Zeppo

@Zeppo@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shopworker sacked for tackling suspected bacon thief⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  OK, what point are you trying to make? The discussion I was having is about when people go into a grocery store and fill up their cart with expensive items that they can resell, and then walk out. Then they go and sell them for cash. Saying that malnutrition has increased is in no way connecting those two things.

  When people are hungry I would think they would steal food and eat it, not go sell it. I suppose they could steal expensive items and sell them for cash and then go buy less expensive food? Not even sure if that’s what you’re trying to say. I don’t think we’re discussing the same thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shopworker sacked for tackling suspected bacon thief⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  People steal and make money on the black market whether the economy is good or bad. Crime like that goes up in dire economic times, but it’s not even remotely exclusive to dire economic times. Stealing meat and selling it is much more about funding drug habits than staving off starvation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shopworker sacked for tackling suspected bacon thief⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Some Businesses do buy stolen meat or supplies. There just has to be a crooked kitchen manager or owner who knows a guy. Of course they’d like to save 50%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Median pay for CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Being paid $17.7 million in a single year is absurd, considering that $10 million is still enough to make a person with reasonable spending habits comfortable for life. But that’s not nearly enough for the average CEO. They want 10 times as much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨10 Careers Once Considered Stable Are Now Seeing Major Layoffs (Latest Data)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Vital living infrastructure isn’t going anywhere: stuff like plumbing or electrical construction, repair and maintenance, whether on a single family home scale, apartments, hotels, or municipal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is MMA and UFC "somewhat" rigged like boxing was in the Don King era?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Check out people like Dana White. Does he seem even remotely trustworthy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a person who is representing his or herself still play the insanity defense or EED defense?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess it depends what the court wants to believe, which could be based on case law/precedent or expert testimony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a person who is representing his or herself still play the insanity defense or EED defense?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A person who is severely mentally ill may be barred from representing themselves if they would not be able to do a competent job.

  See floridabar.org/…/court-amends-rule-dealing-with-t…

  My thoughts on that is tbh at if a defendant was coherently and effectively serving as their own attorney in court, that would indicate to the court that they are not severely mentally ill. Or if they produced evidence like expert testimony saying they were, it could disqualify them from self representing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨White House Approves $9 Billion for C.I.A and N.S.A to Catch Up on A.I.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not clear if future Republican presidents will have the legislative branch in his thrall to the same extent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨White House Approves $9 Billion for C.I.A and N.S.A to Catch Up on A.I.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the current situation. As far as things like being in charge of appropriations, though, Congress has recently abdicated their responsibilities, even more than in the past.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨White House Approves $9 Billion for C.I.A and N.S.A to Catch Up on A.I.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How about we go back to Congress doing Congress’ job?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'We are getting punished for being self-employed'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, I get that it’s a different situation. Just commenting on being punished for being self employed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'We are getting punished for being self-employed'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s how health insurance works in the US. If you’re not working for a decent sized company, or in some sort of union pool, you’re fucked. Pretty sure it’s by design.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renters have 'easiest time in six years' to find a home, says Zoopla⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well damn, Zoopla is on it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can people irl be as mean as some people online?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They can be. Think of the incidents like that lady calling little kids racial slurs (then getting a fat check from fund raising), or how some people act in customer service situations. Or I mean, random assaults and shootings. Online can give anyone anonymity, which is definitely often abused, but some people feel that way in public surrounded by people they don’t know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Observe their interactions with other people and what their motivations seem to be. For instance, I have a friend who likes hanging out with people who are entertaining, but if it’s someone who has something additional to offer him - people who stream and have a larger audience, women, people who might donate to him - he seems particularly excited even when there’s nothing about their personality that would seem to lead to that. So, does he like me for me? Probably because I don’t have a lot to offer him. But does he really like this one streamer with 50x as many subs as he has? Probably just because he wants to use them to boost his own profile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If government hackers can infiltrate big companies, why not hack normal people?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That does happen, but mainly through automated mass means like phishing and ransomware. Individuals also get targeted by tactics like romance or finance scams. I think you could probably see how a large corporation would be a more lucrative hacking target worth a lot of dedicated time vs. one individual.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, the butt stuff tent. Legendary in Denver

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Put a space after it? Like before the next sentence?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically the Yukihiro Takahashi song “Grand Espoir”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And it’s not just losing money, of course. That’s the amount that people, largely wealthy people, will get to personally keep by not complying with tax laws. Gosh, could it possibly be on purpose? I wonder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jennifer Lopez suffers brutal facial injury rehearsing for the 2025 AMAs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  BRUTAL

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colourful Glowing Mushrooms⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The middle one looked floaty to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colourful Glowing Mushrooms⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  ah, floating mushroom jellyfish

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Little Witness⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I like this one. Cute

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Puddle Portal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow. Surreal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Abandoned Chamber Ruins⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like a scene from Destiny 2

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elevated⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  How much is normally in there? And how?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a Russian stock market people invest in?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, of course. The largest is the Moscow Exchange.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨im not a conservative im a proservative⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty meaningless.