daychilde

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meat plants use more water than the population of Brighton⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Small-scale meat production would use as much water as large-scale, I can only imagine. And that’s a good thing. We don’t want to get sick from tainted meat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meat plants use more water than the population of Brighton⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Households provide food if you’re a zombie or serial killer (and cannibal).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some mums be like⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually came into the comments to post the exact opposite, so it’s convenient to be able to disagree with your comment since disagreement is the foundation of internet discussions (is joke).

  But seriously, it is a good and helpful thing: news.ufl.edu/2021/…/the-importance-of-baby-talk/ - random source I just googled, feel free to find your own :)

  And is noting “is joke” isn’t sufficient, I’m not here to say you’re wrong, just that I had read it was a good thing previously, and came into the thread to post that :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When will .world admins start actually caring about Piefed.world ?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, that’s just handy - thank you!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When will .world admins start actually caring about Piefed.world ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I hadn’t responded in this thread immediately for various reasons, but just so you know: We generally do. I banned the first instance of that spammer a couple of days before they came back. I wasn’t around when they created the second account, but it was only in existence for a couple of hours. They haven’t yet come back again. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When will .world admins start actually caring about Piefed.world ?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry for the delay, I’m a new admin and I was only a lemmy user. Some admins have been a bit busy IRL so a few things have gotten a little behind.

  I’ve taken a look over there and I’m now starting to keep a bit of an eye over there.

  Of course, we’re all volunteers, and while sometimes we’re EXTREMELY quick on spotting spam, it can also be an hour (or few) if we’re not around and/or it just doesn’t pop up in a way we notice.

  So definitely report spam you find. Personally, I wouldn’t mind a PM if you’d like. I’m still learning some of the fediverse bits. I’m working on some tools to help make some of it a little easier to moderate - for example, reports on lemmy.world are decent for moderators, but it’s a bit more difficult for them to be useful for admins, so it’s often better to start a thread here or use one of the other methods to contact us for when an admin is needed.

  So there are some very limited reports on piefed.world - I’m honestly not sure how we prefer y’all report spam to use, so I’ll ask my fellow admins when they have a little time - but especially meanwhile, definitely poke me and I’ll be glad to take a look.

  (Can’t speak on the outdated version, alas, but I’ll pass that along - these threads do get sent to us, it’s just a matter of when someone has time to address issues)

  Please don’t give up on us yet :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you think “best” means “perfect”?

  I see no point in continuing to discuss this with people who don’t understand language.

  You can feel free to same similar about me, don’t care.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, so you guys are doing the stupid thing where you redefine words.

  Okay, whatever, have fun with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Scandanavia is pretty much doing just about best in the world. I think they’re largely showing what can be done. Perfect? No. But better than the fascist shithole the US has become.

  I don’t see anything besides capitalism working at ALL out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The best countries that I can point to (Scandanavia) seem to have the highest regulated capitalism.

  I don’t see any examples of countries that are not some form of capitalism, but in general, the less regulations, the worse they’re doing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve certainly not seen any working alternatives that have worked at a nation-wide scale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And where do you think it has worked?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have year to see anyone suggest workable practical alternatives, just feel-good masturbation like the above comment.

  So go ahead, masturbate furiously to your fantasies, but I’d rather deal with the adults in the room talking about actual workable ways to improve our lives.

  This is the type of nonsense that leads to twits saying “I only agree with like 90% of what this progressive politician stands for, so I won’t vote for them!” and the fascists fucking win.

  Grow the fuck up, people. Jesus christ.

  Work reform? We nede to string our fucking oligarchs up and solve wealth inequality. We need to use things that WORK. Capitalism is fine, just need sufficient regulations. What we don’t need is a useless communist reveolution that throws everything into utter chaos and fails.

  We need strong unions, universal health care, universal basic income, human rights protections.

  Not to fuck around playing with schemes that won’t work on the countries that already exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capitalism is all about using state power to protect capital by force⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m perfectly fine with sufficiently regulated capitalism. I’ve certainly not seen any working alternatives that have worked at a nation-wide scale.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Requesting Ownership of the Following Fallout and TES Communities⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no problem with having a mod account from another instance involved, so if that’s the only reason for the new lemmy.world account, is no worries.

  Am looking into this, but may take a little bit here - please don’t stress if you don’t hear anything for a couple of days, just know we’ve seen the request :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Did Nearly Every American City End Up Like This?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the root causes, yes, but you can see places where this is overcome by… heavily regulating capitalism.

  What we need is to overthrow our oligarchs and solve wealth inequality, then educate people how to think for themselves and care for others, and we could get to the point of wider support for alternatives. Even now, there are places (examples given in the video) where some progress is being made. We could make so much more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Did Nearly Every American City End Up Like This?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t learn a whole lot because i know much of what was in here - but this is a GREAT video with those concepts. And as someone who grew up in DFW, it was nice to see Dallas.

  The only thing I’d say is that Dallas has been expanding DART light rail for 30 years. It’s slow to expand. But if you are near light rail and need to go to a place near light rail, it’s great. The bus service? Well, last I had to use it was around 1998, so I don’t know how it is these days, but it was decent for service, but bus service is difficult.

  In 1998, where I worked was about 45 minutes away from where I lived during off hours; 1h15m or up to 1h30m during rush hour. But when my truck broke and I had to take a bus to light rail to another bus? It was nearly THREE HOURS each way. That’s not workable.

  Actually, I just checked and to arrive by 8:30a on Monday from where I used to live and work, it’s a little less than two hours. So maybe they’ve made some improvements. heh. I know that first bus only ran every hour and that was part of it. Hmm, looked up the schedule - runs every half hour. So maybe I was just unluckier back then. heh.

  Anyway, what we need is more of converting stroads into slower streets where we can, but we REALLY need medium density mixed development to take off everywhere possible. And also to embrace remote work where possible, creating incentives to do so.

  I want to live at a place where I, in my wheelchair, can use the elevator to get down to the street and wheel myself to local shopping and restaurants, with high enough density for delivery services to make sense. I don’t mind going a block or two to get to my car to drive when I need to go places (even though for me, as a dialysis patient, that would be three days per week). I want community spaces to meet my neighbors. I want pretty streets and public spaces. And charging ports for all the parking spots.

  But then again, I want a pony an a sports car an an an a whole bunch of candy an… so yes, I get the idea that it’s a dream, okay? lol. But I still want a better city for all of us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Workers in New York seek to create first AutoZone union as company resists⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Get in the zone! The Union Zone!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Online influencer Joe Rogan says he doesn't know enough about politics, he can't form an opinion on a candidate⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am so fucking tired of reading his name.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Citizens United was never about helping people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, there’s so many places where things got significantly worse, but this specific one is quite easy to argue is one of the single worst single points in the downturn towards fascism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Citizens United was never about helping people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Au contraire, it is absolutely about helping people - the only people that matter (to themselves) - the billionaire oligarch class.

  (i.e. I do not actually disagree)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨President Trump calls Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang while he's on stage at the All-In Summit.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh. I thought this ws something like “President calls hte CEO of Apple ‘Tim Apple’”. I was disappointed by the actual contents. heh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the Democrats regain power, their centrist leadership will claim, "We can't do anything because...". Don't be fooled. We need to get the corporate centrists out and real progressives in!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  See, this is where while I might nitpick on a couple of things, I’m in at least like 90% agreement, and certainly 100% agreement on the conclusion. It irks me when so many are like “I know what we need to do, but some of the progressives that could help solve this are supporting one thing I disagree with, so fuck it, I’m out”.

  Because you are right - we’ve got to have progressives in charge. And it’s not because “my team win, I win”, it’s because they win for EVERYONE. Progressive policies work for everybody except fascists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the Democrats regain power, their centrist leadership will claim, "We can't do anything because...". Don't be fooled. We need to get the corporate centrists out and real progressives in!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m Alexander Daychilde, and I support this ↑ message.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the Democrats regain power, their centrist leadership will claim, "We can't do anything because...". Don't be fooled. We need to get the corporate centrists out and real progressives in!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Republicans historically do not fucking govern. They give tax cuts to the oligarchs and otherwise have a concept of a plan in two weeks. They lie and lie and lie. They are the ones pushing the “gummit is borken” lie - and making sure it appears to be true.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the Democrats regain power, their centrist leadership will claim, "We can't do anything because...". Don't be fooled. We need to get the corporate centrists out and real progressives in!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  you need a supermajority in the Senate to get past the Presidential veto?

  And the threat of filibuster, it’s a double-whammy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the Democrats regain power, their centrist leadership will claim, "We can't do anything because...". Don't be fooled. We need to get the corporate centrists out and real progressives in!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What the fuck is this nonsense? I’ve been saying for years that one of the reasons Democrats aren’t doing more is because Republicans are able to shut them down.

  That’s only one reason, yes:

  1. No supermajority means filibuster (which has been more like “the threat of a filibuster” or “someone whispers the word ‘filibuster’”) has real power and Republicans have used it effectively
  2. Yes, establishment Dems are centrist and not progressive, but they have tried to do things that got shut down, q.v. above
  3. Yes, plenty of Dems are also corrupted by oligarchs throwing money into the system

  There are mulitple reasons we haven’t seen more progress, but this is not a new thing anyone is saying. Or maybe some people are just waking up to it, but OP’s image is full of bullshit if they think some of us haven’t been yelling about this for quite some time - because people think “Elect Democrat president = solve all problem” and this is VERY NOT TRUE. Same with Democrat majority in Congress.

  And this is yet another reason why I think we’re beyond fucked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fox News sharing billionaire propaganda⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fox News is the very definition of billionaie propaganda.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paid Time Off Hypocrisy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically speaking, there is more to being a member of Congress than being in Congress and debating/voting. There is a lot they do for local constituents.

  That said, a lot of what they do is certainly fundraising… of various kinds. And running for office. So I’m not saying the claims are totally false by any means. But it’s not quite as bad as that makes it look. Only mostly as bad or so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy labor day to real workers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ya all, clearly. :)