Doomsider
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- Comment on The shrinkflation 23 hours ago:
A large fry is almost $5 now where I live. It is probably 10¢ of potatoes 15¢ of oil and 30¢ of labor. The mark up is incredible.
- Comment on How is Donald Trump able to get away with being part of a child trafficking ring but I get 20 years in jail for littering? 5 days ago:
One word, classism.
- Comment on How does internet advertising work? Where is all the money coming from? More... 1 week ago:
To answer your second question. Company are expected to spend $1 trillion on advertising in 2025.
For the first question, it is pretty complex. You can break it down into some topics though and it is more manageable.
Types
Ecosystem
SEO
Criticism (good stuff starts at 10:00)
- Comment on GF dumps you. You are taking a peaceful walk through the woods to clear your head. THEN you are confronted by THIS 2 weeks ago:
The sexy bear your girlfriend dumped you for.
- Comment on I am here once again to post shit 2 weeks ago:
Something about Trump makes these commenters corny.
- Comment on chemotherapy mother 2 weeks ago:
You would have to be a masochist to use a Theragun on your ladybird.
- Comment on I cannot imagine what lawsuit led to this 2 weeks ago:
Chocking hazard, next.
- Comment on Fair's fair. 2 weeks ago:
Sounds like a fail to me. We will hold them to the same standards we would be held to. Can’t give a clean test then you are fired. We are also definitely going to watch you pee just like they do to all the poors as well. Turnabout is fair play.
Watch how fast drug tests would be made illegal.
- Comment on Hohoho 3 weeks ago:
AFTER IT IS DOWNLOADED YOUR COMPUTER WILL AUTOMATICALLY RUN THE CODE 🤯
- Comment on Day 1 of posting real shitposts, till people and the mods understand the purpose of the community 3 weeks ago:
Is it unethical to eat you half pigeon human ass child? Asking for a friend.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 3 weeks ago:
Depends on your definition of funneling money to the top. You need a decentralized economic system designed not to behave like late stage capitalism.
One example of this is Parecon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_economics
Honestly though, most of our problems are not driven by our economic system so much as our culture. You have to face that just about everyone worships greed whether they like to admit it or not.
In the US it is extremely pronounced and we even have idolized phrases about it like “fuck you money”. Where you have enough money that you can do whatever you want and you no longer have to follow the rules.
There is obvious a problem with our culture, but it is not just the US. Fascism is pretty much everywhere and even the most progressive countries still have huge wealth gaps that are always slowly widening.
Democracies cannot exist with large wealth gaps unless the wealth is aggressively kept out of politics. This is extremely hard and that is why the majority of all policies in all governments all over the world are driven by corporations.
- Comment on Capitalism isn't the problem, THIS is the problem, and I've watched it roll over us for 40 years. [3 min. video] 3 weeks ago:
The US was founded by the rich for the rich. Anything else is just convenient propaganda to convince the masses otherwise.
- Comment on It's nothing 4 weeks ago:
It is always a turd inside you causing the problems.
- Comment on Lemmy users who say that Lemmy users are smarter than Reddit users 4 weeks ago:
People still care about Reddit!?
- Comment on War crimes? Nah. 4 weeks ago:
What they did is literally listed as an example of a unlawful order. So either they are incompetent or they are monsters. Either way you slice it they are murderers. Sad state of affairs.
- Comment on Greed is Destroying the World - Drew Gooden 4 weeks ago:
Great review with a good basis in history, logic, and facts.
- Comment on Chasing the Elephant 5 weeks ago:
First, that is not your child. It is a fucking elephant.
Second, I don’t care if the elephant says it has a high tolerance. You don’t shoot up anything with this much smack.
Third, labeling this poor junkie elephant as an aspie is just cruel and unusual.
- Comment on NEVER OBSOLETE 5 weeks ago:
Of all the machines an Emachine. Those were the cheapest and worst built computers ever. They were often obsolete the moment they were sold.
I guess that makes the irony even more delicious.
- Comment on I was diagnosed with early onset dementia and alzhimers. Is there safe guards I can put it up so I don't screw or kill anyone? Like who do I contact about being denied to own a gun? 5 weeks ago:
So sorry to hear. I have worked with many cases similar to yours. First things first, as most have said you need to find someone you trust to be you power of attorney. Depending on where you live in the world this can look different so I would consult with a expert to make sure you are doing it correctly.
This disease is scary because you slowly lose yourself. Depending on how it progresses you may eventually forget everyone you know. You may maintain long term memories but likely your short term memory will be completely shot.
This means you will often be on a short loop of 5-15 minutes as it progresses. Quality of life is highly dependent on very to patient, kind, and understanding caregivers. It extremely exhaustive taking care of a person on this short loop.
Hearing the same story thousands of times. Constantly correcting behavior and a lot of supervision is needed. Often your emotional state is completely dependent on those around you. If everyone else is happy, you will be.
The good news is you may have a long time before this happens. Enjoy life and prepare for the worst. They could find some new treatment soon so you are not without hope. Definitely time for a bucket list.
- Comment on He really made things worse smh my head 5 weeks ago:
I remember that year, it was the same year Biden cancelled Christmas. After black lives matter burned all the cities to the ground there was not much left for the holidays. A lot of people forget what really happened!
- Comment on Insulin 5 weeks ago:
Oh, I like that because it puts a ever increasing burden to use it or lose it. Once it is no longer profitable it goes back to public domain.
I find patents of dubious value to say the least. It is definitely the worst part of IP.
- Comment on Insulin 5 weeks ago:
If there is any chance of reform it would have to still appeal to all parties. We definitely need to think about solutions that have not been proposed before.
As much as I would like to advocate for abolishment of IP, I recognize it is an unrealistic demand.
After all, IP didn’t magically appear. It took hundreds of years of court cases and laws passed to get to the arguably ridiculous point we are now.
- Comment on Insulin 5 weeks ago:
Personally, I think that if small business capitalism actually existed then it would run contrary to that.
There would be no need for copyright or patents. These systems create artificial scarcity which hinders society as a whole to benefit a minority.
I feel like our existing system of laissez-faire capitalism fully embraces the rent seeking found in intellectual property.
- Comment on Insulin 5 weeks ago:
Copyrights and patents generate enormous amounts of wealth from rent seeking. This wealth has been used to continue to entrench these draconian concepts into our legal and governmental systems.
Even worse they have been used to stop the spread of information and monopolize development thus slowing slow down technological advancement. So many people have died so these clowns can make a buck.
One could argue that artificial scarcity is a farce, but unless you have more money than the people who benefit from IP, your voice will not be heard on a policy level.
- Comment on Parenting advice 5 weeks ago:
Asking for a friend who has a daughter who bites hair, definitely not for my daughter who also bites hair.
- Comment on Why does American media (and to an extent the American public) seem to only focus on one issue at a time? 1 month ago:
Media does not find or aim for a specific market. They create it through propaganda. This is not media catering to groups, it is media creating groups. This is the feedback loop. While there may have been some original audience to cater to at some mythical time we are far beyond that now.
- Comment on Why civilians don't crowdfund bribe money for politicians? 1 month ago:
Who would of guessed a bunch of wealthy landowners would design a system to enrich themselves and their friends!?
Bonus points for making people believe in lofty ideals like justice and equality meanwhile allowing pure unfettered corruption to run everything.
- Comment on Why civilians don't crowdfund bribe money for politicians? 1 month ago:
When you are worth hundreds of millions giving away a million to get a ten million dollar contract or return makes sense. This is not a game anyone but the wealthy can play.
The government should absolutely be designed to prevent this type of corruption. It is not though and we are stuck with a system that only works for those with lots of money.
- Comment on We have one at home 1 month ago:
I was betting on Stadia being the future of gaming. Without having to mess with hardware or software it was an amazing product. Their service was great, but we all know how it turned out. At least they refunded me all my purchases.
- Comment on Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits 1 month ago:
Yeah, I totally get Roblox is a huge platform with a lot to offer other than pedos trying to RP with kids.
Personally, after watching my kids play it and seeing a lot of weird stuff like pregnancy, implied sex, possible rape, etc. I felt that without constant supervision it was not safe for them.
I think a dialogue tree for RP when kids are involved would be safer without totally breaking all RP servers.
I like the idea of of restricting all communication to 18+. It is pretty extreme, but I think considering how bad it has gotten it wouldn’t be completely unwarranted.