NathanRanch

@NathanRanch@lemmy.zip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Congratulations⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The universe is just fascinating, isn’t it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota estimates factory automation could cost $6.4 billion per year from 2028⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So 6,400 salaries every year? Why not just keep the workers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon questions the epidemic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a redirection. Capitalism demands a lot more from us than it did even 50 years go. That makes women, on average, more choosy and men tend to need to work harder to keep up if they want that happy relationship. We’re just selecting for good capitalists because bad capitalists might have kids too, but they’re more likely to repeat mistakes of their parents or die off. It’s kinda how most people can trace their lineage to royalty, because they were the ones surviving and thriving, not the peasants.

  If things get worse faster than we can address them, this trend will continue. Maintaining any kind of birthrate in a positive direction would require the people falling out of the system to support it too, which are now in the majority.

  So you can’t create conditions for the family makers when the losers have voting power. The family makers will always try, but there will be fewer of them, and the capitalistic pressure only creates more losers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Park benches don't "open" until 10am⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably put this in a place with 0 homeless, or maybe a campsite where people would be camping anyway. People don’t talk about how deadly it can be to sleep on the ground sometimes too. There’s a percentage of “this design can indirectly contribute to a death”, in every bench like this. It shouldn’t even be a thing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So Austistici/Inventati just got designated as a "global terrorist organisation" by the Trump administration, what do I do now?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Any country that uses the dollar is seen by the American government as subordinate to them. They will use that to pursue political goals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just checking in to see if anyone cares that the mumbling turtle is still on full salary while being MIA for two-and-a-half months⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve moved on from demanding answers. Now people just say, he’s dead, and carry on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assmold fans being moldy.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s going to take a stronger person than me to fix all my white friends who watch his shit. At some point they just want to be different and feel right for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bet you read that wrong⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe we should build better exams

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ain't no one like her⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In 2016 when all those celebs were dying I used to think the universe was getting the good people out before a bunch of awful shit happened. I guess Dolly has done all she could. Who else is left?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OCUPADO!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes I swear people put in earbuds just to do this and have an excuse

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨unfathomable⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t like smoking. I think I ought to be free to decide that for myself. I can’t, or by proxy, make that determination for anyone else - even though I don’t think they should be smoking if they choose to.

  If it didn’t make so much money, kids wouldn’t be vaping. It’s an integral part of the American performance that, “nothing we can do about it”, is just what everone sees, and therefore thinks. We could prosecute parents for letting their kids have them, prosecute the gas stations for peddling it, prosecute the companies making them cheap and disposable. All of that would turn off the faucet on a billion dollar industry though, so it becomes part of our performance in one way or another. We have fundamentally bet that our world is a better place with smoking children in it, than without. That is what Capitalism does, that is how it does it. That is why it needs to be controlled like a rabid dog on a leash.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Team Car!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m aware

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Team Car!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Here in Missouri the bike lanes are just painted on existing car lanes. Sometimes right down the middle. I actually applaud whenever I see a cyclist acting safe. The performance of most cyclists I see is insane at best, deadly at worst. I don’t think most cyclists realize they can be run over and the cops would likely just rule it an accident, unless there’s pressure and evidence to suggest otherwise. If I hated cars so much I didn’t want to use one, the last thing I would do is pick fights with them on crowded streets. The best cyclist is the one that isn’t there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Team Car!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish bikes just took the whole lane like a car. Half assing it either way is really the problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google joins the party⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If one AI breaks containment, then they all need to keep up with the performance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To each their own⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I liked owning clear cups and dishware so I could see if it was too dirty to reuse. Checking for spots made it easier to clean, after-all it’s already in my hands. The drying rack was the clincher though, it gives them a home between uses.