is expensive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most people do live in cities, yes. I live in a town with like ‘only’ 20k people and yet there’s decent public transit.

  Cars and their lobbies are the problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being poor is expensive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A few minutes in a traffic jam? Pah, that isn’t a traffic jam. They last for far longer.

  I never need to wait an hour for a bus - at most it’s 20 min and that’s late in the evening.

  I think it’s a big sign of societal poverty when people are condemned to cars!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being poor is expensive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … buses don’t come hourly there. They come far more often.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being poor is expensive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Waiting for buses is not poverty. Being in traffic jams and stuck to using a car is, however.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surrey libraries fitted with Chinese firm's CCTV despite concerns⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course, if it’s British surveillance, it’s better than Chinese! After all, it’s sold to the highest bidder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon ruins christmas⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Child abuse is cool if my kid doesn’t like me forcing my religion upon them”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨:o 🐟⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  give the fucking paper NOW

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the difference between socialism and communism? Is there one? Or are the terms interchangeable?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Socialism, social democracy, and communism all focus on a more egalitarian distribution of wealth and income. To what extent and what their approaches are, differ, though.

  Social democracy proposes a classless society, usually within the premise of an ‘electoral democracy’.

  Socialism, if distinguished from social democracy, also wishes a classless society, but goes further: it wishes to advance social ownership of the economy, i.e. rather than just politics, the economy is also democratised. Instead of a CEO deciding for all, it’s the labourers that choose, that have a say.

  Communism proposes that a just society must be not just classless, but also moneyless and stateless. Instead of money as transferrable and susceptible to wealth accumulation, other means for exchange are used; labour vouchers, community exchange systems, and so on. Instead of a centralised, repressive state, society would be decentralised and free, living in communes; if there is a military or a police, both should stand on equal footing with the people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How come people are stupid nowadays? Especially on social media⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d throw in to not interact with the troll at all. Report, block, move on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did we reach to having 18 required for voting in elections?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Varies though, some areas let children from 12 yo and on participate in local decision-making, whereas others have it tied to when one can legally start working.

  Some areas put it pretty late, by about 21-25. I even recall that if you want to run for president in the US, you need to be at least 35 years old. Yet there is no maximum age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill to raise minimum wage to $25 an hour will be introduced in Senate⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d prefer tying the salary (including bonuses, assets, and everything) to the lowest paid wages in the nation.