jpreston2005
@jpreston2005@lemmy.world
- Comment on The sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planet 1 week ago:
He’s wrong, greed isn’t a sickness, it’s a mental handicap. ]It inhibits the brain from experiencing empathy in people who amass great wealth and power.](sciencefocus.com/…/powerful-mindset-psychology-2)
It begs the question, why are we letting a bunch of evil, mentally handicapped people steer the course of humanity?
You’d think that if you were a doctor, and had a patient that was amassing a collection of any other thing, and that collection destroyed a part of their patients brain… You’d think the doctor (and society et. large) would want to limit the amount of that thing they were allowed to collect?
Especially if that thing they’re collecting could be used to, I dunno, I’m just spit-balling here, give everyone universal healthcare, increase public education to include 4 year university, give everyone free childcare, invest massively in green energy and public transportation… you know, instead of just sitting in a Panamanian bank being hoarded by evil, mentally handicapped billionaires?
- Comment on Pie in the face. 2 weeks ago:
To everyone in this thread saying “I’d never do that, I don’t want to get shot”
- Comment on Groceries are expensive and they're too busy talking about culture war 2 weeks ago:
It’s on one of the TVs at my gym, and I hate it. While on the elliptical, I have to occasionally look over to that screen and scowl, so people know I’m not a dumbass.
Course, my water bottle has a big “nazi lives don’t matter” sticker on it, as well as a “billionaires will burn in hell” sticker, so I’m pretty sure they know already
- Comment on The Price of this Candy Bar 2 weeks ago:
During the pandemic… PepsiCo raised prices … By the third quarter of 2022, net pricing was up 20% from a year earlier.
senior managers made clear they didn’t want to go backward on prices,
the company’s stock down more than 20% from a peak in 2023
company tried anything else that might lure customers: promotions, shrinkflation. None of it worked.
PepsiCo … planned to lower prices … Up to 15% off some snacks, Laguarta described the cuts as “very surgical.” It also underwent a series of cost cutting measures, including layoffs.
PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta receives an annual base salary of approximately $1.69 million, with a total annual compensation package—including stock awards, options, and performance bonuses—totaling roughly $23.9 million to $28.8 million
Fucking moron.
- Comment on The Price of this Candy Bar 2 weeks ago:
Gotta go generic brand, that’s where the deals are
- Comment on The Price of this Candy Bar 2 weeks ago:
Funny how they say it’s 120 calories per 1/8th of the pack 🙄 Yeah guys, that’s how people eat candy bars.
1/8th at a time.
The online nutrition information for a king size is similar, in that it says 150 calories for 1/3 of the bar. So the individual one is about 450 calories, while 2 of them is 960, 60 calories more than it should be.
Or I’m reading the fine print on the packaging wrong, in which case it says 120 calories per 1/6th of the pack, which would bring it out to 720 calories, or, two bars smaller than the “king size,” which seems deceptive, considering the packaging says it’s a “super king 2 bars.”
- Comment on Boeing engineers, technical workers reject contract offer 2 weeks ago:
Boeing? The company that can’t build functioning airplanes anymore? Just kidding, it’s 100% because all the engineers are pissed about big wigs cutting corners and costs by compromising on safety and durability.
- Comment on They call me the problem solver 2 weeks ago:
ah yes, move the goalposts, because what I said isn’t what I said. Go fuck yourself.
- Comment on My student loan is gaining interest while I'm in school but I'm not allowed to start paying it off yet 2 weeks ago:
It’s actually just scummy and predatory period. Student loans shouldn’t be a thing. Imagine wanting to devote your life to helping people, becoming a doctor in a country that has a terrible shortage of doctors. But oh no! some crazy shit happens, and you’re not able to complete your degree. Guess what? Big government says fuck you. How dare you have some crazy bullshit happen to you? You’re entire financial future is fucked up for your whole life now. Goodbye.
FUCK THIS COUNTRY
- Comment on They call me the problem solver 2 weeks ago:
I’m always on time when it’s just one other person, it’s parties n shit I’m late to. Don’t be such a lil bitch
- Comment on They call me the problem solver 2 weeks ago:
Mine was the same way. trying to be there by 9AM meant that my hour commute, I should leave by 8. nope! and then 7:45? nope! how about 7:30? nope! even MORE traffic! I had to leave at 7, and if I was lucky, I’d sail right past the spot that usually had a massive traffic jam, and then I’d get into the office almost 45 minutes early 🙃 . But leaving at 7:15 would either get me there just on time, or 30 minutes late. It was nightmarish. Thank god I’m remote. (well actually thank me and my trauma therapist for filing out the proper AMA paperwork making me remote)
- Comment on They call me the problem solver 2 weeks ago:
Booo, Everyone else should just accept that I’m going to be at least a half an hour late
- Comment on Drop your unpopular opinions here because c/unpopularopinions is filled with popular opinions 4 weeks ago:
That’s not what he said though
he said
I think it’s worth it. It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God given rights.
Everyone with guns is worth school shootings, basically. Sandy Hook isn’t an issue for him, because it’s worth it.
That’s what he said.
- Comment on Drop your unpopular opinions here because c/unpopularopinions is filled with popular opinions 4 weeks ago:
YES Daniel Radcliffe was so fucking bad in the harry potter movies, absolutely fucking ruined them. I loved that book series as a kid and he fucking RUINED the movies for me.
That being said, he’s gotten better at acting since then I think. … a little.
- Comment on Drop your unpopular opinions here because c/unpopularopinions is filled with popular opinions 4 weeks ago:
People who use doordash and food delivery apps extensively, without a disability, are some lazy ass people, who deserve the shitty experience and high price it costs. Just go fucking get it yourself if you want it hot and fresh and not thrown on the ground.
- Comment on 92% of American adults aren’t going to a doctor because they cannot afford it. The health insurance industry must be dissolved & all of its executives criminally prosecuted for murder, conspiracy, an… 4 weeks ago:
Ah well we used to be #1, I forgot we’ve dipped since the antichrist took over
- Comment on 92% of American adults aren’t going to a doctor because they cannot afford it. The health insurance industry must be dissolved & all of its executives criminally prosecuted for murder, conspiracy, an… 4 weeks ago:
The costs of medical school make this an impossible ask. The only people that can go to medical school are the people that have rich parents, or are OK with leveraging their future for the chance at becoming a successful doctor. Things go wrong in peoples lives all the time, school gets interrupted all the time. Asking people who just want to help others to pay $300k for the privilege of attempting to get to that point is literally insane. We also have a huge shortage of doctors. Go figure.
- Comment on 92% of American adults aren’t going to a doctor because they cannot afford it. The health insurance industry must be dissolved & all of its executives criminally prosecuted for murder, conspiracy, an… 4 weeks ago:
It is ignorant and bigoted to say that Americans don’t care about one another. Literally the most charitable nation.
- Comment on 92% of American adults aren’t going to a doctor because they cannot afford it. The health insurance industry must be dissolved & all of its executives criminally prosecuted for murder, conspiracy, an… 4 weeks ago:
PCP visit is supposed to be scheduled in advance, because it’s not an emergency. If you ask for a sooner appointment, they can call you when a cancellation occurs and see you sooner.
- Comment on 92% of American adults aren’t going to a doctor because they cannot afford it. The health insurance industry must be dissolved & all of its executives criminally prosecuted for murder, conspiracy, an… 4 weeks ago:
I finally have a PCP, but I also need a couple teeth pulled due to enamel loss, that I’ve been putting off, because dealing with the pain is cheaper. I’m covered in freckles, and my family has a history of skin cancer, but I don’t go to the dermatologist, because last time I did they spent 45 seconds looking at my entire freckle covered body before confidently saying “nope! no skin cancer there!” I asked for pictures so they could compare to future visits, they said they don’t do that there. I haven’t been back. Probably won’t until I can identify the cancer myself and gee, I sure hope it’s on a part of my body I can regularly see in the mirror. My arm has felt like it was badly dislocated in my teens, and has hurt ever since, but that would require an extra doctor visit, and more tests, so no.
a bat got into my house while I slept, and I woke up to him on me. Me with the best insurance policy my good employer offers went to the hospital (the only place that actually carries the rabies vaccine), they wanted me to pay $1800 for it, after swearing up and down it’d be free after I paid my $150 dollar copay.
I’m not in the 8% either.
70,000 Americans die every year due to lack of access to health care.
530,000 Americans file for bankruptcy every year due to medical bills.
- Comment on 92% of American adults aren’t going to a doctor because they cannot afford it. The health insurance industry must be dissolved & all of its executives criminally prosecuted for murder, conspiracy, an… 4 weeks ago:
70,000 Americans die every year due to lack of access to health care.
How quickly do you think an issue would be addressed if it killed 70 billionaires a year?
- Comment on Going Back ↪️🏨 4 weeks ago:
oh outside the U.S. I’ve never had this problem, I’ve only had problems with U.S. hotels
- Comment on Going Back ↪️🏨 4 weeks ago:
I’ve literally never had an Air BnB owner ask me to do anything I don’t already do. I put shit away, I leave the place like I found it. I clean up after myself, and if the trash can fills while I’m there, I empty it. Always glowing reviews, 5 stars, would have me back again.
Meanwhile I booked a hotel for a short trip back to my home state, and when I arrived, guess what? the 3rd party site I used has no affiliation with the hotel whatsoever, and the place was overbooked by like, double the amount of rooms they had. Went to a different site, found a different hotel, exact same thing happened. Also every hotel that’s a reasonable price, i.e. one that is priced about the same as an Air BnB, is completely shit. Like the door to my room has obviously been kicked in before. They don’t give me fucking towels unless I go and ask for them. Room is disgusting, bed is disgusting, broken TV, shitty everything.
Yeah I’m just not using hotels anymore.
- Comment on 5 weeks ago:
From Ohio, Can confirm, it sucks Ass
- Comment on Why can't I change the terms and conditions in a pre-signed contract with a corpo? 5 weeks ago:
The first time I rented an apartment, they sent me a lease to sign, and I made a bunch of addendums and changes, and sent it back.
They said “nah” and sent me the same lease to sign.
20 something me was was like “what the hell”
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
mad? I just think vegans are fanatical and full of themselves? Kinda like sidewalk preachers… like, they could be preaching just love and the new testament teachings of jesus but… they’re still assholes.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
oh dang, if my observations were so easy to disprove, you’d think you would do it 🤔
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Was talking to this woman on tinder. She told me she was vegan, and I instantly stopped caring about meeting her.
Like, it’s just performative bullshit. And it’s hypocritical. The only reason you can even BE vegan, is because society has advanced to the stage that there is enough varied vegan foodstuffs available that you can passable survive off it. But that doesn’t mean it’s all simple, like grains and veggies. No, half the time they’re eating this super specialized, water-intensive crops and laboratory grown shit with energy-intensive production cycles that actively harm the environment. It’s not some ultra-enlightened approach to living, it’s just a thin veneer of ethical consumption based entirely upon other heavily industrialized processes.
It’s bullshit. and you’re better off just eating mostly vegetarian, with meat being a special occasion thing, like it’s been for the majority of our species time on this earth.
- Comment on Netflix is garbage 5 weeks ago:
Been a Netflix subscriber since the early days. Talking getting DVDs in the mail, 3 at a time, watching all sorts of crazy shit, back when they let you have a profile where you could personally 5-star rate and even leave a review for movies you’d watched. Me and a friend got competitive about it, would watch movies all the time, rate and review them, we easily had lists into the 800-1000 range.
Then they deleted all of it with no warning.
But I kept with it, because although I pirate a lot, I still like the convenience of not having to download all the stuff on there, and there’s still some decent releases. And I share my account with my ex-wife, so she doesn’t have to pay for it. And then when I’m on vacation, usually there’s a smart TV or whatever and I can log on to keep watching whatever series I happen to be on at the moment (right now it’s Stargate SG1).
But the other day I got a warning about how I’m using a different device, and I had to double authenticate and reenter passwords to “allow” me to watch from my personal computer… and it made my blood boil. Shut the FUCK UP netflix, you dumb mother fucker. I’ll watch the service I fucking PAY FOR, on my OWN FUCKING DEVICE, WHENEVER I FUCKING WANT TO.
One more blood boiling moment and I’ll just cancel their bullshit all together. I have a gig internet connection, I can just download shit crazy fast, I don’t fucking need you anymore netflix. you forget that the slight convenience of not downloading things is the ONLY reason you exist. Stop being convenient, stop being used.
- Comment on Just got arrested for a supposed DWI even though I blew a 0.0000000. Don't cops need to read your Miranda rights to you? I asked for a blood or hair follicle test and I was denied. WTH is happening? 1 month ago:
Shit I didn’t ever hear about this.
The Miranda warning isn’t required every time a police officer initiates an interaction with you.
For the Miranda rule to apply, a person must be in custody, meaning that they are “deprived of freedom of action in any significant way.” Routine traffic stops are usually not considered custodial.
For the Miranda warning to apply, a person must meet two conditions: 1) being in custody and 2) under interrogation. For example, if you are “un-Mirandized” and cuffed at the police station, blurting out a confession while you aren’t being questioned is admissible evidence in court because while you were in custody, you were not being actively interrogated.
Police are not required to read your Miranda rights before or during arrest. While some officers may choose to do so, they are only legally obligated to “Mirandize” suspects who are being questioned in custody.
