elephantium
@elephantium@lemmy.world
- Comment on Is it really possible to tax the rich? 3 days ago:
I doubt it, at least in the US. The rich have a lot of influence over how laws are made, and I don’t really see any appetite to pay a greater share.
- Comment on Goddammit Texas! 4 weeks ago:
Is it not an ID because of that? I don’t see the relevance of mentioning address here.
- Comment on Goddammit Texas! 4 weeks ago:
United States ID card
Passport seems like it sorta fits, but it’s hardly universal.
- Comment on Who/what are racists according to UK protests? Why are they protesting? 3 months ago:
Damn, I would have simply blocked the troll long before this! You have the patience of a saint.
- Comment on Where should I upload short videos to post them to Lemmy? 3 months ago:
I’m not mad about it, I just think it’s funny that videos have taken over from images.
- Comment on obesity 3 months ago:
Why does that upset/startle you? Pregnancy at age 35+ is associated with more risks than pregnancy in the 20s.
- Comment on Where should I upload short videos to post them to Lemmy? 3 months ago:
Imgur should really rename itself as vidyer. Seems like it’s mostly videos these days!
- Comment on Anyone else feel like their blood is kind of vibrating? 3 months ago:
Do you taste metal?
- Comment on Why doesn't the American market provide efficient and effective health insurance like it does for car insurance? 3 months ago:
What would you call it? What’s your objection to the term “employee benefits”? You sound like you have an axe to grind, but I don’t get your angle.
- Comment on Why doesn't the American market provide efficient and effective health insurance like it does for car insurance? 3 months ago:
I don’t think you can blame it all on Obamacare. I vividly remember wondering “How TF do people with families afford this?!” when looking at the individual vs. family insurance at a job back in 2002. Premiums were skyrocketing then, and they’ve been skyrocketing ever since.
- Comment on Are jabronis a necessity for a social media platform to be successful? 3 months ago:
Thanks for clarifying! I haven’t heard it much, and all I really had in my head was something like “dudes”.
- Comment on Are jabronis a necessity for a social media platform to be successful? 3 months ago:
What is a jabroni?
- Comment on Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about 3 months ago:
Shade?
- Comment on Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about 3 months ago:
Is it not enough that trees look better?
- Comment on Loyalty 3 months ago:
You’re a monster if you’re putting syrup on cereal!
- Comment on Do other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc? 4 months ago:
Respond if you please please
- Comment on I put my number in a secure form for a trusted bank and immediately got spammed 4 months ago:
I just hope they actually have their social security card. A quick googling told me that you need a current ID to get the social security administration to issue a replacement card. Talk about a vicious cycle!
- Comment on Help Finding a Game 4 months ago:
Hmm, and what about fish?
- Comment on Pros / cons of riding a bike? 5 months ago:
I used to bike to work occasionally. It was maybe a 5 minute drive, 15 minute bike ride. I would bring a backpack with a change of clothes and change in the bathroom once I got to the office.
- Comment on Underrepresentation 5 months ago:
hard-right
Hehehe…
- Comment on Steam is now refunding Ghost of Tsushima for people in affected countries. 5 months ago:
Efficient at confusing people, perhaps. Personally, I have no idea what you’re on about.
- Comment on The evidence against Drake keeps stacking 6 months ago:
What, the equation is wrong?
- Comment on I learned so much 6 months ago:
EN-UK vs EN-US thing
That might be it. Circumvent in this context would make perfect sense to me, but circumnavigate threw me for a loop.
- Comment on I learned so much 6 months ago:
That still doesn’t make a lick of sense in this context. It has the feel of someone picking the wrong word entirely.
- Comment on I learned so much 6 months ago:
Circumnavigated? Like, sent it around to everyone in marketing, one after another?
That…doesn’t make much sense in the context you provided. Autocorrupt strikes again?
- Comment on What side do you open a banana from? 6 months ago:
Markdown!
- Comment on How many floors are under an apartment on the second floor? (No basement) 6 months ago:
Take your up vote and get out
- Comment on Pros and cons of getting a job at a very small software company? (14 employees) 7 months ago:
I’m a software dev whose first job out of college was at a tiny company, 10-15 people.
Pros: I learned a lot. Each project had different technologies involved. I def didn’t get bored! Basically no red tape. I reported to the IT director, and he reported to the owner. Nothing could really get lost in bureaucracy there.
Cons: Payscale was weak, but eh, it was my first job out of college. No room for advancement. What even is a promotion when the whole company is only a dozen people? Limited mentoring. While I had a lot of guidance from my boss there, especially early on, now years later I’m looking back, wishing I’d gotten a more varied perspective. You can only learn so much from one person’s perspective.
- Comment on He defeated a dragon when he was only a first level wizard! 7 months ago:
Summon bigger fish
- Comment on Why is TikTok seen as privacy invading and bad, but Facebook is fine? 9 months ago:
What if I told you both were bad?