Shotgun_Alice

@Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Musk and Ramaswamy float ending remote work for federal employees and ‘large-scale firings’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope they don’t, I applied for a federal job that was offering remote work and flex scheduling which would be a big help in my life. I’m having to help take care of my mom as she gets older and I can’t just up and move to DC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone know of any good cheap/free trivia party games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Go to any goodwill and I guarantee they’ll have a copy of trivial pursuit for sale. Now I will say some of the questions might be a bit dated, but still fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Americans win their country back?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Education, unfortunately those in the most need of it are out of an educational institution so they will only be fed on a diet of commercialism and disinformation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ghost jobs are wreaking havoc on tech workers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What fresh hell is this that capitalism has brought us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can someone give me an overview on the Jill Stein situation?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Funnily enough in 2016 I looked into her platform after Bernie was pushed out. And honestly I agreed with just about everything she was running on, except for one thing. She was pushing anti vax stuff and it was enough for me not to vote for her. I feel that strongly about vaccines and public health concerns.

  Her intentions is not to be a spoiler, she’s not, she’s filled all the legal requirements to run for office of president and is allowed to be on the ballot. She is just getting a lot of attention in this current race because the margin is razor thin between the two main line candidates and that has people nervous Kamala could lose like Hillary did in 2016.

  Personally as an independent voter that feels continually ignored by the by the right and left, third parties can be an attractive choice for some. Honestly, if the left or right want to court my vote they could produce better candidates. Let me say Kamala is a great choice, my issue is how she got there. I feel if Biden had decided to not run for reelection before election campaigning started and allowed other democrats to throw their hat in the ring it would have the appearance of a properly run election cycle for democrats. As for republicans they need to drop trump and his brand of mean spirited politics and have an honest return to the middle right vs where they are now at the far right. Anyways those are my thoughts on Jill Stein, third parties and the left and right. I already did early voting so my choice is done, if you care at all about the direction this country is going or needs to go, GO FUCKING VOTE! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GO VOTE!

  I had that all written and had one last thought. Now I do actually think Stein could spoil NC, she is on the ballot and the person most likely to win the governor in NC also has the last name Stein. A conversation I actually had while standing in line with an aging neighbor, she has a tough time getting around and asked if I’d take her early voting when I was going absolutely not a problem. But in line looking over a sample ballot I had to explain to her that Jill Stein and Josh Stein are not related in any way. So the fact there are two Stein’s on the ballot might make it confusing for some voters. Ok enough out of me, go vote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Minecraft, it’s just relaxes me every time it storms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can you make sure the ashes you get after a loved one dies is actually theirs?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure there’s going to be tight controls and a state licensing board (at least in the US can’t speak for other countries) that set standards and codes for the handling of remains to when they are returned to the family.

  Yeah just checked for the state I’m in lots of licenses and regulations. But I guess there’s nothing stopping in unscrupulous funeral home from just giving ashes of anyone or anything, but pretty sure if you’re caught doing something like that you go to prison for fraud and miss handling of human remains.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*He's beginning to believe*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This was taken from the top of a hill. I would sometimes run by this place on my jog because I liked the view. If you want I can find it on google maps street view.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*He's beginning to believe*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As some who lived in Richmond and used to run by this spot on my daily run, this is taken from the top of a hill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber is locking New York drivers out of its apps and blaming a city pay rule⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s some real evil shit right there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do a PhD, they said.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry I must have structured the sentence in a confusing way, I did a full masters program, but they had doubts about the work I did and I could tell they wanted me to spend another year in the program, so two more semesters, how ever many months that is. I don’t know what part of the world you’re from or how you upper level schools structure their “year” but yeah two more semesters. I think they’re like four months each semester, so yeah that long. I was just done at that point and didn’t want to fork out any more money, honestly if they decided not to award my degree I would have been fine with that decision too, they just didn’t want it on paper someone “flunking” out of their degree program.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do a PhD, they said.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I did my master’s thesis and it was like this non stop for that last year. In my thesis defense I could tell my advisors wanted me to do another year of work, I was so absolutely done at that point, I didn’t want to spend another cent on that degree and really was ready to walk away from it. They gave me a passing grade anyways because it looks better for the school to have me graduate in their statistics then if I had quit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ENDLESS Legend is Currently Free to Claim on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for posting and letting me know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a universal basic income started today with the stipulation that you had to put 40 hrs/wk towards making the world a better place or solving societal problems, how would you spend your time?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would make art again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games that force you to make hard choices⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Papers please is so much fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The perfect morning⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My kind of good morning is sleeping in not doing shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Youtube is allowing Youtubers to advertise their merch even for premium users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  🤦

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You are what you eat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Steve IRL. For real this guy should be the lead in the Minecraft movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one resist getting into protracted arguments while still staying informed?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  My approach is gray rocking. I posted something on Mastodon and got reply from someone I knew was looking to argue with me by what he wrote. I just shut it by just replying, “yeah, sure, whatever you say.” Super dismissive, but letting it go in case he replies to that I can just keep replying, whatever you say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please unpin the proprietary off-site/off-network promotion of discord⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I was wondering what that was doing up still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PSA: the largest piracy community is blocked from lemmy.world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah sorry, hate to say it but admen got trolled pretty hard on this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All 50 states with the same naming convention as West Virginia⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Virginia supremacy.