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- Comment on Hell nah brah 3 hours ago:
Better that than a nonconsensual call out of nowhere.
- Comment on Meta approves plan for bigger executives bonuses following 5% layoffs 3 hours ago:
The same Meta that pissed away billions of dollars on “the metaverse” because the super genius Fuckerberg had some grand vision that he felt so strongly about that he even had the company renamed to reflect this vision?
It’s never the so-called leaders who suffer when they make poor decisions even though their job is to call all the shots, but they’re always first in line to reap the rewards off of all the people who actually do the work.
- Comment on How was your valentines day weekend? 4 days ago:
I fucka da pizza
- Comment on How dare the alarm I set betray me like this? 1 week ago:
Sometimes my alarm does me a solid and keeps quiet.
- Comment on Uniquely American 1 week ago:
Work smart means getting other people to do the work for you and keeping most of the profit for yourself.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
The interest rate isn’t at near-zero anymore so instead of growing with insane leverage, they’re trying to keep the juicy profit margins going by cutting while still raising prices as much as they can. Squeeze is a very apt term here because us peasants are getting squeezed every which way. When the fumes run out from the post-covid squeeze, the decline will accelerate. Government and corporate coffers are getting raided by the rich on the way out.
- Comment on It really is like this 3 weeks ago:
The entire country tried to revolt in 1984 and millions of citizens were killed by their own military.
What?
- Comment on An independent voter explains why they chose a moronic, oligarcho-fascist demagogue over Joe Biden (c. November 2020) [Day 58] 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on An independent voter explains why they chose a moronic, oligarcho-fascist demagogue over Joe Biden (c. November 2020) [Day 58] 3 weeks ago:
Sanders is working with what he’s got, but it’s clear that democrats refuse to actually make primaries democratic. They’re inherently undemocratic with so much importance placed on the early states that by the time the later states get their chance, it’s already been decided. There is a reason why democrats moved South Carolina up for the primary schedule of 2024 even though Biden was running practically unopposed.
The only performance being played out here is the performance of the “democratic” process which is like handing a kid a toy steering wheel and making them think they’re driving the car. You’re clapping along thinking the system works and you fiercely defend it against any criticism. In fact, you’re so uncomfortable with questioning the system that you admit that you feel reluctant to mention support for any candidate that could possibly be associated with the idea that the process is not the perfect democratic process you think it is.
- Comment on An independent voter explains why they chose a moronic, oligarcho-fascist demagogue over Joe Biden (c. November 2020) [Day 58] 3 weeks ago:
Do you think that makes it okay?
- Comment on An independent voter explains why they chose a moronic, oligarcho-fascist demagogue over Joe Biden (c. November 2020) [Day 58] 3 weeks ago:
So you decided to completely ignore the point of my post to reiterate “Biden got more votes?” even though the whole point of my post is to show how that’s a fallacious argument. Then you went on to spit out a tired talking about “most progressive president in our lifetimes” which is an extremely low bar to clear when democrats refuse to let anyone actually progressive through their party-controlled primary process.
- Comment on An independent voter explains why they chose a moronic, oligarcho-fascist demagogue over Joe Biden (c. November 2020) [Day 58] 3 weeks ago:
If Biden was getting more votes, why did the democratic party collude to make all the other candidates drop and put their support behind Biden while funding a super PAC to keep Warren in the race to split votes with Bernie right before the critical point of super tuesday? They also had their buddies in big media play the narrative of “the Biden miracle” where he edged ahead in South Carolina thanks to a single critical endorsement by Clyburn but was doing poorly before then. For this favor, the democrats moved South Carolina up in the primaries in 2024, even though South Carolina went to Trump in both 2020 and 2024 for the general election.
The democratic party felt so threatened by Bernie that they put their thumb on the scale during their own party primary which is already biased towards party-favored “moderate” candidates since people more in line with the party are more likely to vote in them.
- Comment on An independent voter explains why they chose a moronic, oligarcho-fascist demagogue over Joe Biden (c. November 2020) [Day 58] 3 weeks ago:
Don’t forget: 4.5. Leftists get moderated for saying Biden supported genocide (with the reason given for the moderation being “misinformation”) and receive a ban.
- Comment on An independent voter explains why they chose a moronic, oligarcho-fascist demagogue over Joe Biden (c. November 2020) [Day 58] 3 weeks ago:
Speaking of 2020, remember when democrats worked hard to pour all their support behind Biden over Bernie? What was the explanation for that?
- Comment on CSS moment 4 weeks ago:
T-that’s just a coincidence…!
- Comment on Same 5 weeks ago:
Also, when fleeing Earth, they don’t try to solve issues. They just set up new corporations doing the exact same stuff in other places. When the game presents a problem where taking down a CEO would be one of the best possible outcomes, it isn’t an option. Literally everything you do in the game is maintaining the status-quo of the modern world, despite it being the source of so many issues in the game. You can’t change anything and no one wants to either.
That sounds pretty realistic to me. I’m not sure if it’s intentional, but this counts as a commentary on our social situation. Probably doesn’t make for a compelling game, though.
- Comment on Same 5 weeks ago:
Did Starfield become a good game?
- Comment on Anon is a gamer 5 weeks ago:
At least the player has a chance to figure things out for themselves. The super obvious markings plus the pop up is like the game forcing you to look things up and it feels like being treated as an idiot. It might be difficult to make the path clear in the ultra-detailed worlds of today (and the visually-busy temporal visual effects don’t help), but there are still more subtle ways to show paths forward.
- Comment on Ok, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator app 5 weeks ago:
The right-most switch lets you turn on sigma mode.
- Comment on For a group that considers .world to be Reddit 2.0 and a "CIA propaganda front" they seem to get awfully mad whenever it comes up 5 weeks ago:
Ah yes, but you do not fear .ml, you only bring it up all the time and demand it be blocked for everyone on .world because…? You can just block it yourself, putting it in spongebob case doesn’t make that point invalid.
- Comment on Heavy is the head that wears the crown 1 month ago:
I like the whopper (when they don’t overcook the meat or use wilted veggies) but that’s about all I’ve ever gotten from them.
- Comment on Mildly McInfuriating 1 month ago:
Maybe it’s location based, but I had a mcflurry about a year ago and was given a pathetically small amount of the topping poorly mixed in a terrible filler ice cream. Perhaps the ice cream in the mcflurry was always terrible, but I hadn’t noticed it before when I would get a lot more of the topping. Also, their coffee was better for a time but it has reverted to burnt mud.
- Comment on Mildly McInfuriating 1 month ago:
Apparently quite a few people have a high tolerance for what they value.
- Comment on Mildly McInfuriating 1 month ago:
Prices have gone up while portions, service, and even quality (as low as it already was) have gone down. When does “the free market” start improving things for customers instead of just shareholders?
- Comment on Which one are you? 1 month ago:
The guy on the left except I don’t even know the amount of time since my microwave was built in the mid-80s and takes longer to cook food (not sure if underpowered when it was built or some sort of degradation took place, it just came with the house).
- Comment on Go into debt if you have to 1 month ago:
I dunno about that. Based on this US data, its use seems to be expanding, even more so than renewables: www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/
This graph in particular shows this: Image
- Comment on is feeling disrespected reason good enough to change jobs? 1 month ago:
What’s the benefit of making them fire you over simply quitting?
- Comment on Hubris 1 month ago:
I find the pop satisfying.
- Comment on Sure, WSJ. Next do an article on Selection Bias 1 month ago:
A lot of this is on paper. For example, if they’re calculating potential retirement age based on stock market returns then they may be in for a rude awakening if the longest bull run of all time (minus the covid disruption) ends. But what are the odds of that, right? Surely housing prices will also rise forever too.
- Comment on Player two has entered the lobby 2 months ago:
While true, how many of those workplace incidents involved someone from the executive level?
