GreyEyedGhost

@GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨First he stole his number 72.. and then he stole his rookie lap. All around dick move⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a bunch of weird shit I don’t care about, as opposed to the weird shit I do care about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The reason the right are so anti Mamdani is obvious: they don’t want you to see what your tax dollars being put to work the right way would actually look like. Then everyone would want it everywhere.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems like a significant cost is in reading the whole sentence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shaving not necessary⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t always agree with best, but always memorable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨free time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you can function adequately on 5, there is another 1.5 hours of gaming time available.

  Just kidding. Get the sleep you need so your brain will function well for longer and you can get those missed hours of fun back when your kids don’t require all your attention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I only have space/money for one exercise machine, what should I get?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried a rowing machine, would never do it a second time. Now, I have bad knees, but I still thought it wouldn’t be that bad. Maybe it was a bad machine, maybe I used it wrong, maybe they aren’t for everyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why weren't telephone lines and electrical lines not buried under ground? Which would have saved a bunch of money from upkeep and accidents?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There were supposed to be five pyramids at Giza. Cutbacks…

  j/k

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[The Matrix (movie, 1999)] What does agent Brown's line mean?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I also felt the connotation that it would be unthinkable for the other agents to want to be disconnected from each other/the network, so they were a little shocked he even removed the ear piece.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9/11 Conspiracy: what REALLY happened?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, we can’t be sure if it happened before since the old hall of records next to it was destroyed in 1962. 🤷

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just to get this straight. If I stand outside a voting center and give each person 500 bucks to vote for me. That is illegal? But if I am a Dipshit In Chief and offer 5k that is 100 percent legal?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a difference between “I will pay you to vote for me” and “I will pay you if I win.” The first is certainly illegal, the second should be. In some ways, the second statement reminds me of the phrase, “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” Sure, no direct order was given, but the priest still died.

  I don’t expect to see any response to this statement from law enforcement, just like there wasn’t when Musk actually paid people to vote for the conservative judge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Coyote vs. Acme' rightsholders are sending illegitimate DMCA notices to cancel their own free advertising⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Back in the old days, 1999 to 2001, there was a website where people posted TV commercials, watched them, and commented on them. This treasure trove of free advertising and feedback was taken down due to copyright infringement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨On 9/11 what was the internet like after it happened? Did people quit being dicks or trolls and showed some decency? Or was it like we have today and nothing changed?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Endless Summer began in the late 80s and early 90s…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are lemmings so touchy about downvotes?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, when I was on there, I’d give +1 to funny and +2 to trolls. If someone showed up due to their high trolling votes, it was either the wildest or most hateful shit, but it was a hell of a read. Some of it was damned funny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How about instead, a longer healthier retirement?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Those arent the people I’m referring to.

  I’d be happy to pay more taxes to have a better social safety net that I expect to need very little at this point in my life. I already live in a country with universal healthcare. Yet there are still people who have no problem giving piles of cash and tax breaks to big business while at the same time complaining about the taxes we spend on social safety nets, voting for things that only help the elites, and maybe barely help those who have just a little more than what the average citizen has, and are just a few bad months from losing all they’ve gained. They make up about 30% of the population where I live, which is just enough to keep us from doing anything better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How about instead, a longer healthier retirement?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are a small number of people who already work as much as they want and live their best lives…due in large part to the rest of us not having that opportunity.

  There is a significantly larger number of people who are willing to slave away for the faint hope they can join that elite class.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How about instead, a longer healthier retirement?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The only reason my work pants are different colors is because sometimes the color I prefer is out of stock. I did go so far as to intentionally pick two different colors of shirt of the same style, though. I have fashionable non-work clothes because my sister-in-law buys her husband trendy new clothes every year and he’s about my size.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rich ppl live longer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rich ppl live longer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, the WHO puts it in the same category as tobacco. Is tobacco just strongly correlated to cancer? And I don’t need to say it is causative, because The Lancet did.

  You can stack that data up against your anecdotes however you like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rich ppl live longer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It means that any amount of alcohol increases the odds of you dying sooner or having other negative health effects sooner (which will lead to you dying sooner). There is no amount that won’t increase those odds. It says nothing about how much any given drink would impact your life span. I’m not saying it’s negligible or significant, but I can’t be bothered to look it up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CW: Mr. Breast⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have to believe she takes care of it all on the first of the month so she knows she’ll have 4 full weeks of peace.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Profit over people is a failed system⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is incomplete. They maximize profit now. They will always kill the goose that lays golden eggs, they will skin the sheep instead of shearing it, they will destroy a market for the sake of more profits this quarter, and they will be surprised when revolution occurs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I just started playing Vintage Story. Upsides: no taxes, and my house can be as big or small as I want it. Downsides: I will have to slave away every day or I will die, and will probably die repeatedly even if I do. Sort-of upside: dying is merely inconvenient (so far, anyway).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨business is business⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I don’t think many people call it fun, but like you said it also isn’t a great way to make money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨business is business⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  On the flip side, Uber is basically a hobby. Do these people buy their cars just to drive for Uber, or do they drive for Uber to make some extra cash with the car they already have/need?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not to arm chair general it. How come the US doesn't get a bunch of helicopters over to the Lincoln with food meds and whatever? How did it get this bad where we can't supply our own ships?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Like the old saying. Armchair generals talk strategy (and maybe testosterone levels). Real generals talk logistics (and maybe if their troops fuck).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lead writer Margaret Hamilton standing next to the finished Moon landing script⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, thats interesting too! And the shitpost still gave me a chuckle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lead writer Margaret Hamilton standing next to the finished Moon landing script⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m a little offended at referring to her as the director’s assistant, given what she actually did. It could have been just as good a shitpost if she had been referred to as his screenwriter and not diminished how instrumental she was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you heard of Schedule C? It’s mentioned at the bottom of page 9 in the pdf you linked. But please, do keep doubling down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You said if you made $184k you would pay $0 into SS. In fact you would pay over $20k. How is that correct?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who do not specify units of measurement in international contexts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Often, people look to the internet to learn things. Given that circu.stance, they may not have that foundational knowledge. So how are those scrubs supposed to git gud?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social Security can be saved. Scrap the cap!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, so you’re talking about something where you have the bare minimum of knowledge. That’s cool, this is the i telnet after all. Not being an American, I haven’t spent a lot of time reading their tax laws or forms. I dont know if that applies to you. But I try to be more informed if I’m going to argue on the internet, and it appears SS is a marginal tax just like many others. In this case, it’s a flat tax up to $184.5k this year, and 0 for income above that amount. So your initial point was also wrong.